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HR 2106 106th Congress House Foreign Trade and International Finance Agriculture and Food Agriculture in foreign trade Bananas Beef Commerce Economic warfare Europe European Union Exports Fruit trade Hormones Import restrictions Imports International Affairs Nontariff trade barriers Small business Tariff

To exempt certain small businesses from the increased tariffs and other retaliatory measures imposed against products of the European Union in response to the banana regime of the European Union and…

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To exempt certain small businesses from the increased tariffs and other retaliatory measures imposed against products of the European Union in response to the banana regime of the European Union and its treatment of imported bovine meat.

Introduced: September 29, 1999 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps
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In committee
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Passed House
Passed Senate
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Became law
Jun 16, 1999
Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
Jun 9, 1999
Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Jun 9, 1999
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Exempts an importer with under 100 employees during the two preceding calendar quarters from increased tariffs and retaliatory actions with respect to European Union (EU) goods subject to increased tariffs announced by the United States Trade Representative on March 3, 1999, in response to the EU banana regime, and on March 22, 1999, in response to the EU ban on imports of U.S. beef that has been treated with safe hormones, or any other such increased tariffs or retaliatory actions imposed in response to such EU actions. Applies such exemption to that quantity of an article which does not exceed 125 percent of the quantity of the same article that is a product of the EU and was imported by that importer during the preceding calendar year.

What's happening now June 16, 1999

Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.

 Bill text 1 version

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 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 2
All 2 Democratic 1
Sanford, Mark
· Sep 29, 1999
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Pallone, Frank
New Jersey · Jun 24, 1999
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 2106: To exempt certain small businesses from the increased tariffs and other retaliatory measures imposed against products of the European Union in response to the banana regime of the European Union and its treatment of imported bovine meat.. 106th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/106-HR-2106/
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"H.R. 2106: To exempt certain small businesses from the increased tariffs and other retaliatory measures imposed against products of the European Union in response to the banana regime of the European Union and its treatment of imported bovine meat.." 106th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/106-HR-2106/.
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H.R. 2106, 106th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/106-HR-2106/.
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