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S 2038 109th Congress Senate Agriculture and Food Agriculture in foreign trade Animals Aquaculture Commerce Fishes Foreign Trade and International Finance Imports Labeling Marketing of farm produce Meat Peanuts Seafood Sheep Swine

A bill to amend the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946 to restore the original deadline for mandatory country of origin.

Introduced: November 17, 2005 See on congress.gov
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Nov 17, 2005
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
Nov 17, 2005
Introduced in Senate
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Amends the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946 to change the country of origin labeling implementation date to September 30, 2006.

What's happening now November 17, 2005

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

 Related & companion bills 2
  • S 1331 Related bill A bill to amend the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946 to charge the date of implementation of country of origin labeli…
  • HR 4365 Identical bill To amend the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946 to implement mandatory country of origin labeling requirements for meat…
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Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 3
All 3 Democratic 1 Republican 2
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Grassley, Chuck
Iowa · Nov 17, 2005
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Thune, John
South Dakota · Nov 17, 2005
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Wyden, Ron
Oregon · Nov 17, 2005
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 2038: A bill to amend the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946 to restore the original deadline for mandatory country of origin.. 109th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/109-S-2038/
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"S. 2038: A bill to amend the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946 to restore the original deadline for mandatory country of origin.." 109th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/109-S-2038/.
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S. 2038, 109th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/109-S-2038/.
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