Fair Trade in Agriculture Act

Summary

Fair Trade in Agriculture Act - Authorizes the Secretary of Agriculture to spend a specified amount of Commodity Credit Corporation funds to subsidize the export sale of domestic agricultural commodities when necessary to reciprocate a foreign government's subsidies of exports of competing commodities.

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Timeline

1. 6 February 1985

   Introduced

   Referred to House Committee on Agriculture.

   Source: IntroReferral

2. 6 February 1985

   Introduced

   Introduced in House

   Source: IntroReferral

3. 6 February 1985

   Introduced

   Introduced in House

   Source: IntroReferral

4. 12 February 1985

   Referred

   Referred to Subcommittee on Department Operations, Research, and Foreign Agriculture.

   Source: Committee

5. 15 February 1985

   Referred

   Referred to Subcommittee on International Economic Policy and Trade.

   Source: Committee

6. 20 February 1985

   Committee

   Executive Comment Requested from USDA.

   Source: Committee

7. 22 May 1986

   Committee

   For Further Action See H.R.4800.

   Source: Committee

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Documents

1 official file

• Introduced in House

  summary · EN · 6 February 1985

  Open at official source

Sponsors

• Rep. English, Glenn [D-OK-6] · D · Sponsor
• Rep. Martinez, Matthew G. [D-CA-30] · D · Sponsor
• Rep. Williams, Pat [D-MT-1] · D · Cosponsor
• Rep. Wortley, George C. [R-NY-27] · R · Cosponsor
• Rep. Bentley, Helen Delich [R-MD-2] · R · Cosponsor
• Rep. Richardson, Bill [D-NM-3] · D · Cosponsor
• · hsfa00 · Standing
• · hsag00 · Standing

Related records

• related to ← Trade and International Economic Policy Reform Act of 1986