US Congress House Concurrent Resolution 40 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 11-4)
Status: Introduced on March 23 2017 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2017-03-24 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Trade Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Expressing the sense of Congress that all direct and indirect subsidies that benefit the production or export of sugar by all major sugar producing and consuming countries should be eliminated. Expresses the sense of Congress that the President should seek the elimination of all subsidies benefiting the production or export of sugar by any foreign country that: exported more than 200,000 metric tons of sugar in 2014, 2015, or 2016, or has in effect a free trade agreement with the United States. Urges the President to: report to Congress detailed information about how any of such country has eliminated such subsidies; and propose legislation to implement U.S. sugar policy reforms.

Expressing the sense of Congress that all direct and indirect subsidies that benefit the production or export of sugar by all major sugar producing and consuming countries should be eliminated.

Rep. Ted Yoho [R-FL]	Rep. Alexander Mooney [R-WV]	Rep. Walter Jones [R-NC]	Rep. Kurt Schrader [D-OR]
Rep. Garret Graves [R-LA]	Rep. Paul Mitchell [R-MI]	Rep. Alcee Hastings [D-FL]	Rep. Thomas Rooney [R-FL]
Rep. Lois Frankel [D-FL]	Rep. Daniel Kildee [D-MI]	Sen. Kevin Cramer [R-ND]	Rep. Bob Gibbs [R-OH]
Rep. Ralph Abraham [R-LA]	Rep. Clay Higgins [R-LA]	Rep. Joe Wilson [R-SC]

Date	Chamber	Action
2017-03-24	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
2017-03-23	House	Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Agriculture, 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.
2017-03-23	House	Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Agriculture, 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.
2017-03-23	House	Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Agriculture, 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.
2017-03-23	House	Introduced in House

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/house-concurrent-resolution/40/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/115/bills/hconres40/BILLS-115hconres40ih.pdf