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S.108 - A bill to prohibit the operation during a calendar year of the final rule issued by the Secretary of Agriculture to establish standards for the designation of minimal-risk regions for the introduction of bovine spongiform encephalopathy into the United States, including designation of Canada as a minimal-risk region, and the importation into the United States from Canada of certain bovine ruminant products during that calendar year, unless country of origin labeling is required for the retail sale of a covered commodity during that calendar year.109th Congress (2005-2006)

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Sponsor: Sen. Johnson, Tim [D-SD] (Introduced 01/24/2005)
Committees: Senate - Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry
Latest Action: Senate - 01/24/2005 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.  (All Actions)

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Introduced in Senate (01/24/2005)

Prohibits the operation during a calendar year of the January 4, 2005, final rule issued by the Secretary of Agriculture to establish standards for the designation of minimal-risk regions for the introduction of bovine spongiform encephalopathy into the United States, including designation of Canada as a minimal-risk region, and the importation into the United States from Canada of certain bovine ruminant products unless country of origin labeling is required for the retail sale of a covered commodity during that calendar year.