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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Hood Bay Land Exchange Act of 
1997''.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS.

    The Congress makes the following findings:
        (1) The Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act 
    established the Admiralty Island National Monument which is managed 
    by the Secretary of Agriculture, by and through the Forest Service.
        (2) The Forest Service has established a policy of encouraging 
    the acquisition of private land inholdings within Admiralty Island 
    National Monument on a willing buyer/willing seller basis. Congress 
    has supported this policy, for example by passage of the Greens 
    Creek Land Exchange Act of 1996 which provided for a land exchange 
    of certain public and private lands in Admiralty Island National 
    Monument.
        (3) Lands owned by Alaska Pulp Corporation, consisting of 54 
    acres, more or less, located in Hood Bay on Admiralty Island within 
    the boundaries of the Kootznoowoo Wilderness are available for 
    transfer to Federal ownership on a willing seller/willing buyer 
    basis. The acquisition of these lands would provide Federal 
    ownership of this valuable land in a critical area of Admiralty 
    Island National Monument.
        (4) The United States is the owner of certain reversionary 
    interests to 143.87 acres, more or less, located adjacent to Silver 
    Bay near Sitka, Alaska, which interests were reserved in patent No. 
    1213671 issued to the Alaska Pulp Corporation on October 18, 1960. 
    The transfer of the reversionary interests of the United States in 
    such lands adjacent to Silver Bay to the Alaska Pulp Corporation 
    would facilitate future use and development of that land.
        (5) The future acquisition by the United States of the Chaik 
    Bay property on Admiralty Island to be incorporated into the 
    Kootznoowoo Wilderness would be in the public interest.

SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS.

    As used in this Act:
        (1) The term ``ANILCA'' means the Alaska National Interest 
    Lands Conservation Act (16 U.S.C. 3101 et seq.).
        (2) The term ``Company'' means the Alaska Pulp Corporation, an 
    Alaska corporation, its successors, and assigns.
        (3) The term ``Company Property'' means the property depicted 
    on United States Survey Plat 1058 approved March 20, 1917, 
    consisting of approximately 54 acres of land.
        (4) The term ``Federal Property'' means the reversionary 
    interest of the United States described in paragraphs (6) and (7) 
    of the patent dated October 18, 1960, granted by the Bureau of Land 
    Management to Alaska Lumber & Pulp Co., which was recorded at Book 
    15, Pages 271-273, Sitka Recording District on November 9, 1960. 
    The term ``Federal Property'' does not include the interests 
    described in paragraphs (1) through (5) of the said patent.
        (5) The term ``Monument'' means the Admiralty Island National 
    Monument, which was established by section 503 of ANILCA and which 
    is managed by the Secretary of Agriculture as a unit of the 
    National Forest System.
        (6) The term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary of Agriculture.
        (7) The term ``Sitka'' means the city and borough of Sitka, 
    Alaska, a home-rule borough formed in accordance with the laws of 
    the State of Alaska.
        (8) The term ``Sitka Property'' means the property depicted on 
    the maps entitled ``Sitka Property'', dated August 29, 1997, 
    consisting of approximately 49 acres of land.

SEC. 4. LAND EXCHANGE, TRANSFER, RELINQUISHMENT.

    (a) Exchange of Company and Federal Property.--After the Company 
conveys to the United States, by general warranty deed, all right, 
title, and interest of the Company in and to the Company Property, the 
Secretary shall within 60 days of acceptance of delivery of said deed, 
unconditionally and without limitation except as provided herein, 
relinquish to the Company all right, title, and interest of the United 
States in and to the Federal Property and shall evidence that 
relinquishment by conveying to the Company a quitclaim deed to the 
Federal Property.
    (b) Relinquishment of Property to Sitka.--Upon relinquishment of 
the Federal Property to the Company under subsection (a), the Company 
shall transfer all right, title, and interest of the Company in the 
Sitka Property to Sitka.
    (c) Availability of Maps.--The maps referred to in section 3(3) 
depicting the Company Property and in section 3(4) depicting the 
Federal Property shall be on file and available for public inspection 
in the Office of the Forest Supervisor, Chatham Area, Tongass National 
Forest, in Sitka, Alaska. The maps referred to in section 3(8) 
depicting the Sitka Property shall be on file and available for public 
inspection in the Office of the Manager of the city and borough of 
Sitka, Alaska, until the conveyance described in subsection (b), at 
which time the maps shall be recorded along with the deed.

