HRES 224
106th Congress
House
Foreign Trade and International Finance
Agricultural biotechnology
Agricultural subsidies
Agriculture and Food
Agriculture in foreign trade
Developing countries
Dispute settlement
Environmental Protection
Export subsidies
Food adulteration and inspection
Food supply
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Free trade
Government Operations and Politics
Government ownership
Import quotas
International Affairs
International agencies
Labor and Employment
Nontariff trade barriers
Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives on agricultural trade negotiations.
Introduced: June 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
Jul 1, 1999
Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
Jun 25, 1999
Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Jun 25, 1999
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
Expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that the President should adopt certain trade negotiating objectives, including: (1) the initiation of a round of multilateral trade negotiations that continues to reform agricultural and food trade policy and increases trade liberalization in agriculture and food; (2) the elimination of all export subsidies and nontariff barriers to trade, including tightening of rules for their circumvention; (3) the elimination of state trading enterprises; (4) the accelerated resolution of trade disputes and prompt enforcement of dispute panels of the World Trade Organization (WTO); (5) the provision of food security for importing nations by ensuring access to supplies through a commitment by WTO member countries not to restrict or prohibit the export of agricultural products; and (6) the establishment of WTO rules that will allow developing countries to graduate to full participation in, and obligations under, the WTO.
What's happening now
Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
Committees of jurisdiction
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