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HR 431 99th Congress House

Milk Protein Fair Trade Act of 1985

Official title: A bill to direct the President to impose certain limitations on the amount of milk protein products that may be imported into the United States.

Introduced: February 6, 1985 See on congress.gov
Foreign Trade and International Finance Agriculture and Rural AffairsAgriculture in foreign tradeDairy productsForeign Trade and Investments
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Import restrictionsImportsLicensesMilk
This bill died when the 99th Congress ended
It never became law before the 99th Congress (1985–1986) adjourned, and bills don't carry over to the next Congress. It would have to be reintroduced. You can still save it for reference, but it won't receive updates.
 Everywhere this bill has been 6 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Sep 19, 1985
Executive Comment Received From USDA.
Apr 16, 1985
Executive Comment Received From ITC.
Feb 21, 1985
Executive Comment Requested from State, Treasury, Commerce, Labor, USDA, Customs, ITC, USTR.
Feb 7, 1985
Referred to Subcommittee on Trade.
Jan 3, 1985
Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means.
Jan 3, 1985
Introduced in House
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 Latest action September 19, 1985

Executive Comment Received From USDA.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Milk Protein Fair Trade Act of 1985 - Directs the President to limit imports of milk protein products to 50 percent of the average quantity of such products annually imported between January 1, 1979, and December 31, 1983. Terminates such limit on December 31, 1988. Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to establish an import licensing system for foreign milk protein products which gives: (1) first preference to importers or users who establish that there are no substitutes for their products; (2) second preference to importers or users who establish that domestically produced skim milk or skim milk solids cannot be substituted for their products; and (3) third preference to all other importers or users.

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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 431: Milk Protein Fair Trade Act of 1985. 99th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/99-HR-431/
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"H.R. 431: Milk Protein Fair Trade Act of 1985." 99th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/99-HR-431/.
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H.R. 431, 99th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/99-HR-431/.
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