SEC. 5. PROCESSING OF AND TERMS AND CONDITIONS RELATING TO LAND 
              EXCHANGE.

    (a) Surveys.--Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the 
Secretary of the Interior may conduct and approve all cadastral surveys 
that are necessary for completion of the exchange. The cost of any 
surveys shall be borne by the Company.
    (b) Equal Value Exchange.--The values of the Federal Property and 
the Company Property are deemed to be of equal value.
    (c) Administration.--The Secretary is directed to implement and 
administer the rights and obligations of the United States under this 
Act.
    (d) Cleanup Obligations.--Nothing in this Act shall impact or alter 
the Company's rights, duties, and obligations regarding investigation, 
remediation, cleanup, and restoration under its September 10, 1995, 
Commitment Agreement with the State of Alaska or other applicable law. 
The Company shall use its property consistent with all restrictive 
covenants, including those restrictive covenants recorded on September 
4, 1997.
    (e) Title Standards.--Title to the Company Property to be conveyed 
to the United States shall be acceptable to the Secretary consistent 
with the title review standard of the Attorney General of the United 
States.

SEC. 6. GENERAL PROVISIONS.

    (a) Management of Company Property.--Upon acquisition of the 
Company Property by the United States pursuant to this Act, said 
property shall be managed as a part of the Admiralty Island National 
Monument and the Kootznoowoo Wilderness.
    (b) Authorization To Negotiate for Acquisition of Property.--In 
furtherance of the purposes of the Kootznoowoo Wilderness, the 
Secretary, acting through the Forest Service, is authorized to enter 
into negotiations with the owners of private property in Chaik Bay on 
Admiralty Island, with the objective of acquiring such property. The 
Secretary is authorized to enter into an option to purchase or an 
exchange agreement with the owners of such property to be effected 
either through existing administrative mechanisms provided by law and 
regulation, or by subsequent ratification by Act of Congress.

                               Speaker of the House of Representatives.

                            Vice President of the United States and    
                                               President of the Senate.
Hood Bay Land Exchange Act of 1997 - Provides for:  (1) the relinquishment, by quitclaim deed, of the reversionary interest of the United States in specified Federal land in Sitka, Alaska, to the Alaska Pulp Corporation in exchange, by general warranty deed, for specified Corporation property located within the Admiralty Island National Monument; and (2) the Corporation's transfer of specified property to Sitka. Deems the values of the Federal Property and the Corporation's Property to be equal. States that nothing in this Act shall impact or alter the Corporation's rights, duties, and obligations regarding investigation, remediation, cleanup, and restoration under its September 10, 1995, Commitment Agreement with the State of Alaska or other applicable law. Requires the Corporation Property acquired by the United States to be managed as a part of the Admiralty Island National Monument and the Kootznoowoo Wilderness. Authorizes the Secretary of Agriculture, acting through the Forest Service, to negotiate with the owners of private property in the Chaik Bay on Admiralty Island, with the objective of acquiring such property. Allows the Secretary to enter into an option to purchase or an exchange agreement with such property owners to be effected either through existing administrative mechanisms provided by law and regulation, or by subsequent ratification by Act of Congress.

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Deficit Reduction Act of 2003''.

         TITLE I--REFORMED BUREAU OF RECLAMATION WATER PRICING

SECTION 101. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Irrigation Subsidy Reduction Act of 
2001''.

SEC. 102. FINDINGS.

