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Defending Domestic Produce Protection Act

Introduced: January 26, 2023 Introduced by: Buchanan, Vern Republican · Florida See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps
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Became law
Dec 17, 2024
Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
Jan 26, 2023
Introduced in House
Jan 26, 2023
Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
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Defending Domestic Produce Protection Act

This bill establishes a process by which a core seasonal industry may petition for countervailing and antidumping duties.

A core seasonal industry means the producers (1) of a domestic like product that is a raw agricultural product, (2) whose collective output constitutes a majority of the total production in any state or group of states that accounts for a major portion of the total production during a discrete season or cyclical period of time, and (3) that make substantially all of their sales during that season or time period.

The bill also provides that this process shall apply with respect to goods from Canada and Mexico.

What's happening now December 17, 2024

Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.

 Related & companion bills 1
  • S 104 Related bill Defending Domestic Produce Production Act of 2023
 Bill text 1 version

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Soto, Darren
Florida · Jan 26, 2023
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 545: Defending Domestic Produce Protection Act. 118th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/118-HR-545/
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