,,ii  #aadth ,,congress  #b;d ,session  
,s4 #bfdj  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,march #c1     
#bjaf,ms4 ,murkowski 7for herself1 ,ms4 
,cantwell1 and ,mr4 ,sullivan7          
introduced the following bill2 which was
 read twice and referred to the         
,committee on ,health1 ,education1      
,labor1 and ,pensions  ,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  7a7 ,review ,the       
,secretary of ,health and ,human        
,services shall ensure that an          
independent scientific organization     
conducts a review of and submits a      
report on 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 ,in
 arranging for the review1 the          
,secretary shall ensure that the        
independent scientific organization will
 conduct its own assessment of the      
environmental impacts of approving the  
application1 taking into account the    
impact of ,aqu,advantage ,salmon on wild
 stocks of salmon and related wild      
ecosystems4  7b7 ,second environmental  
assessment ,on receipt of the report    
under subsection 7a71 the ,secretary    
shall require the ,food and ,drug       
,administration to conduct a second     
environmental assessment with respect to
 approval of the application described  
in subsection 7a74 ,the ,administration 
shall take into account the findings in 
the report in conducting the second     
environmental assessment4