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S. 764National Sea Grant College Program Amendments Act of 2015
- Sponsor
- Roger F. Wicker [R-MS]
- Cosponsors
- 1 · 1 Republican
- Policy area
- Agriculture and Food
- Committees
- Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee, Natural Resources Committee · and 1 more
- Latest action
- Jul 29, 2016 · Became Public Law No: 114-216.
- IntroducedMar 17, 2015
- Passed the SenateJul 28, 2015
- Passed the HouseSep 18, 2015
- Sent to the PresidentJul 19, 2016
- Became lawJul 29, 2016
(This measure has not been amended since the Senate agreed to the House amendment with an amendment on July 7, 2016. The summary of that version is repeated here.)
This bill amends the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946 to establish a national mandatory bioengineered food disclosure standard. (Bioengineered food is commonly referred to as a genetically modified organism or GMO food.)
(Sec. 1) Bioengineered food is food that that has been genetically modified in a way that could not be obtained through conventional breeding or found in nature.
The standard applies to any claim in a disclosure a food bears indicating that the food is bioengineered and to any food subject to the labeling requirements under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FFDCA).
It applies to foods subject to labeling requirements under the Federal Meat Inspection Act, the Poultry Products Inspection Act, or the Egg Products Inspection Act if: (1) the most predominant ingredient would independently be subject to the FFDCA labeling requirements; or (2) the most predominant ingredient is broth, stock, water, or a similar solution and the second-most predominant ingredient would independently be subject to the FFDCA labeling requirements.
Within two years of enactment of this bill, USDA must establish: (1) a national mandatory bioengineered food disclosure standard for any bioengineered food and any food that may be bioengineered, and (2) requirements and procedures to carry out the standard.
Regulations prescribing the labeling of bioengineered food must:
prohibit a food derived from an animal from being considered bioengineered solely because the animal consumed feed produced from, containing, or consisting of a bioengineered substance;
- determine the amounts of a bioengineered substance that may be present for a food to be bioengineered;
- establish a process for requesting and granting a USDA determination regarding other factors and conditions under which a food is considered bioengineered;
- require the form of disclosure to be a text, symbol, or electronic or digital link (excluding Internet website Uniform Resource Locators not embedded in the link) with the disclosure option to be selected by the food manufacturer; and
- provide alternative reasonable disclosure options for food contained in small or very small packages.
For small food manufacturers, the regulations must provide: (1) an implementation date that is no earlier than one year after the implementation date of the regulations; and (2) additional on-package disclosure options to be selected by the manufacturer that consist of: a telephone number with language indicating that it provides access to additional information, and an Internet website maintained by the manufacturer.
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Mar 16, 2016Each bar: ✓ Yea from the bottom, ✕ Nay aboveJul 14, 2016
Senate Jun 29, 2016 · the primary vote
On the Motion
Motion to Lay Before the Senate a Message From the House to Accompany S. 764
Motion Agreed to
68 Yea 29 Nay 3 not voting
Crossed both parties 19 of 97 voting members broke with their own party: 16 Democrats, 3 Republicans.
How the chamber split
DemocratsIndependentsRepublicansFilled: YeaRing: NayGrey: not voting or present
Showing 100 of 100 members
- RAlexanderTN · RepublicanYea
- RAyotteNH · RepublicanYea
- DTammy BaldwinWI · DemocraticBroke with party (Democratic majority)Yea
- RJohn BarrassoWY · RepublicanYea
- DMichael F. BennetCO · DemocraticBroke with party (Democratic majority)Yea
- DRichard BlumenthalCT · DemocraticNay
- RBluntMO · RepublicanYea
