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Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives with respect to free trade negotiations that could adversely impact the sugar industry of the United States.

Introduced: February 15, 2005 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Agreed to (House)
Feb 28, 2005
Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
Feb 15, 2005
Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Feb 15, 2005
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that the President should: (1) renegotiate the provisions of the Central American Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA) relating to access to the U.S. sugar market, so as to grant no greater access to that market than is currently enjoyed by CAFTA signatories; and (2) exclude sugar as an element of free trade negotiations.

What's happening now February 28, 2005

Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.

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Case, Ed
Hawaii · Feb 15, 2005
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H. Res. 98: Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives with respect to free trade negotiations that could adversely impact the sugar industry of the United States.. 109th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/109-HRES-98/
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"H. Res. 98: Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives with respect to free trade negotiations that could adversely impact the sugar industry of the United States.." 109th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/109-HRES-98/.
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H. Res. 98, 109th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/109-HRES-98/.
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