SCONRES 74
105th Congress
Senate
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
A bill 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.
Everywhere this bill has been
3 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Feb 11, 1998
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Feb 11, 1998
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S669)
Feb 11, 1998
Introduced in Senate
Plain-English summary
Expresses the sense of the Congress that: (1) the United States expects the European Union to immediately comply 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
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Committees of jurisdiction
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