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:

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    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.