S.Res. 544 · 111th Congress
A resolution supporting increased market access for exports of United States beef and beef products.
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BaucusSponsor8 cosponsors · 6 D, 2 R
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- Senate Introduced May 27, 2010
- Senate Passed May 27, 2010
Expresses the sense of the Senate that: (1) sanitary measures affecting trade in beef and beef products between the United States and China, Japan, Hong Kong, Taiwan, South Korea, Mexico, and Vietnam should be based on science; (2) since banning U.S.
What it does: CRS summary · Passed Senate without amendment · May 27, 2010
(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.)
Expresses the sense of the Senate that: (1) sanitary measures affecting trade in beef and beef products between the United States and China, Japan, Hong Kong, Taiwan, South Korea, Mexico, and Vietnam should be based on science; (2) since banning U.S. beef in December 2003, such countries have failed to comply with internationally-recognized World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) scientific guidelines with respect to U.S. beef and beef products; (3) these countries should fully comply with such guidelines, and open their markets to U.S. beef product exporters; and (4) the President should continue to insist on full access for U.S. beef product exporters to the markets of such countries.
Written by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service. All summary versions on Congress.gov
About this bill and sources
Official title: A resolution supporting increased market access for exports of United States beef and beef products.
Latest action (May 27, 2010): Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S4560-4562; text as passed Senate: CR S5461-4562; text of measure as introduced: CR S4555-4556)
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance · Origin: Senate · Introduced: May 27, 2010
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- Senate Introduced May 27, 2010
- Senate Passed May 27, 2010
No recorded floor vote found.