S 1651
106th Congress
Senate
Agriculture and Food
Agriculture in foreign trade
Commerce
Europe
European Union
Export credit
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Agricultural Trade Fairness Act of 1999
Introduced: September 28, 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
Sep 28, 1999
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture.
Sep 28, 1999
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S11570-11571)
Sep 28, 1999
Introduced in Senate
Plain-English summary
Agricultural Trade Fairness Act of 1999 - Amends the Agricultural Trade Act of 1978 to direct the Secretary of Agriculture to take specified measures to protect the interests of producers of U.S. agricultural commodities and ensure the international competitiveness of U.S. agriculture if the European Union (EU) does not: (1) by January 1, 2002, reduce agricultural export subsidies by at least 50 percent of the level of such subsidies provided as of October 1, 1999; or (2) by January 1, 2003, enter into an agricultural trade agreement under which it agrees to eliminate such subsidies.
What's happening now
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture.
Committees of jurisdiction
1
Cosponsors
1