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109TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5270 
To ensure that efforts to address world hunger through the use of genetically 
engineered animals and crops actually help developing countries and 
peoples while protecting human health and the environment, and for 
other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MAY 2, 2006 
Mr. KUCINICH (for himself, Mr. CONYERS, Ms. LEE, Mr. SANDERS, Ms. WA-
TERS, and Mr. OLVER) introduced the following bill; which was referred 
to the Committee on International Relations, and in addition to the Com-
mittees on Ways and Means, Financial Services, and Agriculture, for a 
period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for 
consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the com-
mittee concerned 
A BILL 
To ensure that efforts to address world hunger through 
the use of genetically engineered animals and crops actu-
ally help developing countries and peoples while pro-
tecting human health and the environment, 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; TABLE OF CONTENTS; FINDINGS. 
(a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the 
‘‘Real Solutions to World Hunger Act of 2005’’. 
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(b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents of 
this Act is as follows: 
Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents; findings. 
Sec. 2. Definitions. 
Sec. 3. Ensuring safety and mitigating ecological impacts of United States ex-
ports of genetically engineered animals, plants, and seeds. 
Sec. 4. Promotion of international research regarding sustainable agriculture to 
assist developing countries. 
Sec. 5. Position of the United States in the international financial institutions 
regarding genetically engineered animals, plants, and seeds. 
Sec. 6. Tax on biotech companies to help fund sustainable agriculture research. 
(c) FINDINGS.—Congress finds the following: 
(1) The need for mandatory labeling, safety 
testing, and environmental reviews of genetically en-
gineered foods do not constitute obstacles to the ces-
sation of world hunger. 
(2) The dominant causes of world hunger are 
not technological in nature, but rooted in basic so-
cial-economic failures. 
(3) Technologies, like genetically engineered 
food, may have a limited role, but economics remain 
the significant barrier to a consistent food supply, 
and the development of expensive genetically engi-
neered foods may only exacerbate this trend. 
(4) Most genetically engineered food products 
and almost all research funding for the development 
of genetically engineered food target developed na-
tion agriculture and consumers. Developing coun-
tries cannot afford this technology and therefore are 
vastly ignored. 
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(5) Agroecological interventions have had sig-
nificant success in helping developing nations feed 
themselves with higher yields and improved environ-
mental practices, all within reasonable costs for de-
veloping countries. 
(6) If the biotech industry believes they can 
help mitigate hunger concerns, domestic or foreign, 
then requiring biotech companies to make available 
the necessary resources for this purpose is appro-
priate. 
SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. 
In this Act: 
(1) GENETICALLY ENGINEERED ANIMAL.—The 
term ‘‘genetically engineered animal’’ means an ani-
mal that contains a genetically engineered material 
or was produced with a genetically engineered mate-
rial. An animal shall be considered to contain a ge-
netically engineered material or to have been pro-
duced with a genetically engineered material if the 
animal has been injected or otherwise treated with 
a genetically engineered material or is the offspring 
of an animal that has been so injected or treated. 
(2) GENETICALLY
ENGINEERED
PLANT.—The 
term ‘‘genetically engineered plant’’ means a plant 
that contains a genetically engineered material or 
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was produced from a genetically engineered seed. A 
plant shall be considered to contain a genetically en-
gineered material if the plant has been injected or 
otherwise treated with a genetically engineered mate-
rial (except that the use of manure as a fertilizer for 
the plant may not be construed to mean that the 
plant is produced with a genetically engineered ma-
terial). 
(3) GENETICALLY
ENGINEERED
SEED.—The 
term ‘‘genetically engineered seed’’ means a seed 
that contains a genetically engineered material or 
was produced with a genetically engineered material. 
A seed shall be considered to contain a genetically 
engineered material or to have been produced with 
a genetically engineered material if the seed (or the 
plant from which the seed is derived) has been in-
jected or otherwise treated with a genetically engi-
neered material (except that the use of manure as 
a fertilizer for the plant may not be construed to 
mean that any resulting seeds are produced with a 
genetically engineered material). 
(4) GENETICALLY
ENGINEERED
MATERIAL.— 
The term ‘‘genetically engineered material’’ means 
material that has been altered at the molecular or 
cellular level by means that are not possible under 
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