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108TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 3993
To amend the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946, as recently amended 
by the Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, 
and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2004, to expedite the imple-
mentation of the country of origin labeling requirements of such Act, 
to impose certain recordkeeping requirements on retailers subject to 
such Act, to clarify the authority to impose civil penalties under such 
Act, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 18, 2004
Mrs. BONO (for herself and Ms. HOOLEY of Oregon) introduced the following 
bill; which was referred to the Committee on Agriculture 
A BILL 
To amend the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946, as re-
cently amended by the Agriculture, Rural Development, 
Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies 
Appropriations Act, 2004, to expedite the implementation 
of the country of origin labeling requirements of such 
Act, to impose certain recordkeeping requirements on 
retailers subject to such Act, to clarify the authority 
to impose civil penalties under such Act, and for other 
purposes.
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 Enhancement Act of 2004’’. 
SEC. 2. EXPEDITED IMPLEMENTATION OF COUNTRY OF OR-
IGIN LABELING REQUIREMENTS. 
Section 285 of the Agricultural Marketing Act of 
1946 (7 U.S.C. 1638d), as amended by section 749 of the 
Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Adminis-
tration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2004 
(division A of Public Law 108–199; 118 Stat. 37), is 
amended by striking ‘‘September 30, 2006, except for 
‘farm-raised fish’ and ‘wild fish’ which shall be September 
30, 2004’’ and inserting ‘‘September 30, 2004’’. 
SEC. 3. MAINTENANCE OF RECORDS AND ANIMAL IDENTI-
FICATION. 
Section 282 of the Agricultural Marketing Act of 
1946 (7 U.S.C. 1638a) is amended—
(1) in subsection (e), by adding at the end the 
following new sentence: ‘‘A retailer shall maintain 
records of country of origin information for not less 
than 180 days at a location selected by the re-
tailer.’’; and 
(2) in subsection (f), by striking paragraph (1) 
and inserting the following new paragraph: 
‘‘(1) NATIONAL ANIMAL IDENTIFICATION SYS-
TEM.—After the implementation of a national ani-
mal identification system, the Secretary shall use in-
formation collected under that system to augment 
verification under this section.’’. 
SEC. 4. ENFORCEMENT AUTHORITY. 
Section 283 of the Agricultural Marketing Act of 
1946 (7 U.S.C. 1638b) is amended by striking subsection 
(c) and inserting the following new subsection: 
‘‘(c) CIVIL MONEY PENALTIES.—If, on completion of 
the 30-day period described in subsection (b)(2) with re-
spect to a retailer, the Secretary determines, after pro-
viding notice and an opportunity for a hearing, that the 
retailer knowingly violated section 282, the Secretary shall 
impose on the retailer a civil money penalty with respect 
to the violation. The amount of the civil money penalty 
for a violation may not exceed the product obtained by 
multiplying—
‘‘(1) 5 percent of the average monthly retail 
price (as determined by the Secretary) of the com-
modity that is not labeled in accordance with this 
subtitle; by 
‘‘(2) the quantity of the commodity that is not 
labeled in accordance with this subtitle.’’.
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