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| 4 | 4 | | STSESSION H. R. 848 |
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| 5 | 5 | | To direct the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to |
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| 6 | 6 | | establish a voluntary food climate labeling program, and for other purposes. |
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| 7 | 7 | | IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES |
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| 8 | 8 | | JANUARY31, 2025 |
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| 9 | 9 | | Mr. C |
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| 10 | 10 | | ASTEN(for himself and Ms. BROWNLEY) introduced the following bill; |
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| 11 | 11 | | which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce |
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| 12 | 12 | | A BILL |
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| 13 | 13 | | To direct the Administrator of the Environmental Protection |
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| 14 | 14 | | Agency to establish a voluntary food climate labeling |
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| 15 | 15 | | program, and for other purposes. |
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| 16 | 16 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1 |
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| 17 | 17 | | tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 |
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| 18 | 18 | | SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 |
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| 19 | 19 | | This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Voluntary Food Cli-4 |
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| 20 | 20 | | mate Labeling Act’’. 5 |
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| 21 | 21 | | SEC. 2. VOLUNTARY FOOD CLIMATE LABELING PROGRAM. 6 |
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| 22 | 22 | | (a) I |
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| 23 | 23 | | NGENERAL.— 7 |
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| 24 | 24 | | (1) E |
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| 25 | 25 | | STABLISHMENT.—The Administrator of 8 |
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| 26 | 26 | | the Environmental Protection Agency shall carry out 9 |
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| 27 | 27 | | a voluntary food climate labeling program. 10 |
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| 31 | 31 | | (2) CONSULTATION.—The Administrator shall 1 |
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| 32 | 32 | | establish and operate the labeling program in con-2 |
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| 33 | 33 | | sultation with the Secretary of Agriculture and the 3 |
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| 34 | 34 | | Federal Trade Commission. 4 |
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| 35 | 35 | | (b) A |
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| 36 | 36 | | DMINISTRATION OFPROGRAM.— 5 |
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| 37 | 37 | | (1) P |
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| 38 | 38 | | ROHIBITION.—A person manufacturing, 6 |
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| 39 | 39 | | importing, distributing, or selling food may not place 7 |
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| 40 | 40 | | the food climate label developed under subsection (c) 8 |
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| 41 | 41 | | on the food or its labeling unless the Administrator 9 |
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| 42 | 42 | | has authorized such person to do so under para-10 |
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| 43 | 43 | | graph (3). 11 |
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| 44 | 44 | | (2) A |
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| 45 | 45 | | PPLICATIONS.—An applicant shall submit 12 |
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| 46 | 46 | | to the Administrator an application at such time, in 13 |
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| 47 | 47 | | such manner, and containing such information as 14 |
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| 48 | 48 | | the Administrator may require. 15 |
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| 49 | 49 | | (3) R |
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| 50 | 50 | | EVIEW OF APPLICATIONS .—The Adminis-16 |
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| 51 | 51 | | trator shall review all applications submitted under 17 |
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| 52 | 52 | | paragraph (2) and approve any such application— 18 |
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| 53 | 53 | | (A) on the basis of whether the applicant 19 |
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| 54 | 54 | | provides assurances satisfactory to the Adminis-20 |
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| 55 | 55 | | trator that the applicant will adhere to the re-21 |
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| 56 | 56 | | quirements of the labeling program; and 22 |
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| 57 | 57 | | (B) not on the basis of an assessment of 23 |
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| 58 | 58 | | the benefits to the environment associated with 24 |
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| 59 | 59 | | the food. 25 |
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| 63 | 63 | | (4) PLACEMENT OF LABEL .—If the Adminis-1 |
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| 64 | 64 | | trator approves an application under this subsection 2 |
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| 65 | 65 | | with respect to a food, the Administrator may speci-3 |
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| 66 | 66 | | fy where on the food or its labeling the food climate 4 |
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| 67 | 67 | | label shall be placed. 5 |
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| 68 | 68 | | (c) D |
