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Union Calendar No. 94 

114TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 2393 

[Report No. 114–131] 

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 

MAY 29, 2015 

Additional sponsors: Mr. WESTERMAN, Mr. SIMPSON, Mr. HARRIS, Mr. 

SWALWELL of California, Mr. CALVERT, Mr. GIBSON, Mr. NUNES, Mr. 

BRIDENSTINE, Mr. HUDSON, Mr. MULVANEY, Mr. COLE, Mr. TIBERI, 

Ms. STEFANIK, Mr. LABRADOR, Mr. REED, Mr. SESSIONS, Mr. MACARTHUR, Mr. BRAT, Mr. CHABOT, Mr. FLORES, Mr. COLLINS of New 

York, Mr. DENT, Mr. GOSAR, Mrs. COMSTOCK, Mr. VALADAO, and Mr. 

HARDY

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MAY 29, 2015 

Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole 

House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed 

[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic] 

[For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on May 18, 2015] 

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. 

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

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Country of Origin La5 beling Amendments Act of 2015’’. 

6 SEC. 2. REPEAL OF COUNTRY OF ORIGIN LABELING RE7 QUIREMENTS FOR BEEF, PORK, AND CHICK8 EN. 

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

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

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

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

13 (5), (6), (8), and (9) as paragraphs (1), (2), (3), (4), 

14 (5), (6), and (7), respectively; and 

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

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

17 following new clause: 

18 ‘‘(i) muscle cuts of lamb and venison;’’; 

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

20 following new clause: 

21 ‘‘(ii) ground lamb and ground veni22 son;’’; 

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

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

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

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1 (b) NOTICE OF COUNTRY OF ORIGIN.—Section 282 of 

2 the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946 (7 U.S.C. 1638a) 

3 is amended— 

4 (1) in subsection (a)(2)— 

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

6 LAMB, PORK, CHICKEN,’’ and inserting ‘‘LAMB,’’; 

7 (B) by striking ‘‘beef, lamb, pork, chicken,’’ 

8 and inserting ‘‘lamb,’’ each place it appears in 

9 subparagraphs (A), (B), (C), and (D); and 

10 (C) in subparagraph (E)— 

11 (i) in the heading, by striking 

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

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

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

15 pork, ground lamb, ground chicken,’’ each 

16 place it appears and inserting ‘‘ground 

17 lamb,’’; and 

18 (2) in subsection (f)(2)— 

19 (A) by striking subparagraphs (B) and (C); 

20 and 

21 (B) by redesignating subparagraphs (D) 

22 and (E) as subparagraphs (B) and (C), respec23 tively. 

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Union Calendar No. 94 

114TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 2393 

[Report No. 114–131] 

A BILL 

To amend the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946 

other purposes. with respect to beef, pork, and chicken, and for to repeal country of origin labeling requirements 

MAY 29, 2015 

Reported with an amendment, committed to the Comand ordered to be printed mittee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, 

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