    Congress finds that--
            (1) the Federal reclamation program has been in existence 
        for over 90 years, with an estimated taxpayer investment of 
        over $70,000,000,000;
            (2) the program has had and continues to have an enormous 
        effect on the water resources and aquatic environments of the 
        western States;
            (3) irrigation water made available from Federal water 
        projects in the West is a very valuable resource for which 
        there are increasing and competing demands;
            (4) the justification for providing water at less than full 
        cost was to benefit and promote the development of small family 
        farms and exclude large corporate farms, but this purpose has 
        been frustrated over the years due to inadequate implementation 
        of subsidy and acreage limits;
            (5) below-cost water prices tend to encourage excessive use 
        of scarce water supplies in the arid regions of the West, and 
        reasonable price increases to the wealthiest western farmers 
        would provide an economic incentive for greater water 
        conservation;
            (6) the Federal Government has increasingly applied 
        eligibility tests based on income for Federal entitlement and 
        subsidy programs, measures that are consistent with the 
        historic approach of the reclamation program's acreage 
        limitations that seek to limit water subsidies to smaller 
        farms; and
            (7) including a means test based on gross income in the 
        reclamation program will increase the effectiveness of carrying 
        out the family farm goals of the Federal reclamation laws.

SEC. 103. AMENDMENTS.

    (a) Definitions.--Section 202 of the Reclamation Reform Act of 1982 
(43 U.S.C. 390bb) is amended--
            (1) by redesignating paragraphs (7), (8), (9), (10), and 
        (11) as paragraphs (9), (10), (11), (12), and (13), 
        respectively;
            (2) in paragraph (6), by striking ``owned or operated under 
        a lease which'' and inserting ``that is owned, leased, or 
        operated by an individual or legal entity and that'';
            (3) by inserting after paragraph (6) the following:
            ``(7) Legal entity.--The term `legal entity' includes a 
        corporation, association, partnership, trust, joint tenancy, or 
        tenancy in common, or any other entity that owns, leases, or 
        operates a farm operation for the benefit of more than 1 
        individual under any form of agreement or arrangement.
            ``(8) Operator.--
                    ``(A) In general.--The term `operator'--
                            ``(i) means an individual or legal entity 
                        that operates a single farm operation on a 
                        parcel (or parcels) of land that is owned or 
                        leased by another person (or persons) under any 
                        form of agreement or arrangement (or agreements 
                        or arrangements); and
                            ``(ii) if the individual or legal entity--
                                    ``(I) is an employee of an 
                                individual or legal entity, includes 
                                the individual or legal entity; or
                                    ``(II) is a legal entity that 
                                controls, is controlled by, or is under 
                                common control with another legal 
                                entity, includes each such other legal 
                                entity.
                    ``(B) Operation of a farm operation.--For the 
                purposes of subparagraph (A), an individual or legal 
                entity shall be considered to operate a farm operation 
                if the individual or legal entity is the person that 
                performs the greatest proportion of the decisionmaking 
                for and supervision of the agricultural enterprise on 
                land served with irrigation water.''; and
            (4) by adding at the end the following:
            ``(14) Single farm operation.--
                    ``(A) In general.--The term `single farm operation' 
                means the total acreage of land served with irrigation 
                water for which an individual or legal entity is the 
                operator.
                    ``(B) Rules for determining whether separate 
                parcels are operated as a single farm operation.--
                            ``(i) Equipment- and labor-sharing 
                        activities.--The conduct of equipment- and 
                        labor-sharing activities on separate parcels of 
                        land by separate individuals or legal entities 
                        shall not by itself serve as a basis for 
                        concluding that the farming operations of the 
                        individuals or legal entities constitute a 
                        single farm operation.
                            ``(ii) Performance of certain services.--
                        The performance by an individual or legal 
                        entity of an agricultural chemical application, 
                        pruning, or harvesting for a farm operation on 
                        a parcel of land shall not by itself serve as a 
                        basis for concluding that the farm operation on 
                        that parcel of land is part of a single farm 
                        operation operated by the individual or entity 
                        on other parcels of land.''.
    (b) Identification of Owners, Lessees, and Operators and of Single 
Farm Operations.--The Reclamation Reform Act of 1982 (43 U.S.C. 390aa 
et seq.) is amended by inserting after section 201 the following:

``SEC. 201A. IDENTIFICATION OF OWNERS, LESSEES, AND OPERATORS AND OF 
              SINGLE FARM OPERATIONS.

