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| 2 | 2 | | 119THCONGRESS |
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| 4 | 4 | | STSESSION S. 1251 |
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| 5 | 5 | | To modify the minimum required weight of orange juice soluble solids. |
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| 6 | 6 | | IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES |
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| 7 | 7 | | APRIL2, 2025 |
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| 8 | 8 | | Mrs. M |
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| 9 | 9 | | OODY(for herself and Mr. SCOTTof Florida) introduced the following |
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| 10 | 10 | | bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Edu- |
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| 11 | 11 | | cation, Labor, and Pensions |
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| 12 | 12 | | A BILL |
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| 13 | 13 | | To modify the minimum required weight of orange juice |
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| 14 | 14 | | soluble solids. |
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| 15 | 15 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1 |
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| 16 | 16 | | tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 |
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| 17 | 17 | | SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 |
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| 18 | 18 | | This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Defending Domestic 4 |
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| 19 | 19 | | Orange Juice Production Act of 2025’’. 5 |
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| 20 | 20 | | SEC. 2. REVISION OF PASTEURIZED ORANGE JUICE STAND-6 |
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| 21 | 21 | | ARDS. 7 |
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| 22 | 22 | | (a) I |
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| 23 | 23 | | NGENERAL.—Effective on the date of enact-8 |
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| 24 | 24 | | ment of this Act, the standard of identity for ‘‘pasteurized 9 |
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| 25 | 25 | | orange juice’’, established in section 146.140 of title 21, 10 |
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| 27 | 27 | | kjohnson on DSK7ZCZBW3PROD with $$_JOB 2 |
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| 28 | 28 | | •S 1251 IS |
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| 29 | 29 | | Code of Federal Regulations, shall be deemed to require 1 |
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| 30 | 30 | | finished pasteurized orange juice to contain not less than 2 |
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| 31 | 31 | | 10.0 percent by weight of orange juice soluble solids, ex-3 |
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| 32 | 32 | | clusive of the solids of any added optional sweetening in-4 |
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| 33 | 33 | | gredients. 5 |
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| 34 | 34 | | (b) R |
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| 35 | 35 | | EGULATIONAUTHORITY.—Nothing in this sec-6 |
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| 36 | 36 | | tion shall be construed to limit the authority of the Sec-7 |
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| 37 | 37 | | retary of Health and Human Services to promulgate regu-8 |
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| 38 | 38 | | lations to amend the standard of identity for pasteurized 9 |
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| 39 | 39 | | orange juice. 10 |
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