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SRES 232 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 International Affairs North America Trade negotiations

A resolution to express the sense of the Senate that the European Union should waive the penalty for failure to use restitution subsidies for barley to the United States and ensure that restitution or other subsidies are not used for similar sales in the United States 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: May 19, 1998 See on congress.gov
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May 21, 1998
Resolution agreed to in Senate without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent.
May 21, 1998
Passed/agreed to in Senate: Resolution agreed to in Senate without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent.
May 21, 1998
Senate Committee on Finance discharged by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S5356)
May 21, 1998
Senate Committee on Finance discharged by Unanimous Consent.(consideration: CR S5356)
May 19, 1998
Referred to the Committee on Finance.
May 19, 1998
Introduced in Senate
 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Expresses the sense of the Senate that: (1) the European Union should take immediate steps to waive the penalty for failure to use restitution subsidies for barley exported 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 consult with the European Union regarding the sale of European feed barley to the United States in order to avoid any future sale of such barley to the United States 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, the results of the consultations, and the steps that are being taken or will be taken to address such situations in the future.

What's happening now May 21, 1998

Resolution agreed to in Senate without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent.

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