HR 3140
106th Congress
House
International Affairs
Agriculture and Food
Agriculture in foreign trade
Commerce
Congress
Congress and foreign policy
Congressional oversight
Congressional reporting requirements
Dairy industry
Drugs
Expedited congressional procedure
Export controls
Export credit
Export finance
Foreign Trade and International Finance
Government Operations and Politics
Health
House rules and procedure
Legislative resolutions
Medical supplies
Food and Medicine for the World Act
Introduced: October 25, 1999
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Everywhere this bill has been
3 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Nov 16, 1999
Referred to the Subcommittee on International Economic Policy and Trade.
Oct 25, 1999
Referred to the Committee on International Relations, and in addition to the Committees on Rules, and Agriculture, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Oct 25, 1999
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
Food and Medicine for the World Act - Prohibits the President from imposing a unilateral agricultural sanction or unilateral medical sanction against a foreign country, except in specified circumstances, unless: (1) not less than 60 days before the sanction is proposed to be imposed, the President makes a specified report to Congress; and (2) Congress enacts a joint resolution approving the report.
What's happening now
Referred to the Subcommittee on International Economic Policy and Trade.
Committees of jurisdiction
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