HR 17 · 106th Congress · Agriculture and Food
Selective Agricultural Embargoes Act of 1999
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EnactedLatest: Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 280.(1999-09-21)
Plain Language Summary
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Selective Agricultural Embargoes Act of 1999 - Amends the Agricultural Trade Act of 1978 to direct the President, if he or she takes action to embargo the export under an export sales contract of an agricultural commodity to a country that is not part of an embargo on all exports to the country, to report to the Congress, not later than five days after imposing the embargo, on the reasons for such embargo and its proposed duration. Sets forth congressional procedures for termination of the embargo. Specifies plant nutrient materials among the agricultural commodities whose export the President may not prohibit or curtail if: (1) the export sales contract for such materials is entered into before he or she announces an action that would otherwise prohibit or curtail their export; and (2) the contract terms require delivery of the materials within 270 days after the date of the suspension of trade is imposed.…
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CBO Cost Estimate
Congressional Budget OfficeH.R. 17, Selective Agricultural Embargoes Act of 1999
Feb 19, 1999Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Agriculture on February 10, 1999
Full CBO report ↗H.R. 17, Selective Agricultural Embargoes Act of 1999
Jun 11, 1999Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on International Relations on June 10, 1999
Full CBO report ↗Official non-partisan budget analysis by the Congressional Budget Office
Cosponsors (20)
3 Democrats17 Republicans