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HCONRES 212 105th Congress House Foreign Trade and International Finance Agriculture and Food Agriculture in foreign trade Beef Dispute settlement Europe European Union International Affairs International agencies Meat inspection Nontariff trade barriers Trade agreements

Expressing the sense of the Congress relating to the European Union's ban of United States beef and the World Trade Organization's ruling concerning that ban.

Introduced: February 11, 1998 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps
Introduced
In committee
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Passed House
Passed Senate
Feb 17, 1998
Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
Feb 11, 1998
Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Feb 11, 1998
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Expresses the sense of the Congress that: (1) the United States expects the European Union to comply immediately with the ruling of the World Trade Organization (WTO) that the European Union's ban of U.S. beef is in violation of the WTO's Agreement on the Application of Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures, and grant U.S. beef producers access to the European market; and (2) the United States Trade Representative should take immediate action to open European markets to U.S. beef producers in the event the European Union fails to comply with the WTO's ruling.

What's happening now February 17, 1998

Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.

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 Bill text 1 version

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 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 4
All 4 Republican 4
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Calvert, Ken
California · Mar 26, 1998
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Wicker, Roger F.
Mississippi · Mar 26, 1998
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Moran, Jerry
Kansas · Mar 12, 1998
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Sessions, Pete
Texas · Mar 10, 1998
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H. Con. Res. 212: Expressing the sense of the Congress relating to the European Union's ban of United States beef and the World Trade Organization's ruling concerning that ban.. 105th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/105-HCONRES-212/
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"H. Con. Res. 212: Expressing the sense of the Congress relating to the European Union's ban of United States beef and the World Trade Organization's ruling concerning that ban.." 105th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/105-HCONRES-212/.
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H. Con. Res. 212, 105th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/105-HCONRES-212/.
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