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HR 972 105th Congress House

Market Access Program Elimination Act

Official title: To amend the Agricultural Trade Act of 1978 to eliminate the market access program.

Introduced: March 6, 1997 See on congress.gov
Agriculture and Food Agricultural subsidiesAgriculture in foreign tradeExport subsidiesForeign Trade and International FinanceForeign trade promotion
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 Everywhere this bill has been 4 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Mar 13, 1997
Referred to the Subcommittee on Department Operations, Nutrition and Foreign Agriculture.
Mar 11, 1997
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H818)
Mar 6, 1997
Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
Mar 6, 1997
Introduced in House
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 Latest action March 13, 1997

Referred to the Subcommittee on Department Operations, Nutrition and Foreign Agriculture.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Market Access Program Elimination Act - Amends the Agricultural Trade Act of 1978 to repeal the market access program.

 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 4
All 4 Democratic 2 Independent 1
D
Nadler, Jerrold
New York · Mar 6, 1997
 I
Sanders, Bernard
Vermont · Mar 6, 1997
Sanford, Mark
· Mar 6, 1997
 D
Schumer, Charles E.
New York · Mar 6, 1997
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 972: Market Access Program Elimination Act. 105th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/105-HR-972/
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"H.R. 972: Market Access Program Elimination Act." 105th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/105-HR-972/.
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