    ``(a) In General.--Subject to subsection (b), for each parcel of 
land to which irrigation water is delivered or proposed to be 
delivered, the Secretary shall identify a single individual or legal 
entity as the owner, lessee, or operator.
    ``(b) Shared Decisionmaking and Supervision.--If the Secretary 
determines that no single individual or legal entity is the owner, 
lessee, or other individual that performs the greatest proportion of 
decisionmaking for and supervision of the agricultural enterprise on a 
parcel of land--
            ``(1) all individuals and legal entities that own, lease, 
        or perform a proportion of decisonmaking and supervision that 
        is equal as among themselves but greater than the proportion 
        performed by any other individual or legal entity shall be 
        considered jointly to be the owner, lessee, or operator; and
            ``(2) all parcels of land of which any such individual or 
        legal entity is the owner, lessee, or operator shall be 
        considered to be part of the single farm operation of the 
        owner, lessee, or operator identified under subsection (1).''.
    (c) Pricing.--Section 205 of the Reclamation Reform Act of 1982 (43 
U.S.C. 390ee) is amended by adding at the end the following:
    ``(d) Single Farm Operations Generating More Than $500,000 in Gross 
Farm Income.--
            ``(1) In general.--Notwithstanding subsections (a), (b), 
        and (c), in the case of--
                    ``(A) a qualified recipient that reports gross farm 
                income from a single farm operation in excess of 
                $500,000 for a taxable year; or
                    ``(B) a limited recipient that received irrigation 
                water on or before October 1, 1981, and that reports 
                gross farm income from a single farm operation in 
                excess of $500,000 for a taxable year;
            irrigation water may be delivered to the single farm 
        operation of the qualified recipient or limited recipient at 
        less than full cost to a number of acres that does not exceed 
        the number of acres determined under paragraph (2).
            ``(2) Maximum number of acres to which irrigation water may 
        be delivered at less than full cost.--The number of acres 
        determined under this subparagraph is the number equal to the 
        number of acres of the single farm operation multiplied by a 
        fraction, the numerator of which is $500,000 and 
the denominator of which is the amount of gross farm income reported by 
the qualified recipient or limited recipient in the most recent taxable 
year.
            ``(3) Inflation adjustment.--
                    ``(A) In general.--The $500,000 amount under 
                paragraphs (1) and (2) for any taxable year beginning 
                in a calendar year after 2002 shall be equal to the 
                product of--
                            ``(i) $500,000, multiplied by
                            ``(ii) the inflation adjustment factor for 
                        the taxable year.
                    ``(B) Inflation adjustment factor.--The term 
                `inflation adjustment factor' means, with respect to 
                any calendar year, a fraction the numerator of which is 
                the GDP implicit price deflator for the preceding 
                calendar year and the denominator of which is the GDP 
                implicit price deflator for 2002. Not later than April 
                1 of any calendar year, the Secretary shall publish the 
                inflation adjustment factor for the preceding calendar 
                year.
                    ``(C) GDP implicit price deflator.--For purposes of 
                subparagraph (B), the term `GDP implicit price 
                deflator' means the first revision of the implicit 
                price deflator for the gross domestic product as 
                computed and published by the Secretary of Commerce.
                    ``(D) Rounding.--If any increase determined under 
                subparagraph (A) is not a multiple of $100, the 
                increase shall be rounded to the next lowest multiple 
                of $100.''.
    (d) Certification of Compliance.--Section 206 of the Reclamation 
Reform Act of 1982 (43 U.S.C. 390ff) is amended to read as follows:

``SEC. 206. CERTIFICATION OF COMPLIANCE.

