HJRES 603 · 97th Congress · Agriculture and Food

A joint resolution directing the President to take every possible action to encourage increasing the processed product share of United States agricultural exports.

Introduced 1982-09-22· Sponsored by Rep. Fithian, Floyd J. [D-IN-2]· House

Bill Progress

Introduced
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Committee
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House Vote
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Senate
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Enacted
Latest: Referred to Subcommittee on Trade.(1982-10-18)

Plain Language Summary

[AI summary unavailable — showing source text] Directs the President to take every possible action to encourage increasing the processed product share of farm exports including, but not limited to: (1) urging U.S. negotiators to try to include a quantity of value-added processed farm products in grain agreements with the Soviet Union or other nonmarket economy countries; (2) seeking elimination of unfair trade practices by foreign competitors by pursuing international trade negotiations; (3) using the authority of Public Law 480 to encourage inclusion of more processed products under both concessional sales and food aid programs; and (4) using authorities of the Commodity Credit Corporation and the Export-Import Bank to ensure that credit arrangements for farm exports and farm product exports are on terms equal to those offered by other countries.…

Summarized by Claude AI · Non-partisan · For informational purposes only

Cosponsors (4)

1 Democrat3 Republicans