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| 69 | 69 | | EVELOPMENT OF FOODCLIMATELABEL.— 6 |
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| 70 | 70 | | (1) I |
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| 71 | 71 | | N GENERAL.—The Administrator shall 7 |
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| 72 | 72 | | specify— 8 |
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| 73 | 73 | | (A) the visual form of the food climate 9 |
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| 74 | 74 | | label, as described in paragraph (3); 10 |
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| 75 | 75 | | (B) the information to be included on the 11 |
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| 76 | 76 | | food climate label, as described in paragraph 12 |
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| 77 | 77 | | (4); and 13 |
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| 78 | 78 | | (C) the method by which the information 14 |
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| 79 | 79 | | to be included on the food climate label shall be 15 |
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| 80 | 80 | | verified, as described in paragraph (5). 16 |
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| 81 | 81 | | (2) C |
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| 82 | 82 | | ONSULTATION.—In specifying the visual 17 |
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| 83 | 83 | | form, information to be included, and method for 18 |
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| 84 | 84 | | verification referred to in paragraph (1), the Admin-19 |
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| 85 | 85 | | istrator— 20 |
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| 86 | 86 | | (A) shall consult with food industry stake-21 |
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| 87 | 87 | | holders; and 22 |
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| 88 | 88 | | (B) may perform such consultation— 23 |
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| 89 | 89 | | (i) by establishing a Federal advisory 24 |
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| 90 | 90 | | committee under chapter 10 of title 5, 25 |
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| 94 | 94 | | United States Code (commonly referred to 1 |
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| 95 | 95 | | as the ‘‘Federal Advisory Committee 2 |
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| 96 | 96 | | Act’’); or 3 |
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| 97 | 97 | | (ii) through a negotiated rulemaking 4 |
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| 98 | 98 | | under the Negotiated Rulemaking Act of 5 |
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| 99 | 99 | | 1990 (Public Law 101–648). 6 |
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| 100 | 100 | | (3) V |
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| 101 | 101 | | ISUAL FORM.—The visual form of the food 7 |
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| 102 | 102 | | climate label shall— 8 |
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| 103 | 103 | | (A) convey the information described in 9 |
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| 104 | 104 | | paragraph (4) to the consumer in a manner 10 |
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| 105 | 105 | | that is determined by the Administrator to be 11 |
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| 106 | 106 | | most useful to the consumer at the point of sale 12 |
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| 107 | 107 | | in making food purchasing decisions; 13 |
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| 108 | 108 | | (B) not convey that any given food is ac-14 |
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| 109 | 109 | | ceptable or unacceptable, but instead provide to 15 |
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| 110 | 110 | | the consumer a numerical quantification of the 16 |
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| 111 | 111 | | information described in paragraph (4); 17 |
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| 112 | 112 | | (C) employ words, numbers, and imagery, 18 |
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| 113 | 113 | | as specified by the Administrator; 19 |
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| 114 | 114 | | (D) convey that the information on the 20 |
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| 115 | 115 | | food climate label has been verified under re-21 |
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| 116 | 116 | | quirements established by the Environmental 22 |
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| 117 | 117 | | Protection Agency; 23 |
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| 121 | 121 | | (E) include a logo (or other identifier) to 1 |
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| 122 | 122 | | help the consumer identify the food climate 2 |
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| 123 | 123 | | label; and 3 |
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| 124 | 124 | | (F) include a quick response code (com-4 |
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| 125 | 125 | | monly known as a ‘‘QR code’’) or similar mech-5 |
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| 126 | 126 | | anism that provides electronic access to the con-6 |
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| 127 | 127 | | sumer at the point of sale to the information 7 |
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| 128 | 128 | | described in paragraph (4)(B). 8 |
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| 129 | 129 | | (4) I |
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| 130 | 130 | | NFORMATION TO BE INCLUDED .— 9 |
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| 131 | 131 | | (A) L |
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| 132 | 132 | | ABEL.—The food climate label shall 10 |
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| 133 | 133 | | include two numerical summaries of the best 11 |
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| 134 | 134 | | available information regarding the total green-12 |
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| 135 | 135 | | house gas emissions released throughout the 13 |
