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SRES 220 105th Congress Senate Foreign Trade and International Finance Agriculture and Food Agriculture in foreign trade Barley Congress Congressional reporting requirements Europe European Union Export subsidies Feed grains North America

A resolution to express the sense of the Senate that the European Union should cancel the sale of heavily subsidized barley to the United States and ensure that restitution or other subsidies are not…

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A resolution to express the sense of the Senate that the European Union should cancel the sale of heavily subsidized barley to the United States and ensure that restitution or other subsidies are not used for similar sales and that the President, the United States Trade Representative , and the Secretary of Agriculture should conduct an investigation of and report on the sale and subsidies.

Introduced: April 30, 1998 See on congress.gov
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Apr 30, 1998
Referred to the Committee on Finance.
Apr 30, 1998
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S3945)
Apr 30, 1998
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Expresses the sense of the Senate that: (1) the European Union should take immediate steps to cancel the sale of European feed barley to the United States and establish procedures to ensure that restitution and other subsidies are not used for sales of agricultural commodities to the United States or other North American countries; (2) the President, the United States Trade Representative (USTR), and the Secretary of Agriculture should immediately investigate the sale of European feed barley to the United States and prevent any future sale of such commodities to the United States or other North American countries that is based on restitution or other subsidies; and (3) the USTR and the Secretary should report to the Congress on the terms and conditions of such sale and the steps that have been taken to cancel, and prevent the recurrence of, such sales in the future.

What's happening now April 30, 1998

Referred to the Committee on Finance.

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 Cosponsors 2
All 2 Democratic 2
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Murray, Patty
Washington · Apr 30, 1998
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Wyden, Ron
Oregon · Apr 30, 1998
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. Res. 220: A resolution to express the sense of the Senate that the European Union should cancel the sale of heavily subsidized barley to the United States and ensure that restitution or other subsidies are not used for similar sales and that the President, the United States Trade Representative , and the Secretary of Agriculture should conduct an investigation of and report on the sale and subsidies.. 105th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/105-SRES-220/
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"S. Res. 220: A resolution to express the sense of the Senate that the European Union should cancel the sale of heavily subsidized barley to the United States and ensure that restitution or other subsidies are not used for similar sales and that the President, the United States Trade Representative , and the Secretary of Agriculture should conduct an investigation of and report on the sale and subsidies.." 105th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/105-SRES-220/.
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S. Res. 220, 105th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/105-SRES-220/.
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[S. Res. 220: A resolution to express the sense of the Senate that the European Union should cancel the sale of heavily subsidized barley to the United States and ensure that restitution or other subsidies are not used for similar sales and that the President, the United States Trade Representative , and the Secretary of Agriculture should conduct an investigation of and report on the sale and subsidies.](https://openamerica.io/bill/105-SRES-220/)
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