    ``(a) In General.--As a condition to the receipt of irrigation 
water for land in a district that has a contract described in section 
203, each owner, lessee, or operator in the district shall furnish the 
district, in a form prescribed by the Secretary, a certificate that the 
owner, lessee, or operator is in compliance with this title, including 
a statement of the number of acres owned, leased, or operated, the 
terms of any lease or agreement pertaining to the operation of a farm 
operation, and, in the case of a lessee or operator, a certification 
that the rent or other fees paid reflect the reasonable value of the 
irrigation water to the productivity of the land.
    ``(b) Documentation.-- The Secretary may require a lessee or 
operator to submit for the Secretary's examination--
            ``(1) a complete copy of any lease or other agreement 
        executed by each of the parties to the lease or other 
        agreement; and
            ``(2) a copy of the return of income tax imposed by chapter 
        1 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 for any taxable year in 
        which the single farm operation of the lessee or operator 
        received irrigation water at less than full cost.''.
    (e) Trusts.--Section 214 of the Reclamation Reform Act of 1982 (43 
U.S.C. 390nn) is repealed.
    (f) Administrative Provisions.--
            (1) Penalties.--Section 224(c) of the Reclamation Reform 
        Act of 1982 (43 U.S.C. 390ww(c)) is amended--
                    (A) by striking ``(c) The Secretary'' and inserting 
                the following:
    ``(c) Regulations; Data Collection; Penalties.--
            ``(1) Regulations; data collection.--The Secretary''; and
                    (B) by adding at the end the following:
            ``(2) Penalties.--Notwithstanding any other provision of 
        law, the Secretary shall establish appropriate and effective 
        penalties for failure to comply with any provision of this Act 
        or any regulation issued under this Act.''.
            (2) Interest.--Section 224(i) of the Reclamation Reform Act 
        of 1982 (43 U.S.C. 390ww(i)) is amended by striking the last 
        sentence and inserting the following: ``The interest rate 
        applicable to underpayments shall be equal to the rate 
        applicable to expenditures under section 202(3)(C).''.
    (g) Reporting.--Section 228 of the Reclamation Reform Act of 1982 
(43 U.S.C. 390zz) is amended by inserting ``operator or'' before 
``contracting entity'' each place it appears.
    (h) Memorandum of Understanding.--The Reclamation Reform Act of 
1982 (43 U.S.C. 390aa et seq.) is amended--
            (1) by redesignating sections 229 and 230 as sections 230 
        and 231; and
            (2) by inserting after section 228 the following:

``SEC. 229. MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING.

    ``The Secretary, the Secretary of the Treasury, and the Secretary 
of Agriculture shall enter into a memorandum of understanding or other 
appropriate instrument to permit the Secretary, notwithstanding section 
6103 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, to have access to and use of 
available information collected or maintained by the Department of the 
Treasury and the Department of Agriculture that would aid enforcement 
of the ownership and pricing limitations of Federal reclamation law.''.

   TITLE II--TERMINATION OF THE UNIFORMED SERVICES UNIVERSITY OF THE 
                            HEALTH SCIENCES

SECTION 201. TERMINATION.

    (a) In General.--The Uniformed Services University of the Health 
Sciences is terminated.
    (b) Conforming Amendments.--
            (1) Chapter 104 of title 10, United States Code, is 
        repealed.
            (2) The table of chapters at the beginning of subtitle A of 
        such title, and at the beginning of part III of such subtitle, 
        are each amended by striking out the item relating to chapter 
        104.
    (c) Effective Dates.--
            (1) Termination.--The termination of the Uniformed Services 
        University of the Health Sciences under subsection (a)(1) shall 
        take effect on the day after the date of the graduation from 
        the university of the last class of students that enrolled in 
        such university on or before the date of the enactment of this 
        Act.
            (2) Amendments.--The amendments made by subsection (a)(2) 
        shall take effect on the date of the enactment of this Act, 
        except that the provisions of chapter 104 of title 10, United 
        States Code, as in effect on the day before such date, shall 
        continue to apply with respect to the Uniformed Services 
        University of the Health Sciences until the termination of the 
        university under this section.

 TITLE III--TERMINATION OF PRODUCTION UNDER THE D5 SUBMARINE-LAUNCHED 
                            MISSILE PROGRAM

SECTION 301. PRODUCTION TERMINATION.

