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To establish a Federal interagency task force to promote the benefits, safety, and potential uses of agricultural biotechnology to improve human and animal nutrition, increase crop productivity, and…

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To establish a Federal interagency task force to promote the benefits, safety, and potential uses of agricultural biotechnology to improve human and animal nutrition, increase crop productivity, and improve agricultural sustainability while ensuring the safety of food and the environment.

Introduced: November 6, 2003 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 4 steps
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In committee
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Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Nov 21, 2003
Executive Comment Requested from USDA.
Nov 17, 2003
Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation, Credit, Rural Development and Research.
Nov 6, 2003
Referred to the Committee on International Relations, and in addition to the Committee on Agriculture, 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 6, 2003
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Establishes the Federal Interagency Task Force to Promote the Benefits, Safety, and Potential Uses of Agricultural Biotechnology to improve interagency cooperation and to develop and disseminate accurate written scientific information on the benefits, safety, and potential uses of agricultural biotechnology.

Terminates the Task Force ten years after enactment of this Act.

What's happening now November 21, 2003

Executive Comment Requested from USDA.

 Bill text 1 version

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 Committees of jurisdiction 3
 Cosponsors 2
All 2 Democratic 2
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Larson, John B.
Connecticut · Nov 6, 2003
 D
Lofgren, Zoe
California · Nov 6, 2003
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 3472: To establish a Federal interagency task force to promote the benefits, safety, and potential uses of agricultural biotechnology to improve human and animal nutrition, increase crop productivity, and improve agricultural sustainability while ensuring the safety of food and the environment.. 108th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/108-HR-3472/
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"H.R. 3472: To establish a Federal interagency task force to promote the benefits, safety, and potential uses of agricultural biotechnology to improve human and animal nutrition, increase crop productivity, and improve agricultural sustainability while ensuring the safety of food and the environment.." 108th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/108-HR-3472/.
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H.R. 3472, 108th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/108-HR-3472/.
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