[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Con. Res. 172 Introduced in House (IH)]

103d CONGRESS
  1st Session
H. CON. RES. 172

     To recognize the importance of promoting fair trade in wheat.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            October 28, 1993

 Mr. Johnson of South Dakota (for himself, Mr. Williams, Mr. Rose, Mr. 
    Sarpalius, Mr. Combest, Mr. Emerson, Mr. Allard, Mr. Minge, Mr. 
   LaRocco, Mr. Slattery, Mr. Glickman, Mr. English of Oklahoma, Mr. 
Inslee, and Mr. Pomeroy) submitted the following concurrent resolution; 
         which was referred to the Committee on Ways and Means

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                         CONCURRENT RESOLUTION


 
     To recognize the importance of promoting fair trade in wheat.

    Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate concurring), 
That Congress recognizes the importance of promoting fair trade in 
wheat that--
    (1) Congress finds that--
            (A) Canadian wheat farmers enjoy an unfair advantage over 
        their American counterparts because of the secretive operation 
        of the Canadian Wheat Board and transportation subsidies;
            (B) in large part because of these subsidies, imports of 
        wheat from Canada have nearly tripled in the last five years 
        and now total 75 million bushels annually;
            (C) according to a Department of Agriculture study, these 
        imports have cost the United States Treasury some $600 million 
        over the last four years; and
            (D) the Canadians were able to capture as much as seventy-
        five percent of the Mexican wheat market in recent marketing 
        years; and
    (2) It is the sense of Congress that--
            (A) if the Secretary of Agriculture has reason to believe 
        that wheat is being imported into the United States from Canada 
        under such conditions and in such quantities as to render or 
        tend to render ineffective, or materially interfere with, any 
        loan, purchase, or other program or operation undertaken by the 
        Department of Agriculture, then the United States Government 
        should take action to address the problem of Canadian wheat 
        imports using existing United States trade laws;
            (B) the United States Government should seek an immediate 
        understanding with the Mexican Government to define certain 
        Canadian wheat practices as unfair;
            (C) The United States, Canada, and Mexico should begin 
        immediate consultations with a goal of ensuring free and fair 
        trade in wheat throughout North America; and
            (D) Transportation subsidies and secretive monopolistic 
        pricing should be considered unfair trading practices.

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