I 
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 Illi-
nois, 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. THORN-
BERRY, 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 Ne-
braska, 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 Ag-
riculture 
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. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
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SECTION 1. REPEAL OF COUNTRY OF ORIGIN LABELING 
REQUIREMENTS 
FOR 
BEEF, 
PORK, 
AND 
CHICKEN. 
(a) DEFINITIONS.—Section 281 of the Agricultural 
Marketing Act of 1946 (7 U.S.C. 1638) is amended— 
(1) by striking paragraphs (1) and (7); 
(2) by redesignating paragraphs (2), (3), (4), 
(5), (6), (8), and (9) as paragraphs (1), (2), (3), 
(4), (5), (6), and (7), respectively; and 
(3) in paragraph (1)(A) (as so redesignated)— 
(A) by striking clause (i) and inserting the 
following new clause: 
‘‘(i) muscle cuts of lamb and veni-
son;’’; 
(B) by striking clause (ii) and inserting the 
following new clause: 
‘‘(ii) ground lamb and ground veni-
son;’’; 
(C) by striking clause (viii); and 
(D) by redesignating clauses (ix), (x), and 
(xi) as clauses (viii), (ix), and (x), respectively. 
(b) NOTICE OF COUNTRY OF ORIGIN.—Section 282 
of the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946 (7 U.S.C. 
1638a) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a)(2)— 
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(A) in the heading, by striking ‘‘BEEF, 
LAMB, 
PORK, 
CHICKEN,’’ 
and 
inserting 
‘‘LAMB,’’; 
(B) by striking ‘‘beef, lamb, pork, chick-
en,’’ and inserting ‘‘lamb,’’ each place it ap-
pears in subparagraphs (A), (B), (C), and (D); 
and 
(C) in subparagraph (E)— 
(i) 
in 
the 
heading, 
by 
striking 
‘‘GROUND BEEF, PORK, LAMB, CHICKEN,’’ 
and inserting ‘‘GROUND LAMB,’’; and 
(ii) by striking ‘‘ground beef, ground 
pork, ground lamb, ground chicken,’’ each 
place it appears and inserting ‘‘ground 
lamb,’’; and 
(2) in subsection (f)(2)— 
(A) by striking subparagraphs (B) and 
(C); and 
(B) by redesignating subparagraphs (D) 
and (E) as subparagraphs (B) and (C), respec-
tively. 
Æ 
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