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114TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 2393 

To amend the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946 to repeal country of 

origin labeling requirements with respect to beef, pork, and chicken, 

and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

MAY 18, 2015 

Mr. CONAWAY (for himself, Mr. COSTA, Mr. ROUZER, Mr. DAVID SCOTT of 

Georgia, Mr. GOODLATTE, Ms. DELBENE, Mr. LUCAS, Mr. VELA, Mr. 

NEUGEBAUER, Mrs. BUSTOS, Mr. ADERHOLT, Mr. FARR, Mr. THOMPSON

of Pennsylvania, Mrs. KIRKPATRICK, Mr. AUSTIN SCOTT of Georgia, Mr. 

ASHFORD, Mr. CRAWFORD, Mr. SCHRADER, Mr. RODNEY DAVIS of Illinois, Mrs. WALORSKI, Mr. THOMPSON of California, Mr. KING of Iowa, 

Mr. VARGAS, Mr. ROGERS of Alabama, Mr. BISHOP of Georgia, Mr. 

GIBBS, Mr. CUELLAR, Mrs. HARTZLER, Mr. DESJARLAIS, Mr. 

BENISHEK, Mr. DENHAM, Mr. LAMALFA, Mr. YOHO, Mr. BOST, Mr. 

ABRAHAM, Mr. MOOLENAAR, Mr. NEWHOUSE, Mr. UPTON, Mr. THORNBERRY, Mr. GRAVES of Missouri, Mr. YODER, Mr. ROONEY of Florida, 

Mr. MCCLINTOCK, Mr. BLUM, Mr. HUIZENGA of Michigan, Mr. YOUNG

of Iowa, Mr. WOMACK, Mr. LONG, Mr. WALBERG, Mr. SMITH of Nebraska, Mr. FINCHER, Mr. ALLEN, Ms. JENKINS of Kansas, Mr. HILL, 

Mr. RICE of South Carolina, Mr. BISHOP of Michigan, and Mr. RIBBLE) 

introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Agriculture 

A BILL 

To amend the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946 to repeal 

country of origin labeling requirements with respect to 

beef, pork, and chicken, and for other purposes. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 


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1 SECTION 1. REPEAL OF COUNTRY OF ORIGIN LABELING 

2 REQUIREMENTS FOR BEEF, PORK, AND 

3 CHICKEN. 

4 (a) DEFINITIONS.—Section 281 of the Agricultural 

5 Marketing Act of 1946 (7 U.S.C. 1638) is amended— 

6 (1) by striking paragraphs (1) and (7); 

7 (2) by redesignating paragraphs (2), (3), (4), 

8 (5), (6), (8), and (9) as paragraphs (1), (2), (3), 

9 (4), (5), (6), and (7), respectively; and 

10 (3) in paragraph (1)(A) (as so redesignated)— 

11 (A) by striking clause (i) and inserting the 

12 following new clause: 

13 ‘‘(i) muscle cuts of lamb and veni14 son;’’; 

15 (B) by striking clause (ii) and inserting the 

16 following new clause: 

17 ‘‘(ii) ground lamb and ground veni18 son;’’; 

19 (C) by striking clause (viii); and 

20 (D) by redesignating clauses (ix), (x), and 

21 (xi) as clauses (viii), (ix), and (x), respectively. 

22 (b) NOTICE OF COUNTRY OF ORIGIN.—Section 282 

23 of the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946 (7 U.S.C. 

24 1638a) is amended— 

25 (1) in subsection (a)(2)— 


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1 (A) in the heading, by striking ‘‘BEEF, 

2 LAMB, PORK, CHICKEN,’’ and inserting 

3 ‘‘LAMB,’’; 

4 (B) by striking ‘‘beef, lamb, pork, chick5 en,’’ and inserting ‘‘lamb,’’ each place it ap6 pears in subparagraphs (A), (B), (C), and (D); 

7 and 

8 (C) in subparagraph (E)— 

9 (i) in the heading, by striking 

10 ‘‘GROUND BEEF, PORK, LAMB, CHICKEN,’’ 

11 and inserting ‘‘GROUND LAMB,’’; and 

12 (ii) by striking ‘‘ground beef, ground 

13 pork, ground lamb, ground chicken,’’ each 

14 place it appears and inserting ‘‘ground 

15 lamb,’’; and 

16 (2) in subsection (f)(2)— 

17 (A) by striking subparagraphs (B) and 

18 (C); and 

19 (B) by redesignating subparagraphs (D) 

20 and (E) as subparagraphs (B) and (C), respec21 tively. 

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