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[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 10580 Introduced in House (IH)]
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119th CONGRESS
2d Session
H. R. 10580
To amend the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946 to require certain
country of origin and method of production labeling for fish, and for
other purposes.
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
September 24, 2026
Mr. Moore of North Carolina (for himself and Mr. Weber of Texas)
introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on
Agriculture
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A BILL
To amend the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946 to require certain
country of origin and method of production labeling for fish, and for
other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Let Americans Buy with Explicit
Labeling Act'' or the ``LABEL Act''.
SEC. 2. COUNTRY OF ORIGIN AND METHOD OF PRODUCTION LABELING FOR FISH.
(a) In General.--Section 282(c) of the Agricultural Marketing Act
of 1946 (7 U.S.C. 1638a(c)) is amended by adding at the end the
following:
``(3) Labeling for fish.--In the case of a covered
commodity that is farm-raised fish or wild fish--
``(A) the information required by subsection (a)
shall be provided to consumers by a means described in
paragraph (1) in a conspicuous location, so as to
render the information likely to be read and understood
by a consumer under normal conditions of purchase, in a
font size that is not smaller than the font size
describing the farm-raised fish or wild fish on the
package, display, holding unit, or bin;
``(B) the designation of country of origin and the
designation of wild fish or farm-raised fish shall be
combined, and not made separately; and
``(C) the labeling shall be located on the front of
the package if the fish is in a consumer package.''.
(b) Effective Date.--This section and the amendments made by this
section shall take effect on the date that is 1 year after the date of
enactment of this Act.
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