Genetically Engineered Food Right to Know Act
Latest action · Nov 16, 2010 Referred to the Subcommittee on Livestock, Dairy, and Poultry.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedJun 23, 2010
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Genetically Engineered Food Right to Know Act - Amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FDCA), the Federal Meat Inspection Act, and the Poultry Products Inspection Act to deem a food misbranded if it contains or was produced with a genetically engineered material unless its labeling contains statements meeting specified requirements. Requires the periodic testing of such foods transferred along a chain of distribution to assure accuracy of labels, subject to specified exceptions. Excludes, in all three Acts, food: (1) served in restaurants; or (2) prepared primarily in a retail establishment, ready for human consumption, but not offered for sale for immediate consumption in the establishment.
Excludes, for purposes of the FDCA, a medical food as defined in the Orphan Drug Act.
Subjects violators to civil monetary penalties, exempting recipients who accept a guarantee of the absence of genetically engineered material in good faith or producers whose food inadvertently becomes contaminated by genetically engineered material. Authorizes citizen suits as specified.
Cosponsors 19
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jun 23, 2010 to Dec 14, 2010; 6 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-MA | Barney Frank | Original | Jun 23, 2010 |
| D-CA | Fortney Pete Stark | Original | Jun 23, 2010 |
| D-WA | Jim McDermott | Original | Jun 23, 2010 |
| D-CA | Lynn C. Woolsey | Original | Jun 23, 2010 |
| D-OR | Peter A. DeFazio | Original | Jun 23, 2010 |
| D-AZ | Raúl M. Grijalva | Original | Jun 23, 2010 |
| D-CA | Barbara Lee | Jun 28, 2010 | |
| D-CA | Linda T. Sánchez | Jul 13, 2010 | |
| D-NY | Maurice D. Hinchey | Jul 19, 2010 | |
| D-NY | Nita M. Lowey | Jul 19, 2010 | |
| D-NY | Carolyn B. Maloney | Jul 20, 2010 | |
| D-CA | Bob Filner | Jul 27, 2010 | |
| D-ME | Chellie Pingree | Jul 29, 2010 | |
| D-DC | Eleanor Holmes Norton | Jul 30, 2010 | |
| D-MA | Edward J. Markey | Sep 22, 2010 | |
| D-CA | Zoe Lofgren | Sep 22, 2010 | |
| D-TN | Steve Cohen | Sep 29, 2010 | |
| D-MI | Dale E. Kildee | Dec 14, 2010 | |
| D-VA | James P. Moran | Dec 14, 2010 |
Committees 2
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Agriculture Committee | Referred Jun 23, 2010 |
| Conservation, Research, and Biotechnology Subcommittee | Referred Nov 16, 2010 | |
| Livestock, Dairy, and Poultry Subcommittee | Referred Nov 16, 2010 | |
| House | Energy and Commerce Committee | Referred Jun 23, 2010 |
Actions 6
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Nov 16, 2010Referred to the Subcommittee on Rural Development, Biotechnology, Specialty Crops, and Foreign Agriculture.
- Nov 16, 2010Referred to the Subcommittee on Livestock, Dairy, and Poultry.
- Jun 23, 2010Introduced in House
- Jun 23, 2010Referred to House Agriculture
- Jun 23, 2010Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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 committee concerned.
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
Printed hearings 2
Hearings whose printed record names this bill, newest first: hearings on it, and wider hearings where it came up.
| Number | Hearing | Committee | Held |
|---|---|---|---|
| Serial No. 111-68 | H.R. 3258, THE DRINKING WATER SYSTEM SECURITY ACT OF 2009, AND H.R. 2868, THE CHEMICAL FACILITY ANTI-TERRORISM ACT OF 2009210 pages | Energy and Commerce Committee | Oct 1, 2009 |
| Serial No. 111-25 | H.R. 2868, THE ``CHEMICAL FACILITY ANTI-TERRORISM ACT OF 2009''106 pages | Homeland Security Committee | Jun 16, 2009 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act, the Federal Meat Inspection Act, and the Poultry Products Inspection Act to require that food that contains a genetically engineered material, or that is produced with a genetically engineered material, be labeled accordingly.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Genetically Engineered Food Right to Know Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Agriculture and Food.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Jun 23, 2010Introduced in House
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