HR 3472
108th Congress
House
Agriculture and Food
Agricultural production
Agriculture in foreign trade
Biotechnology
Commerce
Communication in science
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Developing countries
Environmental Protection
Environmental health
Executive reorganization
Feeds
Food safety
Foreign Trade and International Finance
Government Operations and Politics
Health
International Affairs
Nutrition
Public Lands and Natural Resources
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
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Introduced
In committee
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Passed Senate
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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
Plain-English summary
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
Executive Comment Requested from USDA.
Committees of jurisdiction
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