National Sea Grant College Program Amendments Act of 2015
Sponsor: Roger Wicker (R-MS)
(This measure has not been amended since the Senate agreed to the House amendment with an amendment on July 7, 2016. The summary of that version is repeated here.) This bill amends the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946 to establish a national mandatory bioengineered food disclosure standard. (Bioengineered food is commonly referred to as a genetically modified organism or GMO food.) (Sec. 1) Bioengineered food is food that that has been genetically modified in a way that could not be obtained through conventional breeding or found in nature.
Agriculture and Food Topic assigned by the Congressional Research Service.
Who won, and how much of the country was behind them
The dotted gap is 9.6% of U.S. adults whose member did not vote, voted “present,” or whose seat was vacant.
| Side | Outcome | Votes | Share of U.S. adults |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yea | Won | 63 | 67.5% |
| Nay | Lost | 30 | 22.9% |
| Not represented on this question | No position taken | 0 | 9.6% |