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| 136 | 136 | | lifecycle of the food and its input materials as 14 |
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| 137 | 137 | | follows: 15 |
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| 138 | 138 | | (i) The first numerical summary shall 16 |
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| 139 | 139 | | include the information on the greenhouse 17 |
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| 140 | 140 | | gas emissions released during— 18 |
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| 141 | 141 | | (I) the growing of ingredients; 19 |
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| 142 | 142 | | (II) the manufacture of the 20 |
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| 143 | 143 | | nonfood input materials; 21 |
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| 144 | 144 | | (III) processing; 22 |
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| 145 | 145 | | (IV) packaging; and 23 |
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| 146 | 146 | | (V) distribution. 24 |
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| 150 | 150 | | (ii) The second numerical summary 1 |
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| 151 | 151 | | shall include the information on the green-2 |
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| 152 | 152 | | house gas emissions released during— 3 |
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| 153 | 153 | | (I) storage; 4 |
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| 154 | 154 | | (II) presentation in a retail food 5 |
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| 155 | 155 | | establishment; 6 |
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| 156 | 156 | | (III) consumer use, including the 7 |
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| 157 | 157 | | energy used to store the food after 8 |
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| 158 | 158 | | purchase; 9 |
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| 159 | 159 | | (IV) end-of-life reuse, recycling, 10 |
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| 160 | 160 | | composting, treatment, and disposal 11 |
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| 161 | 161 | | of the food and its packaging; and 12 |
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| 162 | 162 | | (V) any other aspect of the 13 |
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| 163 | 163 | | lifecycle of the food and its input ma-14 |
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| 164 | 164 | | terials. 15 |
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| 165 | 165 | | (B) V |
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| 166 | 166 | | ALIDATION OF SUMMARIES .— 16 |
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| 167 | 167 | | (i) V |
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| 168 | 168 | | ALIDITY OF FIRST NUMERICAL 17 |
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| 169 | 169 | | SUMMARY.—The participant shall be re-18 |
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| 170 | 170 | | sponsible for the validity of the numerical 19 |
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| 171 | 171 | | summary required by subparagraph (A)(i). 20 |
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| 172 | 172 | | (ii) V |
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| 173 | 173 | | ALIDITY OF SECOND NUMERICAL 21 |
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| 174 | 174 | | SUMMARY.—The Administrator shall— 22 |
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| 175 | 175 | | (I) be responsible for the validity 23 |
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| 176 | 176 | | of the numerical summary required by 24 |
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| 177 | 177 | | subparagraph (A)(ii); and 25 |
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| 181 | 181 | | (II) develop such numerical sum-1 |
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| 182 | 182 | | mary in consultation with the partici-2 |
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| 183 | 183 | | pant referred to in clause (i) and the 3 |
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| 184 | 184 | | advisory committee established under 4 |
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| 185 | 185 | | paragraph (2)(B). 5 |
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| 186 | 186 | | (C) QR |
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| 187 | 187 | | CODE.—The QR code (or similar 6 |
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| 188 | 188 | | mechanism) referred to in paragraph (3)(F) 7 |
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| 189 | 189 | | shall provide access to the following informa-8 |
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| 190 | 190 | | tion: 9 |
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| 191 | 191 | | (i) If the food is subject to a vol-10 |
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| 192 | 192 | | untary commitment under subsection (d), 11 |
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| 193 | 193 | | an indication that such food is subject to 12 |
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| 194 | 194 | | such commitment and a summary of the 13 |
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| 195 | 195 | | information reported pursuant to such 14 |
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| 196 | 196 | | commitment under such subsection. 15 |
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| 197 | 197 | | (ii) The database established under 16 |
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| 198 | 198 | | subsection (e). 17 |
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| 199 | 199 | | (5) M |
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| 200 | 200 | | ETHOD OF VERIFICATION .— 18 |
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| 201 | 201 | | (A) I |
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| 202 | 202 | | N GENERAL.—The Administrator 19 |
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| 203 | 203 | | shall specify the method by which the informa-20 |
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| 204 | 204 | | tion included on the food climate label shall be 21 |
