,,ii  #aadth ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #gch  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of ,,the
 ,,united ,,states  ,march #ab1         
#bjae,ms4 ,murkowski 7for herself1 ,ms4 
,cantwell1 ,mr4 ,merkley1 and ,mr4      
,heinrich7 introduced the following     
bill2 which was read twice and referred 
to the ,committee on ,health1           
,education1 ,labor1 and ,pensions  ,a   
,,bill  ,to reduce the risks associated 
with genetically altered salmon in the  
,united ,states1 and for other purposes4
  #a4 ,short title ,this ,act may be    
cited as the ,genetically ,engineered   
,salmon ,risk ,reduction ,act4  #b4     
,purposes ,it is the purpose of this    
,act to-- 7#a7 minimize the risk that   
genetically engineered salmon will be   
introduced into the marine environment  
off the coasts of ,alaska1 ,washington1 
,oregon1 and ,california2 and  7#b7     
ensure that consumers in the ,united    
,states can make informed decisions when
 purchasing salmon4  #c4 ,amendments to 
the ,federal ,food1 ,drug1 and ,cosmetic

 ,act  7a7 ,labeling requirement        
,section #djc of the ,federal ,food1    
,drug1 and ,cosmetic ,act 7#ba ,u4,s4,c4
 #cdc7 is amended by adding at the end  
the following3  7z7 ,if it contains     
genetically engineered salmon unless the
 food bears a label stating that fact4  
4  7b7 ,requirement for environmental   
impact statement ,section #eab 7#ba     
,u4,s4,c4 #cfj;b7 is amended by adding  
at the end the following3  7q7 7#a7     
,prior to the approval of any           
application filed under this section for
 genetically engineered salmon intended 
for human consumption1 the ,secretary1  
in consultation with the ,under         
,secretary for ,oceans and ,atmosphere  
of the ,department of ,commerce1 shall  
prepare an environmental impact         
statement 7focused on the coast of the  
,united ,states from ,california to     
,alaska7 in accordance with section     
#ajb7b77;,c7 of the ,national           
,environmental ,policy ,act of #aifi    
that includes--  7,a7 an environmental  

risk analysis that assesses the         
potential direct and indirect impacts   
from escapement of covered fish on wild 
and cultured fish stocks and            
environments that may be exposed to such
 covered fish2  7,b7 a failure mode and 
effects analysis that quantitatively    
assesses the best- and worst-case       
probabilities of failure of each        
applicable confinement technique2  7,c7 
an assessment of the costs of control or
 eradication of escaped covered fish2   
and  7,d7 an assessment of the potential
 economic damage in terms of loss of    
production and sales to relevant wild   
and cultured fish stocks and            
environments from the escapement of     
covered fish4  7#b7 ,in this subsection1
 the term 8covered fish0 means a salmon 
or other anadromous or marine fish1 live
 or dead1 including the gametes1        
fertilized eggs1 offspring1 and         
descendants thereof1 that is modified or
 produced using ,,dna from an organism's
 own genome or that of another species1 

which overcome natural physiological    
reproductive barriers and which are not 
techniques used in traditional breeding 
and selection4  4