United States · Bill · HR
H.R. 3744 (105th)
Food for Peace Amendment Act of 1998
Introduced
29 April 1998
Last action
6 May 1998 · Referred
Status
Referred to the Subcommittee on Department Operations, Nutrition and Foreign Agriculture.
Sponsors
Rep. Nethercutt, George R., Jr. [R-WA-5], Rep. McHugh, John M. [R-NY-23], Rep. Moran, James P. [D-VA-8], Rep. John, Christopher [D-LA-7], Rep. Hastings, Doc [R-WA-4]
Subjects
Agriculture
Source updated
21 August 2025
Summary
Food for Peace Amendment Act of 1998 - Amends the Agricultural Trade Development and Assistance Act of 1954 (commonly called Public Law 480) to prohibit the Secretary of Agriculture and the Commodity Credit Corporation from imposing any penalty on, or assessing any damages against, a private person under an agreement to supply agricultural commodities to a developing country or private entity, if through no fault of the private person such commodities are not timely delivered.
This text is taken from the official record. PoliticalRepo does not editorialize.
Timeline
29 April 1998
Introduced
Introduced in House
Source: IntroReferral
29 April 1998
Introduced
Referred to House Agriculture
Source: IntroReferral
29 April 1998
Introduced
Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, and in addition to the Committee on International Relations, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Source: IntroReferral
29 April 1998
Introduced
Introduced in House
Source: IntroReferral
6 May 1998
Referred
Referred to the Subcommittee on Department Operations, Nutrition and Foreign Agriculture.
Source: Committee
Votes
No vote records are attached yet.
Versions
- Introduced in House · 29 April 1998 · Download file
Documents
3 official files
Introduced in House (text)
This file cannot be previewed here. Use View or Download.
Leesvertaling
Vertaal dit document naar jouw taal. PoliticalRepo bewaart geen aparte kopie per EU-taal.
Documentvertaling op verzoek met downloadbare PDF (logo + link naar de officiële bron). Het bronbestand blijft leidend.
Introduced in House (text)
Introduced in House · EN · 29 April 1998
Introduced in House (PDF)
Introduced in House · EN · 29 April 1998
ViewDownloadOpen at official source
Leesvertaling
Vertaal dit document naar jouw taal. PoliticalRepo bewaart geen aparte kopie per EU-taal.
Documentvertaling op verzoek met downloadbare PDF (logo + link naar de officiële bron). Het bronbestand blijft leidend.
Introduced in House
summary · EN · 29 April 1998
Leesvertaling
Vertaal dit document naar jouw taal. PoliticalRepo bewaart geen aparte kopie per EU-taal.
Documentvertaling op verzoek met downloadbare PDF (logo + link naar de officiële bron). Het bronbestand blijft leidend.
Sponsors
- Rep. Nethercutt, George R., Jr. [R-WA-5] · R · Sponsor
- Rep. McHugh, John M. [R-NY-23] · R · Cosponsor
- Rep. Moran, James P. [D-VA-8] · D · Cosponsor
- Rep. John, Christopher [D-LA-7] · D · Cosponsor
- Rep. Hastings, Doc [R-WA-4] · R · Cosponsor
- · hsag00 · Standing
- · hsfa00 · Standing
Related records
No cross-record relationships stored yet.
Sources
PoliticalRepo is an index and interpretation layer, not the authoritative legal source.
- Official source: https://www.congress.gov/bill/105th-congress/house-bill/3744
- Open data entity: https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/105/hr/3744
- us · 105-hr-3744 · source updated 21 August 2025