SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS; FINDINGS. 
(a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the 
‘‘Genetically Engineered Crop and Animal Farmer Protec-
tion Act’’. 
(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. Information requirements regarding sale of genetically engineered seeds, 
plants, and animals 
Sec. 4. Contract limitations regarding sale of genetically engineered seeds, 
plants, and animals 
Sec. 5. Prevention of noncompetitive practices involving technology fees 
Sec. 6. Measures to avoid cross pollination involving genetically engineered 
seeds or plants 
Sec. 7. Resistance of agricultural pests to certain naturally occurring pesticide; 
amendment to Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide 
Act 
Sec. 8. Prohibition on labeling certain seeds as non-genetically engineered 
Sec. 9. Prohibition on certain non-fertile plant seeds 
Sec. 10. Prohibition on loan discrimination 
Sec. 11. Civil penalties for violation 
Sec. 12. Citizen suits 
(c) FINDINGS.—Congress finds the following: 
(1) Agribusiness and biotechnology companies 
have rapidly consolidated market power at the same 
time as the average farmer’s profits and viability 
have significantly declined. 
(2) Policies promoted by biotech corporations, 
such as patenting of seeds, depriving farmers the 
right to save seed, unreasonable seed contracts, and 
intrusion into everyday farm operations, have sys-
tematically acted to remove basic farmer rights en-
joyed since the beginning of agriculture and essen-
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tial for agricultural sustainability and the survival of 
family farms. 
(3) The introduction of genetically engineered 
crops has also created obstacles for farmers, includ-
ing the loss of markets and increased liability con-
cerns. 
(4) To mitigate the abuses upon farmers, a 
clear set of farmer rights must be established. 
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 
was produced from a genetically engineered seed. A 
plant shall be considered to contain a genetically en-
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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 
natural conditions or processes (including recom-
binant DNA and RNA techniques, cell fusion, micro-
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