,,ii  #aagth ,,congress  #b;d ,session  
,s4 #cdci  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,january #d1   
#bjbb,mr4 ,marshall introduced the      
following bill2 which was read twice and
 referred to the ,committee on          
,agriculture1 ,nutrition1 and ,forestry 
,a ,,bill  ,to direct the ,secretary of 
,agriculture to promulgate regulations  
modifying labeling requirements for beef
 and beef food products4  #a4 ,short    
title ,this ,act may be cited as the    
,bona ,fide ,beef ,branding ,act of     
#bjbb4  #b4 ,beef labeling regulations  
7a7 ,in general ,not later than #ahj    
days after the date of enactment of this
 ,act1 the ,secretary of ,agriculture   
shall promulgate regulations that1 for  
beef and beef food products subject to  
the requirements of the ,federal ,meat  
,inspection ,act 7#ba ,u4,s4,c4 #fja et 
seq47-- 7#a7 eliminate the use of the   
label ,product of ,u4,s4,a42 and  7#b7  
establish1 and allow for the voluntary  
use of1 the labels described in         

subsection 7b74  7b7 ,labels ,the labels
 referred to in subsection 7a77#b7 are  
the following3 7#a7 ,processed in       
,u4,s4,a ,the label ,processed in       
,u4,s4,a4 means that the beef or beef   
food product has undergone substantial  
transformation in a facility in the     
,united ,states subject to inspection   
under the ,federal ,meat ,inspection    
,act 7#ba ,u4,s4,c4 #fja et seq474  7#b7
 ,raised and ,processed in ,u4,s4,a ,the
 label ,raised and ,processed in        
,u4,s4,a4 means that the live animal    
that is the source of the beef or beef  
food product is raised in the ,united   
,states for not less than #ajj days     
before it is processed at a facility    
described in paragraph 7#a74  7#c7      
,born1 ,raised1 and ,processed in       
,u4,s4,a ,the label ,born1 ,raised1 and 
,processed in ,u4,s4,a4 means that the  
live animal that is the source of the   
beef or beef food product is born and   
raised in the ,united ,states and       
processed at a facility described in    

paragraph 7#a74