A bill to make technical amendments to the Nutrition Information and Labeling Act, and for other purposes.
Public Law 102-108 · S. 1608 · 102nd Congress · began in the Senate
Signed by George H. W. Bush (R) on Aug 17, 1991 · Agriculture and Food
Sponsor: Sen. Howard Metzenbaum (D-OH)
Cosponsors (1): Sen. Orrin Hatch
Passage votes
- HouseUnanimous consent
- SenateVoice vote
Data notes
The final version of the law, as each chamber passed it. A chamber that passed it by voice vote or unanimous consent has no count. “Method not stated” means the record does not say how the chamber voted. Where the record has a member-by-member vote, the “Who voted for it” section shows who voted yea.
Summary
The Congressional Research Service’s plain-language summary of what the law does.
Amends the Nutrition Labeling and Education Act of 1990 to exempt certain foods from the effect of specified amendments of the Act if: (1) the foods bear a label printed or attached before a certain date; and (2) other requirements are met.
Committees
The record shows no committee referral for this bill.
Data notes
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Timeline
From introduction to signing, newest first: the committees, the floor and the president. 9 actions.
- Aug 17, 1991Became lawBecame law · Became Public Law No: 102-108.
- Became lawBecame law · Signed by President.
- Aug 6, 1991PresidentPresident · Presented to President.
- Aug 2, 1991FloorFloor · Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
- FloorFloor · On passage Passed without objection.
- FloorFloor · Mr. Waxman asked unanimous consent to take from the Speaker's table and consider.
- FloorFloor · Considered by unanimous consent.
- Jul 31, 1991FloorFloor · Introduced in the Senate, read twice, considered, read the third time, and passed without amendment by Voice Vote.
- IntroducedIntroduced · Introduced in the Senate
Data notes
Shows the introduction, each committee and subcommittee step the source dates (referral, hearings, markup, report, discharge), and the floor, conference, presidential and became-law steps. Calendar placements, messages between the chambers, amendments and committee report numbers are not shown for laws before the 108th Congress. Two entries the source lists twice are shown once.
Official record
The bill’s full text and every action, including introduction and committee steps, are on Congress.gov. Data through Oct 7, 2026.