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        <text><![CDATA[ <p>Directs: (1) the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR), within 30 days after enactment of this Act, to certify to Congress that Japan is no longer prohibiting the importation of beef from the United States; and (2) the United States, if such certification is not made, to ban the importation of beef products grown or processed in, or emported from, Japan.</p> <p>Terminates any sanctions so imposed on the date such a certification is made.</p> <p>Authorizes the USTR, in cooperation with the Secretaries of Agriculture and Commerce, to take all necessary actions to carry out the ban.</p>]]></text>
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