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 other purposes.
Introduced: November 25, 2003
Introduced by:
Murray, Patty
Democratic
· Washington
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Everywhere this bill has been
2 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Nov 25, 2003
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
Nov 25, 2003
Introduced in Senate
Plain-English summary
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
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
Committees of jurisdiction
1
Cosponsors
1