    (a) Termination of Program.--The Secretary of Defense shall 
terminate production of D5 submarine-launched ballistic missiles under 
the D5 submarine-launched ballistic missile program.
    (b) Payment of Termination Costs.--Funds available on or after the 
date of the enactment of this Act for obligation for the D5 submarine-
launched ballistic missile program may be obligated for production 
under that program only for payment of the costs associated with the 
termination of production under this Act.

SEC. 302. CURRENT PROGRAM ACTIVITIES.

    Nothing in this legislation shall be construed to prohibit or 
otherwise affect the availability of funds for the following:
            (1) Production of D5 submarine-launched ballistic missiles 
        in production on the date of the enactment of this Act.
            (2) Maintenance after the date of the enactment of this Act 
        of the arsenal of D5 submarine-launched ballistic missiles in 
        existence on such date, including the missiles described in 
        paragraph (1).
Deficit Reduction Act of 2003 - Irrigation Subsidy Reduction Act of 2001 (sic) - Amends the Reclamation Reform Act of 1982 to direct the Secretary of the Interior, for each parcel of land to which irrigation water is delivered or proposed to be delivered, to identify a single individual or legal entity as the owner, lessee, or operator.Allows irrigation water to be delivered at less than the normal per-acre cost to either: (1) a qualified recipient that reports gross farm income from a single farm operation in excess of $500,000 per taxable year; or (2) a limited recipient that received such water on or before October 1, 1981, and that reports gross farm income in excess of such amount.Requires lessees (currently, only owners and operators) of an irrigation district to furnish such district a certification of compliance with the Act. Allows the Secretary to require a lessee or operator to submit for examination a copy of a tax return for any taxable year in which the single farm operation of the lessee or operator received irrigation water at less than full cost.Repeals a provision exempting from Federal reclamation ownership and cost pricing limitations district lands held in trust for a beneficiary or beneficiaries whose interests in the lands served do not exceed such limitations.Directs the Secretaries of the Interior, the Treasury, and Agriculture to enter into a memorandum of understanding to permit the Secretary of the Interior to have access to and use available information collected or maintained by either the Department of the Treasury or Agriculture that would aid in enforcement of the ownership and pricing limitations of Federal reclamation law.Terminates the Uniformed Services University of Health Science.Requires the Secretary of Defense to terminate production of D5 submarine-launched ballistic missiles under the D5 submarine-launched ballistic missile program.

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the Howard M. Metzenbaum ``Menu Education 
and Labeling Act'' or the ``MEAL Act''.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS.

    Congress finds that--
            (1) research continues to reveal that--
                    (A) there is a strong link between diet and health; 
                and
                    (B) diet-related diseases start early in life;
            (2)(A) increased caloric intake is a key factor 
        contributing to the alarming increase in obesity in the United 
        States;
            (B) according to the Centers for Disease Control and 
        Prevention, \2/3\ of American adults are overweight or obese, 
        and the rates of obesity have doubled in children and tripled 
        in teens since 1980;
            (C) obesity increases the risk of diabetes, heart disease, 
        stroke, several types of cancer, and other health problems; and
            (D) the annual cost of obesity to families, businesses, and 
        governments in the United States is $117,000,000,000;
            (3) over the past 2 decades, there has been a significant 
        increase in the number of meals prepared or eaten outside the 
        home, with an estimated \1/3\ of calories and almost half of 
        total food dollars being spent on food purchased from or eaten 
        at restaurants and other food-service establishments;
            (4)(A) excess saturated fat intake is a major risk factor 
        for heart disease, which is the leading cause of death in the 
        United States; and
            (B) heart disease is a leading cause of disability among 
        working adults and its impact on the United States economy is 
        significant, estimated in 2005 to total $142,000,000,000 in 
        healthcare expenditures and lost productivity;
            (5)(A) increased sodium intake is associated with increased 
        risk of high blood pressure, or hypertension, a condition that 
        can lead to cardiovascular disease, especially stroke; and
            (B) the proportion of adults with high blood pressure is 45 
        percent at age 50, 60 percent at age 60, and more than 70 
        percent at age 70;
            (6) the Nutrition Labeling and Education Act of 1990 
        (Public Law 101-535) requires food manufacturers to provide 
        nutrition information on almost all packaged foods, however, 
        restaurant foods are exempt from those requirements unless a 
        nutrient content or health claim is made for a menu item;
            (7) about 75 percent of adults report using food labels on 
        packaged foods, which is associated with eating more healthful 
        diets, and approximately half of people report that the 
        nutrition information on food labels has caused them to change 
        their minds about buying a food product;
            (8) it is difficult for consumers to limit their intake of 
        calories at restaurants, given the limited availability of 
        nutrition information;
            (9) studies show that consumers would like nutrition 
        information to be provided at the time of ordering their food 
        at a restaurant, at the point of the sale, so as to enable them 
        to make an educated decision regarding what to order; and
            (10) a call to action from the Surgeon General and 
        Secretary of Health and Human Services recommends that, to 
        reduce the incidence of obesity, there be increased 
        availability of nutrition information for foods eaten and 
        prepared away from home.

