HR 1517 · 99th Congress · Foreign Trade and International Finance

Agricultural Export Expansion Act of 1985

Introduced 1985-03-07· Sponsored by Rep. Smith, Virginia [R-NE-3]· House

Bill Progress

Introduced
2
Committee
3
House Vote
4
Senate
5
Enacted
Latest: Referred to Subcommittee on Merchant Marine.(1985-03-12)

Plain Language Summary

[AI summary unavailable — showing source text] 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.…

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Cosponsors (20)

3 Democrats17 Republicans