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| 205 | 205 | | verified. Such method shall include— 22 |
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| 206 | 206 | | (i) adhering to uniform standards for 23 |
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| 207 | 207 | | the collection and analysis of such informa-24 |
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| 208 | 208 | | tion; 25 |
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| 212 | 212 | | (ii) adhering to requirements for enti-1 |
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| 213 | 213 | | ties (certified by the Administrator for 2 |
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| 214 | 214 | | such purpose) to measure, monitor, verify, 3 |
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| 215 | 215 | | and report such information; and 4 |
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| 216 | 216 | | (iii) using the best available scientific 5 |
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| 217 | 217 | | information. 6 |
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| 218 | 218 | | (B) I |
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| 219 | 219 | | NTERNATIONAL STANDARDS .—In de-7 |
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| 220 | 220 | | veloping the method under subparagraph (A), 8 |
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| 221 | 221 | | the Administrator shall consider the established 9 |
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| 222 | 222 | | international standards for carbon accounting 10 |
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| 223 | 223 | | for product lifecycle assessment, including— 11 |
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| 224 | 224 | | (i) the ISO 14040 and ISO 14044 12 |
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| 225 | 225 | | standards of the International Organiza-13 |
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| 226 | 226 | | tion for Standardization; and 14 |
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| 227 | 227 | | (ii) protocols established under the 15 |
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| 228 | 228 | | Greenhouse Gas Protocol (commonly 16 |
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| 229 | 229 | | known as the ‘‘GHG Protocol’’) program 17 |
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| 230 | 230 | | of the World Business Council for Sustain-18 |
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| 231 | 231 | | able Development and the World Resources 19 |
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| 232 | 232 | | Institute, including— 20 |
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| 233 | 233 | | (I) the GHG Product Life Cycle 21 |
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| 234 | 234 | | Accounting and Reporting Standard; 22 |
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| 235 | 235 | | and 23 |
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| 239 | 239 | | (II) Publicly Available Specifica-1 |
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| 240 | 240 | | tion 2050 (commonly known as ‘‘PAS 2 |
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| 241 | 241 | | 2050’’). 3 |
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| 242 | 242 | | (C) A |
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| 243 | 243 | | LIGNMENT WITH CURRENT BEST 4 |
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| 244 | 244 | | PRACTICES OF FOOD INDUSTRY .—The Adminis-5 |
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| 245 | 245 | | trator shall ensure that the method under sub-6 |
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| 246 | 246 | | paragraph (A) is informed by, and generally 7 |
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| 247 | 247 | | aligned with, the current best practices of the 8 |
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| 248 | 248 | | food industry for validating the information in-9 |
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| 249 | 249 | | cluded on the food climate label. 10 |
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| 250 | 250 | | (d) V |
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| 251 | 251 | | OLUNTARYCOMMITMENTS.—Not later than 2 11 |
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| 252 | 252 | | years after the date of enactment of this section, the Ad-12 |
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| 253 | 253 | | ministrator shall establish a program under which a man-13 |
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| 254 | 254 | | ufacturer, importer, distributor, or seller of a food bearing 14 |
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| 255 | 255 | | the food climate label may, on a voluntary basis— 15 |
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| 256 | 256 | | (1) make and report a voluntary commitment to 16 |
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| 257 | 257 | | reduce the greenhouse gas emissions associated with 17 |
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| 258 | 258 | | such food; and 18 |
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| 259 | 259 | | (2) report sustainability information pertaining 19 |
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| 260 | 260 | | to the food based on the best available scientific in-20 |
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| 261 | 261 | | formation. 21 |
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| 262 | 262 | | (e) D |
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| 263 | 263 | | ATABASE.—Not later than 2 years after the date 22 |
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| 264 | 264 | | of enactment of this section, the Administrator shall estab-23 |
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| 265 | 265 | | lish and make publicly accessible a database under an 24 |
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| 269 | 269 | | open license to provide consumers with easy access to in-1 |
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| 270 | 270 | | formation pertaining to the labeling program, including— 2 |
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| 271 | 271 | | (1) explanations of the objectives and the meth-3 |
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| 272 | 272 | | odologies of the Administrator in developing the food 4 |
