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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Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Country of Origin La-
beling Amendments Act of 2015’’. 
SEC. 2. REPEAL OF COUNTRY OF ORIGIN LABELING RE-
QUIREMENTS FOR BEEF, PORK, AND CHICK-
EN. 
(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 venison;’’; 
(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. 
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(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)— 
(A) in the heading, by striking ‘‘BEEF, 
LAMB, PORK, CHICKEN,’’ and inserting ‘‘LAMB,’’; 
(B) by striking ‘‘beef, lamb, pork, chicken,’’ 
and inserting ‘‘lamb,’’ each place it appears 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. 
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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 
to repeal country of origin labeling requirements 
with respect to beef, pork, and chicken, and for 
other purposes. 
MAY 29, 2015 
Reported with an amendment, committed to the Com-
mittee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, 
and ordered to be printed 
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