HR 1517
99th Congress
House
Foreign Trade and International Finance
Agriculture and Rural Affairs
Agriculture in foreign trade
Cargo preference
Credit insurance
Exports
Farm produce
Foreign Trade and Investments
Foreign trade promotion
Marine transportation
Ships and shipping
Agricultural Export Expansion Act of 1985
Introduced: March 7, 1985
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Everywhere this bill has been
4 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Mar 12, 1985
Referred to Subcommittee on Merchant Marine.
Mar 12, 1985
Executive Comment Requested from USDA, DOT, Commerce, State.
Mar 7, 1985
Referred to House Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries.
Mar 7, 1985
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
Agricultural Export Expansion Act of 1985 - Prohibits the cargo preference laws from applying to export activities of the Commodity Credit Corporation (CCC) or the Department of Agriculture under which: (1) stocks of farm commodities or the products thereof acquired by the CCC are made available to U.S. exporters, users, or foreign purchasers for the maintenance or expansion of export markets for U.S. farm commodities; (2) commercial credit guarantees are blended with direct interest-free credits from the CCC to reduce the interest rate on export sales of U.S. farm commodities; or (3) the CCC or the Department of Agriculture promotes the export of U.S. farm commodities on a commercial basis.
What's happening now
Referred to Subcommittee on Merchant Marine.
Committees of jurisdiction
2
Cosponsors
1