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HR 3454 102th Congress House Foreign Trade and International Finance Agriculture in foreign trade EEC countries Exports Import restrictions Meat Nontariff trade barriers Reciprocity

To prohibit imports into the United States of meat products from the European Community until certain unfair trade barriers are removed, and for other purposes.

Introduced: October 1, 1991 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps
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Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Oct 7, 1991
Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
Oct 1, 1991
Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Oct 1, 1991
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Declares it is U.S. policy that the European Community's Third Country Meat Directive is an unfair nontariff trade barrier and that it is in the public interest to remove barriers to exports of U.S. meat products.

Directs the President to prohibit the importation of all European Community meat products.

What's happening now October 7, 1991

Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.

 Related & companion bills 1
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 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 2
All 2 Democratic 2
D
Durbin, Richard J.
Illinois · Oct 24, 1991
 D
Kaptur, Marcy
Ohio · Oct 15, 1991
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 3454: To prohibit imports into the United States of meat products from the European Community until certain unfair trade barriers are removed, and for other purposes.. 102nd Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/102-HR-3454/
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"H.R. 3454: To prohibit imports into the United States of meat products from the European Community until certain unfair trade barriers are removed, and for other purposes.." 102nd Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/102-HR-3454/.
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H.R. 3454, 102nd Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/102-HR-3454/.
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