- DCory A. BookerNJ · DemocraticRunning in 2026Nay
- RJohn BoozmanAR · RepublicanYea
- DBoxerCA · DemocraticNay
- DBrownOH · DemocraticBroke with party (Democratic majority)Yea
- RBurrNC · RepublicanYea
- DMaria CantwellWA · DemocraticNay
- RShelley Moore CapitoWV · RepublicanRunning in 2026Yea
- DCardinMD · DemocraticNay
- DCarperDE · DemocraticBroke with party (Democratic majority)Yea
- DCaseyPA · DemocraticBroke with party (Democratic majority)Yea
- RBill CassidyLA · RepublicanRunning in 2026Yea
- RCoatsIN · RepublicanYea
- RCochranMS · RepublicanYea
- RSusan M. CollinsME · RepublicanRunning in 2026Yea
- DChristopher A. CoonsDE · DemocraticBroke with party (Democratic majority)Running in 2026Yea
- RCorkerTN · RepublicanYea
- RJohn CornynTX · RepublicanRunning in 2026Yea
- RTom CottonAR · RepublicanRunning in 2026Yea
- RMike CrapoID · RepublicanYea
- RTed CruzTX · RepublicanYea
- RSteve DainesMT · RepublicanYea
- DDonnellyIN · DemocraticBroke with party (Democratic majority)Yea
- DRichard J. DurbinIL · DemocraticNot voting
- REnziWY · RepublicanYea
- RJoni ErnstIA · RepublicanYea
- DFeinsteinCA · DemocraticBroke with party (Democratic majority)Yea
- RDeb FischerNE · RepublicanYea
- RFlakeAZ · RepublicanYea
- DFrankenMN · DemocraticBroke with party (Democratic majority)Yea
- RGardnerCO · RepublicanYea
- DKirsten E. GillibrandNY · DemocraticNay
- RGrahamSC · RepublicanYea
- RChuck GrassleyIA · RepublicanYea
- RHatchUT · RepublicanYea
- DMartin HeinrichNM · DemocraticNay
- DHeitkampND · DemocraticBroke with party (Democratic majority)Yea
- RHellerNV · RepublicanYea
- DMazie K. HironoHI · DemocraticNay
- RJohn HoevenND · RepublicanYea
- RInhofeOK · RepublicanYea
- RIsaksonGA · RepublicanYea
- RRon JohnsonWI · RepublicanYea
- DTim KaineVA · DemocraticNay
- IAngus S. King, Jr.ME · IndependentYea
- RKirkIL · RepublicanYea
- DAmy KlobucharMN · DemocraticBroke with party (Democratic majority)Yea
- RJames LankfordOK · RepublicanYea
- DLeahyVT · DemocraticNay
- RMike LeeUT · RepublicanYea
- DManchinWV · DemocraticNot voting
- DEdward J. MarkeyMA · DemocraticRunning in 2026Nay
- RMcCainAZ · RepublicanYea
- DMcCaskillMO · DemocraticBroke with party (Democratic majority)Yea
- RMitch McConnellKY · RepublicanYea
- DMenendezNJ · DemocraticNay
- DJeff MerkleyOR · DemocraticRunning in 2026Nay
- DMikulskiMD · DemocraticNay
- RJerry MoranKS · RepublicanYea
- RLisa MurkowskiAK · RepublicanBroke with party (Republican majority)Nay
- DChristopher MurphyCT · DemocraticNay
- DPatty MurrayWA · DemocraticNay
- DNelsonFL · DemocraticBroke with party (Democratic majority)Yea
- RRand PaulKY · RepublicanBroke with party (Republican majority)Nay
- RPerdueGA · RepublicanYea
- DGary C. PetersMI · DemocraticBroke with party (Democratic majority)Yea
- RPortmanOH · RepublicanYea
- DJack ReedRI · DemocraticRunning in 2026Nay
- DReidNV · DemocraticNay
- RJames E. RischID · RepublicanRunning in 2026Yea
- RRobertsKS · RepublicanYea
- RMike RoundsSD · RepublicanRunning in 2026Yea
- RRubioFL · RepublicanYea
- IBernard SandersVT · IndependentNay
- RSasseNE · RepublicanYea
- DBrian SchatzHI · DemocraticNay
- DCharles E. SchumerNY · DemocraticNay
- RTim ScottSC · RepublicanYea
- RSessionsAL · RepublicanYea
- DJeanne ShaheenNH · DemocraticBroke with party (Democratic majority)Yea
- RShelbyAL · RepublicanYea
- DStabenowMI · DemocraticBroke with party (Democratic majority)Yea
- RDan SullivanAK · RepublicanBroke with party (Republican majority)Running in 2026Nay
- DTesterMT · DemocraticNay
- RJohn ThuneSD · RepublicanYea
- RThom TillisNC · RepublicanYea
- RToomeyPA · RepublicanYea
- DUdallNM · DemocraticNay
- RVitterLA · RepublicanYea
- DMark R. WarnerVA · DemocraticRunning in 2026Not voting
- DElizabeth WarrenMA · DemocraticNay
- DSheldon WhitehouseRI · DemocraticNay
- RRoger F. WickerMS · RepublicanYea
- DRon WydenOR · DemocraticNay
100 members on this roll call, from the official Senate record. Party majorities need at least five voting members, so an independent never counts as breaking with a party.
Signing on is not a vote: a member can cosponsor S. 764 and vote against it. 1 signed when it was filed.
RDan Sullivan [R-AK]