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| 273 | 273 | | climate label and in specifying the visual form, infor-5 |
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| 274 | 274 | | mation to be included, and method for verification 6 |
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| 275 | 275 | | referred to in subsection (c)(1); 7 |
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| 276 | 276 | | (2) the information described in clauses (i) and 8 |
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| 277 | 277 | | (ii) of subsection (c)(4)(B) with respect to each food 9 |
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| 278 | 278 | | in the labeling program; 10 |
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| 279 | 279 | | (3) the voluntary commitments and sustain-11 |
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| 280 | 280 | | ability information reported under subsection (d); 12 |
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| 281 | 281 | | and 13 |
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| 282 | 282 | | (4) as the Administrator determines appro-14 |
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| 283 | 283 | | priate, any sustainability information pertaining to 15 |
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| 284 | 284 | | food bearing the food climate label, based on the 16 |
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| 285 | 285 | | best available scientific information. 17 |
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| 286 | 286 | | (f) R |
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| 287 | 287 | | EPORTS.—Not later than 7 years after the date 18 |
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| 288 | 288 | | of enactment of this section, and every 5 years thereafter, 19 |
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| 289 | 289 | | the Administrator shall— 20 |
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| 290 | 290 | | (1) publish a report on the labeling program’s 21 |
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| 291 | 291 | | effectiveness in— 22 |
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| 292 | 292 | | (A) providing consumers information that 23 |
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| 293 | 293 | | consumers find useful; and 24 |
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| 298 | 298 | | associated with food throughout the lifecycle of 2 |
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| 299 | 299 | | the food and its input materials, as described in 3 |
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| 300 | 300 | | subsection (c)(4)(A); and 4 |
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| 301 | 301 | | (2) submit to Congress a report containing any 5 |
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| 302 | 302 | | recommendations for legislative action that would 6 |
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| 303 | 303 | | improve the labeling program’s effectiveness in 7 |
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| 304 | 304 | | achieving the objectives described in subparagraphs 8 |
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| 305 | 305 | | (A) and (B) of paragraph (1). 9 |
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| 306 | 306 | | (g) R |
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| 307 | 307 | | EGULATIONS.— 10 |
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| 308 | 308 | | (1) I |
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| 309 | 309 | | N GENERAL.—Not later than 2 years after 11 |
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| 310 | 310 | | the date of enactment of this section, the Adminis-12 |
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| 311 | 311 | | trator shall finalize regulations to carry out the la-13 |
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| 312 | 312 | | beling program. 14 |
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| 313 | 313 | | (2) U |
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| 314 | 314 | | PDATES.—Not later than 7 years after the 15 |
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| 315 | 315 | | date of enactment of this section, and every 5 years 16 |
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| 316 | 316 | | thereafter, the Administrator shall update the regu-17 |
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| 317 | 317 | | lations for carrying out the labeling program to in-18 |
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| 318 | 318 | | crease the labeling program’s effectiveness, as deter-19 |
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| 319 | 319 | | mined by the Administrator with regard to the ob-20 |
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| 320 | 320 | | jectives described in subparagraphs (A) and (B) of 21 |
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| 321 | 321 | | subsection (f)(1). 22 |
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| 322 | 322 | | (h) T |
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| 323 | 323 | | ECHNICALASSISTANCE.— 23 |
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| 324 | 324 | | (1) E |
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| 325 | 325 | | STABLISHMENT.—The Administrator shall 24 |
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| 330 | 330 | | in the Environmental Protection Agency to provide 1 |
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| 331 | 331 | | technical assistance to— 2 |
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| 332 | 332 | | (A) entities participating in or seeking to 3 |
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| 333 | 333 | | participate in the labeling program; 4 |
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| 334 | 334 | | (B) entities certified or seeking to become 5 |
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| 335 | 335 | | certified under subsection (c)(5)(A)(ii); 6 |
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| 336 | 336 | | (C) entities making a voluntary commit-7 |
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| 337 | 337 | | ment or seeking to make such commitment 8 |
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| 338 | 338 | | under subsection (d); and 9 |
