HCONRES 260
107th Congress
House
International Affairs
Africa
Africa (Sub-Saharan)
Agricultural conservation
Agriculture and Food
Agriculture in foreign trade
Arts, Culture, Religion
Cultural relations
Economic development
Economics and Public Finance
Environmental Protection
Farmers
Foreign Trade and International Finance
Housing and Community Development
Intellectual property
Middle East and North Africa
Patents
Public Lands and Natural Resources
Science, Technology, Communications
Sustainable agriculture
Expressing the sense of the Congress that the trade and economic development policies of the United States should respect and support the rights of African farmers with respect to their agricultural and biological resources, traditional knowledge, and technologies.
Introduced: November 1, 2001
Introduced by:
Waters, Maxine
Democratic
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Everywhere this bill has been
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In committee
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Passed Senate
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Became law
Nov 1, 2001
Referred to the Committee on International Relations, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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.
Nov 1, 2001
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
Expresses the sense of Congress that the trade and economic development policies of the United States toward Africa should respect and support the rights of African farmers with respect to their agricultural and biological resources, traditional knowledge, and technologies, and the provisions of the African Model Legislation for the Protection of the Rights of Local Communities, Farmers and Breeders, and for the Regulation of Access to Biological Resources.
What's happening now
Referred to the Committee on International Relations, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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.
Committees of jurisdiction
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