HCONRES 51
100th Congress
House
Foreign Trade and International Finance
Agriculture and Rural Affairs
Agriculture in foreign trade
EEC countries
Exports
Foreign Trade and Investments
Oils and fats
Oilseeds
Trade agreements
Treaties
Vegetables and vegetable trade
A concurrent resolution expressing the sense of Congress in opposition to the proposal by the European Community for the establishment of a tax on vegetable and marine fats and oils and urging the President to take strong and immediate countermeasures should such a tax be implemented to the detriment of United States exports of oilseeds and products and inconsistently with the European Community's obligations under the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade.
Introduced: February 19, 1987
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Everywhere this bill has been
7 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Mar 30, 1987
See S.Con.Res.21.
Mar 2, 1987
Referred to Subcommittee on International Economic Policy and Trade.
Mar 2, 1987
Referred to Subcommittee on Europe and the Middle East.
Feb 24, 1987
Referred to Subcommittee on Trade.
Feb 19, 1987
Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means.
Feb 19, 1987
Referred to House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
Feb 19, 1987
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
Expresses the sense of the Congress that the administration should; (1) oppose the establishment of a tax on vegetable and marine fats and oils in the European Community; (2) continue its efforts to ensure that such a tax is not established; and (3) notify the European Community that the United States will view establishment of such a tax as inconsistent with the European Community's obligations under the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade and as an action that will result in the result in the adoption of strong and immediate countermeasures.
What's happening now
See S.Con.Res.21.