AMENDMENT FOR PRINTED RESOLUTION
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___________________ moved that HCR 1007 be amended as follows:
On the printed resolution, delete lines 3 to 14, inclusive, and insert:
"
WHEREAS, voluntary Country of Origin Labeling (COOL) that conforms with COOL
parameters and meets World Trade Organization requirements should be supported; and
WHEREAS, the United States Department of Agriculture should administer rules and regulations
for certification; and
WHEREAS, the implementation of COOL should not impose undue compliance costs, liability,
record keeping and verification requirements on farmers and ranchers; and
WHEREAS, the inclusion of all dairy products should be in voluntary COOL rules and
regulations; and
WHEREAS, the United States mandatory COOL law jeopardized the viability of United States
packing and United States feeding infrastructure, placing local and state economies at risk; and
WHEREAS, the 2013 mandatory COOL would have cost over seven billion in the loss of U.S.
ag exports, including losing over twenty-five percent of the United States fresh and chilled beef
exports; and
WHEREAS, mandatory COOL undermines North American competitiveness in the global
market:
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, by the House of Representatives of the Ninety-Fourth
Legislature of the State of South Dakota, the Senate concurring therein, that the Legislature supports
consumers' right to know where their food comes from and supports the use of voluntary
country-of-origin labels, and that the Legislature encourages the United States Department of
Agriculture to develop and create administrative rules and regulations of certification for a voluntary
COOL program."
Delete pages 2 and 3, inclusive.