,i #aadth ,,congress #b;d ,session ,h4 ,r4 #dgac ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of ,,representatives ,march #c1 #bjaf ,mr4 ,young of ,alaska 7for himself and ,mr4 ,de,fazio7 introduced the following bill2 which was referred to the ,committee on ,energy and ,commerce ,a ,,bill ,to amend the market name of genetically altered salmon in the ,united ,states1 and for other purposes4 #a4 ,short title ,this ,act may be cited as the ,genetically ,engineered ,salmon ,labeling ,act4 #b4 ,purposes ,it is the purpose of this ,act to-- 7#a7 ensure that consumers in the ,united ,states can make informed decisions when purchasing salmon2 and 7#b7 authorize an independent scientific review of-- 7,a7 the possible effects of genetically engineered salmon on wild salmon stocks2 and 7,b7 the ,food and ,drug ,administration's approval of genetically engineered salmon for human consumption4 #c4 ,market name for genetically engineered salmon 7a7 ,in ,general ,notwithstanding any other provision of law1 for purposes of applying the ,federal ,food1 ,drug1 and ,cosmetic ,act 7#ba ,u4,s4,c4 #cja et seq471 the acceptable market name of any salmon that is genetically engineered shall include the words 8,genetically ,engineered0 or ,,ge prior to the existing acceptable market name4 7b7 ,definition ,for purposes of this section1 salmon is genetically engineered if it has been modified by recombinant ,,dna 7r,d,n,a7 techniques1 including the entire lineage of salmon that contain the r,d,n,a modification4 #d4 ,third-party review of certain salmon approval ,the ,secretary of ,health and ,human ,services shall ensure that an independent scientific organization conducts a review of the environmental assessment that was carried out by the ,food and ,drug ,administration in support of an approval of a new animal drug application related to ,aqu,advantage ,salmon1 dated ,november #ab1 #bjae4