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| 339 | 339 | | (D) retail food establishments. 10 |
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| 340 | 340 | | (2) C |
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| 341 | 341 | | OMPOSITION.—The technical assistance 11 |
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| 342 | 342 | | advisory board under paragraph (1) shall be com-12 |
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| 343 | 343 | | prised of subject matter experts and academics, 13 |
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| 344 | 344 | | trade associations, consultants, leaders of the De-14 |
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| 345 | 345 | | partment of Agriculture, and representatives of in-15 |
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| 346 | 346 | | dustry and appropriate organizations. 16 |
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| 347 | 347 | | (i) C |
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| 348 | 348 | | ONSUMEROUTREACH.—Not later than 3 years 17 |
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| 349 | 349 | | after the date of enactment of this section, the Adminis-18 |
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| 350 | 350 | | trator shall establish a program to inform consumers 19 |
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| 351 | 351 | | about the labeling program by— 20 |
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| 352 | 352 | | (1) providing retail food establishments edu-21 |
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| 353 | 353 | | cational materials and other information to be con-22 |
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| 354 | 354 | | veyed to consumers regarding the labeling program, 23 |
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| 355 | 355 | | which materials and information shall display the 24 |
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| 359 | 359 | | logo (or other identifier) described in subsection 1 |
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| 360 | 360 | | (c)(3)(E); and 2 |
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| 361 | 361 | | (2) reaching the public through a wide range of 3 |
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| 362 | 362 | | venues, including public service announcements and 4 |
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| 363 | 363 | | advertising. 5 |
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| 364 | 364 | | (j) P |
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| 365 | 365 | | ENALTIES FORFRAUDULENTUSE OFLABEL.— 6 |
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| 366 | 366 | | (1) I |
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| 367 | 367 | | N GENERAL.—Any person that violates a 7 |
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| 368 | 368 | | requirement of this section shall be subject to a civil 8 |
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| 369 | 369 | | penalty of not more than $10,000 for each such vio-9 |
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| 370 | 370 | | lation. 10 |
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| 371 | 371 | | (2) S |
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| 372 | 372 | | EPARATE VIOLATIONS .—Each separate 11 |
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| 373 | 373 | | violation of a requirement of this section with re-12 |
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| 374 | 374 | | spect to a given type of food shall be a separate of-13 |
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| 375 | 375 | | fense, except that in a case of a violation through 14 |
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| 376 | 376 | | continuing failure to obey or neglect to obey an 15 |
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| 377 | 377 | | order by the Administrator under this section, each 16 |
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| 378 | 378 | | day of continuance of such failure or neglect shall be 17 |
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| 379 | 379 | | deemed a separate offense. 18 |
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| 380 | 380 | | (3) E |
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| 381 | 381 | | QUITABLE RELIEF .—In a civil action 19 |
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| 382 | 382 | | brought under this section, the United States dis-20 |
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| 383 | 383 | | trict courts are empowered to grant mandatory in-21 |
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| 384 | 384 | | junctions and such other equitable relief as such 22 |
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| 385 | 385 | | courts deem appropriate. 23 |
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| 386 | 386 | | (k) D |
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| 387 | 387 | | EFINITIONS.—In this section: 24 |
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| 391 | 391 | | (1) ADMINISTRATOR.—The term ‘‘Adminis-1 |
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| 392 | 392 | | trator’’ means the Administrator of the Environ-2 |
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| 393 | 393 | | mental Protection Agency. 3 |
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| 394 | 394 | | (2) A |
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| 395 | 395 | | PPLICANT.—The term ‘‘applicant’’ means 4 |
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| 396 | 396 | | a person that— 5 |
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| 397 | 397 | | (A) manufactures, imports, distributes, or 6 |
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| 398 | 398 | | sells food; and 7 |
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| 399 | 399 | | (B) has an application pending under sub-8 |
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| 400 | 400 | | section (b) to participate in the labeling pro-9 |
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| 401 | 401 | | gram. 10 |
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| 402 | 402 | | (3) F |
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| 403 | 403 | | OOD INDUSTRY STAKEHOLDERS .—The 11 |
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| 404 | 404 | | term ‘‘food industry stakeholders’’ means— 12 |
