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HR 1488 103th Congress House Foreign Trade and International Finance Agricultural economics 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: March 25, 1993 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
Mar 29, 1993
Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
Mar 25, 1993
Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Mar 25, 1993
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 March 29, 1993

Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.

 Bill text 1 version

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 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 1
All 1 Democratic 1
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Durbin, Richard J.
Illinois · Mar 25, 1993
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 1488: 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.. 103rd Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/103-HR-1488/
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"H.R. 1488: 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.." 103rd Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/103-HR-1488/.
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H.R. 1488, 103rd Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/103-HR-1488/.
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