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(1) IN GENERAL.—Section 1(n) of the Federal
Meat Inspection Act (21 U.S.C. 601(n)) is amended
by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(13)(A) If it is imported beef or imported lamb
offered for retail sale as fresh muscle cuts of beef or
lamb and is not accompanied by labeling that identi-
fies it as imported beef or imported lamb.
‘‘(B) If it is United States beef or United States
lamb offered for retail sale, or offered and intended
for export as fresh muscle cuts of beef or lamb, and
is not accompanied by labeling that identifies it as
United States beef or United States lamb.
‘‘(C) If it is United States or imported ground
beef or other processed beef or lamb product and is
not accompanied by labeling that identifies it as
United States beef or United States lamb, imported
beef or imported lamb, beef blended with imported
meat or lamb blended with imported meat, or other
designation that identifies the percentage content of
United States beef and imported beef United States
lamb and imported lamb or contained in the product,
as determined by the Secretary under section 7(g).’’.
(2) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section 20(a) of
the Federal Meat Inspection Act (21 U.S.C. 620(a))
is amended by adding at the end the following: ‘‘All
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imported beef or imported lamb offered for retail sale
as fresh muscle cuts of beef or lamb shall be plainly
and conspicuously marked, labeled, or otherwise iden-
tified as imported beef or imported lamb.’’.
(b) GROUND OR PROCESSED BEEF AND LAMB.—Sec-
tion 7 of the Federal Meat Inspection Act (21 U.S.C. 607)
is amended by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(g) GROUND OR PROCESSED BEEF AND LAMB.—
‘‘(1) VOLUNTARY
LABELING.—Subject to para-
graph (2), the Secretary shall provide by regulation
for the voluntary labeling or identification of ground
beef or lamb, other processed beef or lamb products as
United States beef or United States lamb, imported
beef or imported lamb, beef blended with imported
meat or lamb blended with imported meat, or other
designation that identifies the percentage content of
United States and imported beef or imported lamb
contained in the product, as determined by the Sec-
retary.
‘‘(2) MANDATORY LABELING.—
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in
subparagraph (B), not later than 18 months
after the date of enactment of this subsection, the
Secretary shall provide by regulation for the
mandatory labeling or identification of ground
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beef or lamb, other processed beef or lamb prod-
ucts as United States beef or United States lamb,
imported beef or imported lamb, beef blended
with imported meat or lamb blended with im-
ported meat, or other designation that identifies
the percentage content of United States and im-
ported beef or imported lamb contained in the
product, as determined by the Secretary.
‘‘(B) 
APPLICATION.—Subparagraph 
(A)
shall not apply to the extent the Secretary deter-
mines that the costs associated with labeling
under subparagraph (A) would result in an un-
reasonable burden on producers, processors, re-
tailers, or consumers.’’.
(c) GROUND BEEF
AND GROUND LAMB LABELING
STUDY.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Agriculture
shall conduct a study of the effects of the mandatory
use of imported, blended, or percentage content label-
ing on ground beef, ground lamb, and other processed
beef or lamb products made from imported beef or im-
ported lamb.
(2) COSTS AND RESPONSES.—The study shall be
designed to evaluate the costs associated with and
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consumer response toward the mandatory use of label-
ing described in paragraph (1).
(3) REPORT.—Not later than 1 year after the
date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall re-
port the findings of the study conducted under para-
graph (1) to the Committee on Agriculture of the
House of Representatives and the Committee on Agri-
culture, Nutrition, and Forestry of the Senate.
SEC. 1003. REGULATIONS. Not later than 120 days
after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Ag-
riculture shall promulgate final regulations to carry out the
amendments made by this title.
TITLE XI—BIODIESEL ENERGY DEVELOPMENT
ACT
SEC. 1101. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS. (a)
SHORT TITLE.—This title may be cited as the ‘‘Biodiesel
Energy Development Act of 1998’’.
(b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents of this
title is as follows:
Sec. 1101. Short title; table of contents.
Sec. 1102. Definitions.
Sec. 1103. Amendments to the Energy Policy and Conservation Act.
Sec. 1104. Minimum Federal fleet requirement.
Sec. 1105. State and local incentives programs.
Sec. 1106. Alternative fuel bus program.
Sec. 1107. Alternative fuel use in nonroad vehicles, engines, and marine vessels.
Sec. 1108. Mandate for alternative fuel providers.
Sec. 1109. Replacement fuel supply and demand program.
Sec. 1110. Modification of goals; additional rulemaking authority.
Sec. 1111. Fleet requirement program.
Sec. 1112. Credits.
Sec. 1113. Secretary’s recommendation to Congress.
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SEC. 1102. DEFINITIONS. Section 301 of the Energy
Policy Act of 1992 (42 U.S.C. 13211) is amended—
(1) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘derived from
biological materials’’ and inserting ‘‘derived from do-
mestically produced renewable biological materials
(including biodiesel) at mixtures not less than 20 per-
cent by volume’’;
(2) in paragraph (8), by striking subparagraph
(B) and inserting the following:
‘‘(B) a motor vehicle (other than an auto-
mobile) or marine vessel that is capable of oper-
ating on alternative fuel, gasoline, or diesel fuel,
or an approved blend of alternative fuel and pe-
troleum-based fuel.’’;
(3) by redesignating paragraphs (11) through
(14) as paragraphs (12), (14), (15), and (16), respec-
tively;
(4) by inserting after paragraph (10) the follow-
ing:
‘‘(11) the term ‘heavy duty motor vehicle’ means
a motor vehicle or marine vessel that is greater than
8,500 pounds gross vehicle weight rating;’’;
(5) by inserting after paragraph (12) (as redes-
ignated by paragraph (3)) the following:
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‘‘(13) the term ‘marine vessel’ means a motorized
watercraft or other artificial contrivance used as a
means of transportation primarily on the navigable
waters of the United States;’’;
(6) in paragraph (15) (as redesignated by para-
graph (3)), by striking ‘‘biological materials’’ and in-
serting ‘‘domestically produced renewable biological
materials (including biodiesel)’’.
SEC. 1103. AMENDMENTS TO THE ENERGY POLICY
AND CONSERVATION ACT. Section 400AA of the Energy Pol-
icy and Conservation Act (42 U.S.C. 6374) is amended—
(1) in the second sentence of subsection (a)(3)(B),
by striking ‘‘vehicles converted to use alternative fuels
may be acquired if, after conversion,’’ and inserting
‘‘existing fleet vehicles may be converted to use alter-
native fuels at the time of a major vehicle overhaul
or rebuild, or vehicles that have been converted to use
alternative fuels may be acquired, if’’; and
(2) in subsection (g)—
(A) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘derived
from biological materials’’ and inserting ‘‘de-
rived from domestically produced renewable bio-
logical materials (including biodiesel) at mix-
tures not less than 20 percent by volume’’;