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| 405 | 405 | | (A) entities that— 13 |
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| 406 | 406 | | (i) grow, raise, process, prepare, man-14 |
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| 407 | 407 | | ufacture, or otherwise add value to a food 15 |
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| 408 | 408 | | product; 16 |
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| 409 | 409 | | (ii) store, package, repackage, trans-17 |
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| 410 | 410 | | port, or distribute a food product for 18 |
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| 411 | 411 | | wholesale; 19 |
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| 412 | 412 | | (iii) sell a food product directly to 20 |
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| 413 | 413 | | consumers; 21 |
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| 414 | 414 | | (iv) provide a food-related service to 22 |
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| 415 | 415 | | entities that engage in any of the activities 23 |
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| 416 | 416 | | described in clauses (i) through (iii); 24 |
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| 420 | 420 | | (v) measure, monitor, verify, and re-1 |
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| 421 | 421 | | port the type of information to be included 2 |
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| 422 | 422 | | on the food climate label under subsection 3 |
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| 423 | 423 | | (c)(4); 4 |
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| 424 | 424 | | (vi) represent consumers of food prod-5 |
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| 425 | 425 | | ucts; or 6 |
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| 426 | 426 | | (vii) study and analyze the food indus-7 |
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| 427 | 427 | | try; and 8 |
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| 428 | 428 | | (B) other relevant stakeholders, as deter-9 |
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| 429 | 429 | | mined by the Administrator. 10 |
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| 430 | 430 | | (4) G |
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| 431 | 431 | | REENHOUSE GAS.—The term ‘‘greenhouse 11 |
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| 432 | 432 | | gas’’ includes— 12 |
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| 433 | 433 | | (A) carbon dioxide; 13 |
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| 434 | 434 | | (B) methane; 14 |
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| 435 | 435 | | (C) nitrous oxide; 15 |
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| 436 | 436 | | (D) sulfur hexafluoride; 16 |
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| 437 | 437 | | (E) any hydrofluorocarbon; 17 |
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| 438 | 438 | | (F) any perfluorocarbon; 18 |
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| 439 | 439 | | (G) nitrogen trifluoride; 19 |
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| 440 | 440 | | (H) any fully fluorinated linear, branched, 20 |
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| 441 | 441 | | or cyclic— 21 |
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| 442 | 442 | | (i) alkane; 22 |
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| 443 | 443 | | (ii) ether; 23 |
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| 444 | 444 | | (iii) tertiary amine; or 24 |
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| 445 | 445 | | (iv) aminoether; 25 |
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| 450 | 450 | | (J) any hydrofluoropolyether; and 2 |
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| 451 | 451 | | (K) any other fluorocarbon, except for a 3 |
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| 452 | 452 | | fluorocarbon with a vapor pressure of less than 4 |
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| 453 | 453 | | 1 millimeter of mercury absolute at 25 degrees 5 |
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| 454 | 454 | | Celsius. 6 |
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| 455 | 455 | | (5) G |
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| 456 | 456 | | REENHOUSE GAS EMISSION .—The term 7 |
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| 457 | 457 | | ‘‘greenhouse gas emission’’ means the release of a 8 |
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| 458 | 458 | | greenhouse gas into the ambient air. 9 |
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| 459 | 459 | | (6) L |
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| 460 | 460 | | ABELING PROGRAM .—The term ‘‘labeling 10 |
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| 461 | 461 | | program’’ means the voluntary food climate labeling 11 |
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| 462 | 462 | | program established under this section. 12 |
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| 463 | 463 | | (7) O |
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| 464 | 464 | | PEN LICENSE.—The term ‘‘open license’’ 13 |
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| 465 | 465 | | means any legally binding instrument that grants 14 |
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| 466 | 466 | | permission to access, reuse, and redistribute a work 15 |
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| 467 | 467 | | with few or no restrictions. 16 |
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| 468 | 468 | | (8) P |
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| 469 | 469 | | ARTICIPANT.—The term ‘‘participant’’ 17 |
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| 470 | 470 | | means, with respect to food, the person authorized 18 |
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| 471 | 471 | | pursuant to subsection (b) to place the food climate 19 |
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| 472 | 472 | | label developed under subsection (c) on the food or 20 |
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| 473 | 473 | | its labeling. 21 |
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