SEC. 3. NUTRITION LABELING OF STANDARD MENU ITEMS AT CHAIN RESTAURANTS.

    Section 403(q)(5) of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 
U.S.C. 343(q)(5)) is amended--
            (1) in clause (A)--
                    (A) in subclause (i), by inserting ``except as 
                provided in clauses (H) and (I),'' before ``which'' the 
                first place it appears; and
                    (B) in subclause (ii), by inserting ``except as 
                provided in clauses (H) and (I),'' before ``which'' the 
                first place it appears; and
            (2) by adding at the end the following:
    ``(H) Restaurants and Retail Food Establishments.--
            ``(i) In general.--Except for food described in subclause 
        (iii), in the case of food that is served, processed, or 
        prepared in a restaurant or similar retail food establishment 
        that is part of a chain with 20 or more locations doing 
        business under the same trade name (regardless of the type of 
        ownership of the locations), the restaurant or establishment 
        shall disclose the information described in subclause (ii).
            ``(ii) Information required to be disclosed.--Except as 
        provided in subclause (iii), the establishment shall disclose--
                    ``(I)(aa) in a statement adjacent to the name of 
                the food on any menu listing the food for sale, or by 
                any other means deemed equivalent by the Secretary, the 
                number of calories, grams of saturated fat plus trans 
                fat, and milligrams of sodium contained in a standard 
                serving of the food, as usually offered for sale, in a 
                clear and conspicuous manner; and
                    ``(bb) information, specified by the Secretary by 
                regulation, designed to enable the public to 
                understand, in the context of a total daily diet, the 
                significance of the nutrition information that is 
                provided; and
                    ``(II) in a statement adjacent to the name of the 
                food on any menu board or other sign listing the food 
                for sale, or by any other means deemed equivalent by 
                the Secretary--
                            ``(aa) the number of calories contained in 
                        a serving of the food, as usually offered for 
                        sale, in a clear and conspicuous manner; and
                            ``(bb) notification that the information 
                        required by subitems (aa) and (bb) of item (I) 
                        shall be provided in writing at the request of 
                        a prospective purchaser.
            ``(iii) Nonapplicability to certain food.--This clause does 
        not apply to--
                    ``(I) items that are not listed on a menu or menu 
                board (such as condiments and other items placed on the 
                table or counter for general use); or
                    ``(II) daily specials, temporary menu items, or 
                other irregular menu items, as specified by the 
                Secretary by regulation.
            ``(iv) Self-service facilities.--In the case of food sold 
        at a salad bar, buffet line, cafeteria line, or similar self-
        service facility, a restaurant or other establishment shall 
        place a sign that lists calories per standard serving adjacent 
        to each food offered.
            ``(v) Voluntary provision of nutrition information; state 
        regulation of nutrition information for restaurant food.--
                    ``(I) Retail food establishments.--Nothing in this 
                clause precludes a restaurant or similar retail food 
                establishment from providing additional nutrition 
                information, voluntarily, if the information complies 
                with the nutrition labeling requirements contained in 
                this subparagraph.
                    ``(II) State or local requirements.--Nothing in 
                this clause precludes a State or political subdivision 
                of a State from requiring that a restaurant or similar 
                food establishment provide nutrition information in 
                addition to that required under this clause.
            ``(vi) Regulations.--
                    ``(I) Proposed regulation.--Not later than 1 year 
                after the date of enactment of this clause, the 
                Secretary shall promulgate proposed regulations to 
                carry out this clause.
                    ``(II) Contents.--The regulations shall allow for 
                the variations in serving sizes and in food preparation 
                that can reasonably be expected to result from 
                inadvertent human error, training of food service 
                workers, and other factors.
