3.0.0 926 2023-01-11T13:15:14Z 2023-01-11T13:15:14Z House H HRES 2008-01-16 110 hsif00 Energy and Commerce Committee House Standing hsif14 Health Subcommittee Referred to 2008-01-16T21:51:15Z hsif17 Innovation, Data, and Commerce Subcommittee Referred to 2008-01-16T21:50:55Z Referred to 2008-01-16T15:01:10Z hsag00 Agriculture Committee House Standing Referred to 2008-01-16T15:01:15Z hswm00 Ways and Means Committee House Standing Referred to 2008-01-16T15:01:05Z 2008-01-16 hsif14 Health Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. Committee 2008-01-16 hsif17 Innovation, Data, and Commerce Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade and Consumer Protection. Committee 2008-01-16 Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, and 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. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsag00 Agriculture Committee 2008-01-16 Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, and 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. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsif00 Energy and Commerce Committee 2008-01-16 Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, and 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. IntroReferral H11100-A 9 Library of Congress 2008-01-16 Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, and 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. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hswm00 Ways and Means Committee 2008-01-16 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2008-01-16 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress S001174 Rep. Sutton, Betty [D-OH-13] Betty Sutton D OH 13 N Foreign Trade and International Finance Agriculture and Food Agriculture in foreign trade Commerce Consumer protection Food safety Free trade Imports International Affairs Meat inspection Trade agreements Foreign Trade and International Finance 00 2008-01-16 Introduced in House 2008-01-29T19:39:16Z Recognizes: (1) the relationship between free trade agreements and the increase of imports; (2) that adoption of additional trade agreements will likely significantly increase the number of products and food our nation imports; (3) that current U.S. trade policies must be improved to adequately ensure the safety of imported food and products; (4) the link between current U.S. trade policies and the increase in tainted imported food and unsafe products; (5) that the percentage of food imports currently inspected by the United States is inadequate and poses a risk to American families; and (6) the need to ensure the safety of imported food before additional trade agreements are ratified.

Encourages: (1) federal agencies charged with keeping imported food safe to step up inspections; and (2) greater vigilance by federal agencies in ensuring imported products and food are safe.

]]> Recognizing the importance of food, product safety, and U.S. trade policy. Display Title Recognizing the importance of food, product safety, and U.S. trade policy. Official Title as Introduced Recognizing the importance of food, product safety, and U.S. trade policy. Introduced in House IH Introduced in House 2008-01-16T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-110hres926ih/xml/BILLS-110hres926ih.xml 2008-01-16 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.