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HR 431 99th Congress House Foreign Trade and International Finance Agriculture and Rural Affairs Agriculture in foreign trade Dairy products Foreign Trade and Investments Import restrictions Imports Licenses Milk

Milk Protein Fair Trade Act of 1985

Introduced: January 3, 1985 See on congress.gov
 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
 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.

What's happening now September 19, 1985

Executive Comment Received From USDA.

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