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HRES 257 102th Congress House Foreign Trade and International Finance Agriculture in foreign trade EEC countries Nontariff trade barriers Oilseeds Trade agreements

To express the sense of the House of Representatives regarding enforcement of the oilseeds GATT panel ruling against the European Community.

Introduced: October 23, 1991 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Agreed to (House)
Nov 26, 1991
Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
Oct 23, 1991
Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Oct 23, 1991
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that: (1) the United States Trade Representative should take action under the Trade Act of 1974 to compensate for any trade losses caused by the European Community's (EC) failure to adopt by October 31, 1991, a new oilseeds regime that conforms with the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) panel oilseed ruling; and (2) such actions should remain in effect until the EC's oilseed regime conforms with its GATT obligations.

What's happening now November 26, 1991

Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.

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 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 3
All 3 Democratic 3
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Norton, Eleanor Holmes
District of Columbia · Nov 21, 1991
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Kaptur, Marcy
Ohio · Nov 6, 1991
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Durbin, Richard J.
Illinois · Oct 30, 1991
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H. Res. 257: To express the sense of the House of Representatives regarding enforcement of the oilseeds GATT panel ruling against the European Community.. 102nd Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/102-HRES-257/
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"H. Res. 257: To express the sense of the House of Representatives regarding enforcement of the oilseeds GATT panel ruling against the European Community.." 102nd Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/102-HRES-257/.
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H. Res. 257, 102nd Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/102-HRES-257/.
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