SRES 277
104th Congress
Senate
Agriculture and Food
Agricultural credit
Agricultural estimating and reporting
Agricultural prices
Agriculture in foreign trade
Animals
Antitrust law
Beef
Canada
Cattle
Commerce
Corporate mergers
Disaster relief
Economics and Public Finance
Emergency Management
Europe
European Union
Federally-guaranteed loans
Finance and Financial Sector
Foreign Trade and International Finance
A resolution to express the sense of the Senate that, to ensure continuation of a competitive free-market system in the cattle and beef markets, the Secretary of Agriculture and Attorney General should use existing legal authorities to monitor commerce and practices in the cattle and beef markets for potential antitrust violations, the Secretary of Agriculture should increase reporting practices regarding domestic commerce in the beef and cattle markets (including exports and imports), and for other purposes.
Introduced: July 9, 1996
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Jul 9, 1996
Referred to the Committee on Agriculture.
Jul 9, 1996
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S7494)
Jul 9, 1996
Introduced in Senate
Plain-English summary
Expresses the sense of the Senate with respect to cattle and beef trade issues of: (1) antitrust and international trade barriers; (2) collection and reporting functions; (3) self-regulation; and (4) emergency loan guarantee funding.
What's happening now
Referred to the Committee on Agriculture.
Committees of jurisdiction
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