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HRES 583 105th Congress House Foreign Trade and International Finance Agriculture and Food Agriculture in foreign trade Animals Barley Beef Canada Cattle Commerce Congress Congressional reporting requirements Customs unions Dairy products Economic impact statements Economics and Public Finance Farmers Finance and Financial Sector Foreign exchange Free trade Grain trade

Expressing the sense of the House with respect to barriers between the United States and Canada with regard to certain agriculture products.

Introduced: October 8, 1998 See on congress.gov
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Introduced
In committee
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Agreed to (House)
Oct 8, 1998
Referred to House Agriculture
Oct 8, 1998
Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Agriculture, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Oct 8, 1998
Referred to House Ways and Means
Oct 8, 1998
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Expresses the sense of the Congress that the Secretary of Agriculture should: (1) analyze and report to specified congressional committees on trade between the United States and Canada with regard to beef, beef cattle, wheat, barley, dairy, poultry, and eggs; and (2) based on such analyses identify any provisions of the General Agreement on Tariff and Trade (GATT), Canada Free Trade Agreement (CFTA), and the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) that limit, inhibit, or otherwise restrict the ability of U.S. farmers and ranchers to benefit from or mitigate the economic impact of trade between the United States and Canada.

What's happening now October 8, 1998

Referred to House Agriculture

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 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 1
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Thune, John
South Dakota · Oct 8, 1998
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H. Res. 583: Expressing the sense of the House with respect to barriers between the United States and Canada with regard to certain agriculture products.. 105th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/105-HRES-583/
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"H. Res. 583: Expressing the sense of the House with respect to barriers between the United States and Canada with regard to certain agriculture products.." 105th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/105-HRES-583/.
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H. Res. 583, 105th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/105-HRES-583/.
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