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HR 5696 109th Congress House Foreign Trade and International Finance Agriculture and Food Agriculture in foreign trade East Asia Import restrictions International Affairs Japan Meat Trade agreements

To respond to the unreasonable and unnecessary Japanese prohibition on the importation of United States beef by prohibiting importation of Japanese beef into the United States.

Introduced: June 28, 2006 Introduced by: Costa, Jim Democratic · California See on congress.gov
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Jun 28, 2006
Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Jun 28, 2006
Introduced in House
 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Requires the United States Trade Representative (UTSR), in cooperation with the Secretaries of Agriculture and of Commerce, to take all necessary actions to prohibit the importation into the United States of beef products produced or processed in, or exported from, Japan until such time as the Japanese government permits the entry into Japan of U.S. beef.

What's happening now June 28, 2006

Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

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