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S 1969 108th Congress Senate Agriculture and Food Agriculture in foreign trade Foreign Trade and International Finance Fruit Import restrictions Marketing of farm produce Marketing orders

A bill to amend the Agricultural Adjustment Act to add pears and cherries to the list of fruits and vegetables subject to regulation in a marketing order by grade, size, quality, or maturity, and for…

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A bill to amend the Agricultural Adjustment Act to add pears and cherries to the list of fruits and vegetables subject to regulation in a marketing order by grade, size, quality, or maturity, and for other purposes.

Introduced: November 25, 2003 Introduced by: Murray, Patty Democratic · Washington See on congress.gov
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Nov 25, 2003
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
Nov 25, 2003
Introduced in Senate
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Amends the Agricultural Adjustment Act, as reenacted with amendments by the Agricultural Marketing Agreement of 1937, to include pears and cherries within the category of fruits and vegetables for which imports must meet marketing order size, grade, quality, and maturity requirements.

What's happening now November 25, 2003

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.

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  • HR 3312 Identical bill To amend the Agricultural Adjustment Act to add pears and cherries to the list of fruits and vegetables subject to regu…
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Cantwell, Maria
Washington · Nov 25, 2003
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 1969: A bill to amend the Agricultural Adjustment Act to add pears and cherries to the list of fruits and vegetables subject to regulation in a marketing order by grade, size, quality, or maturity, and for other purposes.. 108th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/108-S-1969/
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"S. 1969: A bill to amend the Agricultural Adjustment Act to add pears and cherries to the list of fruits and vegetables subject to regulation in a marketing order by grade, size, quality, or maturity, and for other purposes.." 108th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/108-S-1969/.
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S. 1969, 108th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/108-S-1969/.
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