A bill to amend the Organic Foods Production Act of 1990 to prohibit the labeling of cloned livestock and products derived from cloned livestock as organic.

Summary

Amends the Organic Foods Production Act of 1990 to prohibit the labeling of cloned livestock and products derived from cloned livestock as organic. Defines "cloned livestock" as: (1) livestock produced as the result of somatic cell nuclear transfer or other asexual reproduction technologies; and (2) the progeny of such livestock.

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Timeline

1. 8 February 2007

   Introduced

   Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.

   Source: IntroReferral

2. 8 February 2007

   Introduced

   Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S1790)

   Source: IntroReferral

3. 8 February 2007

   Introduced

   Introduced in Senate

   Source: IntroReferral

Votes

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Versions

• Introduced in Senate · 8 February 2007 · Official file

Documents

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• Introduced in Senate (text)

  Introduced in Senate · EN · 8 February 2007

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• Introduced in Senate (PDF)

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• Introduced in Senate

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Sponsors

• Sen. Kohl, Herb [D-WI] · D · Sponsor
• Sen. Leahy, Patrick J. [D-VT] · D · Sponsor
• Sen. Feingold, Russell D. [D-WI] · D · Cosponsor
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