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HR 4179 109th Congress House Foreign Trade and International Finance Agriculture and Food Congress Congressional oversight Congressional reporting requirements East Asia Exports Import restrictions Imports Japan Meat Tariff Trade negotiations

To authorize appropriate action if negotiations with Japan to allow the resumption of United States beef exports are not successful, and for other purposes.

Introduced: October 28, 2005 See on congress.gov
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Oct 28, 2005
Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Oct 28, 2005
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H9365)
Oct 28, 2005
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Directs: (1) the U.S. Trade Representative to certify to Congress by December 15, 2005, that Japan is no longer prohibiting the importation of U.S. beef; (2) the Secretary of the Treasury, if such certification is not made, to impose additional tariffs (which shall continue until the certification is submitted to Congress) on Japan by December 31, 2005; and (3) the Secretary of Agriculture to begin negotiations with Japan to end such beef import prohibitions.

What's happening now October 28, 2005

Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

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 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 3
All 3 Democratic 2 Republican 1
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Simpson, Michael K.
Idaho · Nov 1, 2005
 D
Case, Ed
Hawaii · Oct 28, 2005
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Costa, Jim
California · Oct 28, 2005
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 4179: To authorize appropriate action if negotiations with Japan to allow the resumption of United States beef exports are not successful, and for other purposes.. 109th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/109-HR-4179/
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"H.R. 4179: To authorize appropriate action if negotiations with Japan to allow the resumption of United States beef exports are not successful, and for other purposes.." 109th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/109-HR-4179/.
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H.R. 4179, 109th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/109-HR-4179/.
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