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Agricultural Trade Freedom Act

Introduced: March 8, 1999 See on congress.gov
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Sep 13, 1999
Committee on Agriculture. Reported to Senate by Senator Lugar with an amendment in the nature of a substitute and an amendment to the title. With written report No. 106-157.
Sep 13, 1999
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 276.
May 26, 1999
Committee on Agriculture. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
May 11, 1999
Committee on Agriculture. Hearings held.
Mar 8, 1999
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S2417)
Mar 8, 1999
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture.
Mar 8, 1999
Introduced in Senate
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service
Agricultural Trade Freedom Act - Amends the Agricultural Trade Act of 1978 to exempt, with specified exceptions including government export, market access, and enhancement programs, commercial sales of agricultural commodities from unilateral economic sanctions imposed by the United States upon another country.

States that the President: (1) may determine that for reasons of war or national interest such exemption shall apply; and (2) shall determine such exemption's applicability to each sanction. Sets forth exemption determination requirements and related congressional procedural provisions.

(Sec. 4) Expresses the sense of Congress with respect to: (1) U.S. agricultural trade negotiation objectives; (2) sale or barter of food assistance; and (3) relief from foreign trade practices restricting U.S. agricultural commodities, including the use of specified agricultural authorities in instances of undue delay in resolving disputes.

(Sec. 7) Amends the Agricultural Trade Development and Assistance Act of 1954 to repeal the micronutrient fortification pilot program.

(Sec. 8) Makes technical amendments to the: (1) Federal Agriculture Improvement and Reform Act of 1996; (2) Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990; and (3) Agricultural Trade Act of 1978.

What's happening now September 13, 1999

Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 276.

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 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 2
All 2 Democratic 1 Republican 1
D
Murray, Patty
Washington · Apr 14, 1999
 R
McConnell, Mitch
Kentucky · Apr 12, 1999
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 566: Agricultural Trade Freedom Act. 106th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/106-S-566/
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