Senate Amendment 3136


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     1  1    Amend Senate Concurrent Resolution 13 as follows:
     1  2 #1.  Page 1, by striking lines 3 through 6, and
     1  3 inserting the following:
     1  4    <A Concurrent Resolution urging the United States
     1  5 Department of Agriculture to fully investigate the
     1  6 impact of implementation of a country of origin
     1  7 labeling initiative upon this nation's system of
     1  8 producing and marketing agricultural commodities.>
     1  9 #2.  By striking page 1, line 17 through page 2,
     1 10 line 10, and inserting the following:
     1 11    <WHEREAS, the initiative requiring the
     1 12 implementation of a system of country of origin
     1 13 labeling is supported by many persons but has raised
     1 14 concerns and questions by other persons, including the
     1 15 Iowa cattlemen's association and the national
     1 16 cattlemen's association, which remain supportive of
     1 17 some method of country of origin labeling; and
     1 18    WHEREAS, some of these concerns and questions
     1 19 relate to the costs involved in identifying, tracking,
     1 20 auditing, and verifying information necessary to
     1 21 implement the country of origin labeling initiative;
     1 22 NOW THEREFORE,
     1 23    BE IT RESOLVED BY THE SENATE, THE HOUSE OF
     1 24 REPRESENTATIVES CONCURRING, That the United States
     1 25 Department of Agriculture is urged to fully
     1 26 investigate the implementation of the country of
     1 27 origin labeling initiative prior to adopting
     1 28 regulations necessary to carry out those provisions of
     1 29 the 2002 Farm Bill, which to every extent feasible
     1 30 should include comprehensive public hearings to
     1 31 address the initiative's impacts upon this nation's
     1 32 system of producing and marketing agricultural
     1 33 commodities; and>.
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     1 37 JOHN P. KIBBIE
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