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A bill to amend the Arms Export Control Act to provide that certain sanctions provisions relating to prohibitions on credit, credit guarantees, or other financial assistance not apply with respect to…

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A bill to amend the Arms Export Control Act to provide that certain sanctions provisions relating to prohibitions on credit, credit guarantees, or other financial assistance not apply with respect to programs of the Department of Agriculture for the purchase or other provision of food or other agricultural commodities.

Introduced: June 11, 1998 See on congress.gov
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Jun 11, 1998
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
Jun 11, 1998
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Amends the Arms Export Control Act to exempt Department of Agriculture assistance for the purchase or other provision of food or other agricultural commodities from the prohibition against extensions of U.S. Government credit, credit guarantees, or other financial assistance to countries involved in the transfer or use of nuclear explosive devices.

What's happening now June 11, 1998

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.

 Bill text 1 version

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Murray, Patty
Washington · Jun 11, 1998
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 2158: A bill to amend the Arms Export Control Act to provide that certain sanctions provisions relating to prohibitions on credit, credit guarantees, or other financial assistance not apply with respect to programs of the Department of Agriculture for the purchase or other provision of food or other agricultural commodities.. 105th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/105-S-2158/
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"S. 2158: A bill to amend the Arms Export Control Act to provide that certain sanctions provisions relating to prohibitions on credit, credit guarantees, or other financial assistance not apply with respect to programs of the Department of Agriculture for the purchase or other provision of food or other agricultural commodities.." 105th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/105-S-2158/.
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S. 2158, 105th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/105-S-2158/.
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[S. 2158: A bill to amend the Arms Export Control Act to provide that certain sanctions provisions relating to prohibitions on credit, credit guarantees, or other financial assistance not apply with respect to programs of the Department of Agriculture for the purchase or other provision of food or other agricultural commodities.](https://openamerica.io/bill/105-S-2158/)
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