                    ``(III) Final regulations.--Not later than 2 years 
                after the date of enactment of this clause, the 
                Secretary shall promulgate final regulations to 
                implement this clause.
                    ``(IV) Failure to promulgate final regulations by 
                required date.--If the Secretary does not promulgate 
                final regulations under item (III) by the date that is 
                2 years after the date of enactment of this clause--
                            ``(aa) the proposed regulations issued in 
                        accordance with item (I) shall become effective 
                        as the final regulations on the day after that 
                        date; and
                            ``(bb) the Secretary shall publish in the 
                        Federal Register notice of the final 
                        regulations.
    ``(I) Vending Machines.--
            ``(i) In general.--In the case of an article of food sold 
        from a vending machine that--
                    ``(I) does not permit a prospective purchaser to 
                examine the article so as to be able to read a 
                statement affixed to the article before purchasing the 
                article; and
                    ``(II) is operated by a person that is engaged in 
                the business of owning and operating 20 or more vending 
                machines;
        the vending machine operator shall provide a conspicuous sign 
        in close proximity to the article that includes a statement 
        disclosing the number of calories contained in the article.
            ``(ii) Voluntary provision of nutrition information; state 
        regulation of nutrition information for vending machines.--
                    ``(I) Vending machine operators.--Nothing in this 
                clause precludes a vending machine operator from 
                providing additional nutrition information, 
                voluntarily, if the information complies with the 
                nutrition labeling requirements contained in this 
                subparagraph.
                    ``(II) State or local requirements.--Nothing in 
                this title precludes a State or political subdivision 
                of a State from requiring that a vending machine 
                operator provide nutrition information in addition to 
                that required under this clause.
            ``(iii) Regulations.--
                    ``(I) Proposed regulation.--Not later than 1 year 
                after the date of enactment of this clause, the 
                Secretary shall promulgate proposed regulations to 
                carry out this clause.
                    ``(II) Final regulations.--Not later than 2 years 
                after the date of enactment of this clause, the 
                Secretary shall promulgate final regulations to 
                implement this clause.
                    ``(III) Failure to promulgate final regulations by 
                required date.--If the Secretary does not promulgate 
                final regulations under item (II) by the date that is 2 
                years after the date of enactment of this clause--
                            ``(aa) the proposed regulations issued in 
                        accordance with item (I) shall become effective 
                        as the final regulations on the day after that 
                        date; and
                            ``(bb) the Secretary shall publish in the 
                        Federal Register notice of the final 
                        regulations.''.

Howard M. Metzenbaum Menu Education and Labeling Act or the MEAL Act - Amends the Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act to require restaurants that are a part of a chain with 20 or more locations doing business under the same trade name to disclose: (1) in a statement adjacent to each menu item, the number of calories, grams of saturated fat plus trans fat, and milligrams of sodium in a standard food serving; (2) other information designed to enable the public to understand the significance of the nutrition information provided in the context of a total daily diet; (3) that such information shall be provided in writing upon request; and (4) in a statement adjacent to the name of the food on a menu board, the number of calories in a serving of the food. Exempts condiments, items placed on a table or counter for general use, daily specials, temporary menu items, and irregular menu items from these requirements.

Requires restaurants that sell self-serve food, such as through salad bars or buffet lines, to place a sign that lists the number of calories per standard serving adjacent to each food offered.

Permits retail food establishments to voluntarily provide, and states to require, additional nutritional information.

Requires vending machine operators to provide a conspicuous sign disclosing the number of calories in each item of food offered.