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Food and Medicine for the World Act

Introduced: October 22, 1999 See on congress.gov
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Oct 25, 1999
Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 343.
Oct 22, 1999
Introduced in the Senate. Read the first time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under Read the First Time.
Oct 22, 1999
Introduced in Senate
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service
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 October 25, 1999

Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 343.

 Related & companion bills 1
  • HR 3140 Identical bill Food and Medicine for the World Act
 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Cosponsors 3
All 3 Democratic 2 Republican 1
D
Murray, Patty
Washington · Oct 28, 1999
 R
Crapo, Mike
Idaho · Oct 22, 1999
 D
Durbin, Richard J.
Illinois · Oct 22, 1999
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 1771: Food and Medicine for the World Act. 106th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/106-S-1771/
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"S. 1771: Food and Medicine for the World Act." 106th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/106-S-1771/.
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S. 1771, 106th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/106-S-1771/.
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