,i  #aaeth ,,congress  #b;d ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #ebdi  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,march #ac1 #bjah,mr4
 ,faso 7for himself1 ,mr4 ,sean ,patrick
 ,maloney of ,new ,york1 ,mr4 ,carbajal1
 ,mr4 ,arrington1 ,mr4 ,takano1 and ,mr4
 ,ruppersberger7 introduced the         
following bill2 which was referred to   
the ,committee on ,energy and ,commerce1
 and in addition to the ,committee on   
,foreign ,affairs1 for a period to be   
subsequently determined by the ,speaker1
 in each case for consideration of such 
provisions as fall within the           
jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
,a ,,bill  ,to require the ,secretary of
 ,agriculture to submit a report to the 
,commissioner of ,food and ,drugs on the
 use of a ,federal standard of identity 
for olive oil1 and for other purposes4  
#a4 ,short title ,this ,act may be cited
 as the ,olive ,oil ,consumer ,standards
 ,act of #bjah4  #b4 ,olive oil ,federal
 standard report required  7a7 ,in      
general ,not later than #ahj days after 

the date of the enactment of this ,act1 
the ,secretary of ,agriculture1 in      
consultation with persons affected by   
the potential establishment of a        
,federal standard of identity for olive 
oil1 shall submit to the ,commissioner  
of ,food and ,drugs a report on whether 
an appropriate ,federal standard of     
identity for olive oil would be in the  
interest of consumers1 the olive oil    
industry1 and ,united ,states           
agriculture4  7b7 ,consideration ,in    
preparing the report required under     
subsection 7a71 the ,secretary shall    
take into consideration the citizen     
petition entitled ,standard of ,identity
 for ,olive ,oil and ,olive-,pomace ,oil
 filed with the ,food and ,drug         
,administration on ,july #i1 #bjab 7and 
any successor filings74  #c4 ,membership
 in the ,international ,olive ,council  
,not later than #ij days after the date 
of the enactment of this ,act1 the      
,secretary of ,agriculture1 in          
consultation with the ,secretary of     

,state1 shall take such steps as may be 
necessary to apply for ,united ,states  
membership in the ,international ,olive 
,council4