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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…

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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 · California See on congress.gov
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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
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service
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 November 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.

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 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 8
All 8 Democratic 7 Independent 1
D
McCollum, Betty
Minnesota · Apr 18, 2002
 D
Bishop, Sanford D.
Georgia · Apr 10, 2002
 D
Schakowsky, Janice D.
Illinois · Dec 6, 2001
 I
Sanders, Bernard
Vermont · Nov 27, 2001
 D
Clyburn, James E.
South Carolina · Nov 13, 2001
 D
Davis, Danny K.
Illinois · Nov 7, 2001
 D
Kaptur, Marcy
Ohio · Nov 7, 2001
 D
Meeks, Gregory W.
New York · Nov 7, 2001
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H. Con. Res. 260: 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.. 107th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/107-HCONRES-260/
MLA
"H. Con. Res. 260: 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.." 107th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/107-HCONRES-260/.
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H. Con. Res. 260, 107th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/107-HCONRES-260/.
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[H. Con. Res. 260: 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.](https://openamerica.io/bill/107-HCONRES-260/)
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