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H.R. 1599, Safe and Accurate Food Labeling Act of 2015 1 (July 16, 2015)

handle is hein.congrec/cbo2377 and id is 1 raw text is: CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET OFFICE COST ESTIMATE July 16, 2015 H.R. 1599 Safe and Accurate Food Labeling Act of 2015 As ordered reported by the House Committee on Agriculture on July 14, 2015 H.R. 1599 would establish a program, to be administered by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), to certify genetically engineered food. The bill also would prohibit an unregulated plant that is genetically engineered from being introduced into interstate commerce for use in food unless it was certified to be safe by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). USDA would be required to publish information about certain genetically engineered plants intended for use in food on a public website. Finally, the bill would establish labeling requirements for genetically engineered and natural foods. ESTIMATED COST TO THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT CBO estimates that implementing H.R. 1599 would cost a total of $4 million over the 2016-2020 period, subject to appropriation of the specified and necessary amounts. In addition, enacting the bill would increase both revenues and direct spending by about $1 million annually, therefore pay-as-you-go procedures apply. CBO estimates that the net effect on the deficit of those changes in revenues and direct spending over the 2015-2025 period would be insignificant. BASIS OF ESTIMATE The bill would authorize the appropriation of $2 million for USDA to establish a program to certify whether a food product is genetically engineered. Anyone choosing to label food products accordingly would be subject to certain requirements to verify the label's accuracy and would be required to obtain a certification from USDA. Assuming appropriation of the authorized amounts, CBO estimates that USDA would spend $2 million over the next two years to initiate this certification program. Once the program was established, USDA would be authorized to collect fees to cover the costs of operating it. Such fees would be available for spending by USDA without further appropriation. CBO expects that the certification program would be similar to USDA's National Organic Program (NOP). Based on information from USDA about that program,

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