Skip to main content
HR 3050 104th Congress House Foreign Trade and International Finance Agriculture and Food Agriculture in foreign trade Animals Congress Congressional oversight Congressional reporting requirements EEC countries Europe Export controls Food safety Hormones Import restrictions Livestock Meat Nontariff trade barriers

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

Introduced: March 7, 1996 See on congress.gov
This bill died when the 104th Congress ended
It never became law before the 104th Congress (1995–1996) adjourned, and bills don't carry over to the next Congress. It would have to be reintroduced. You can still save it for reference, but it won't receive updates.
 Everywhere this bill has been 4 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Mar 18, 1996
Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
Mar 7, 1996
Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Mar 7, 1996
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E310)
Mar 7, 1996
Introduced in House
 Ask about this bill AI · grounded in the bill text

Have a question about what this bill does? Ask in plain English; the answer is drawn from the bill's actual text and official record, and it'll tell you when something isn't in the text rather than guess.

AI answers can be imperfect; always confirm against the full bill text.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Declares that it is U.S. policy that: (1) the European Union's prohibition on the importation into European Union (E.U.) member states of meat from animals treated with hormones and the European Community's Third Country Meat Directive are nontariff trade barriers; and (2) it is in the public interest to remove such barriers to exports of U.S. meat products.

Directs the President to prohibit the entry, or withdrawal from warehouse for consumption, into the customs territory of the United States of all meat products of E.U. member states. Declares that such prohibition shall remain in effect until the Secretary of Agriculture and the United States Trade Representative have submitted to the Congress their joint determination that the E.U. has removed such prohibition, and that U.S. meat products are permitted access to their markets.

What's happening now March 18, 1996

Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.

 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 2
Cite this page click to expand
APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 3050: To prohibit imports into the United States of meat products from the European Union until certain unfair trade barriers are removed, and for other purposes.. 104th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/104-HR-3050/
MLA
"H.R. 3050: To prohibit imports into the United States of meat products from the European Union until certain unfair trade barriers are removed, and for other purposes.." 104th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/104-HR-3050/.
Bluebook (legal)
H.R. 3050, 104th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/104-HR-3050/.
Markdown link
[H.R. 3050: To prohibit imports into the United States of meat products from the European Union until certain unfair trade barriers are removed, and for other purposes.](https://openamerica.io/bill/104-HR-3050/)
Report a problem