[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Con. Res. 185 Introduced in House (IH)]

103d CONGRESS
  1st Session
H. CON. RES. 185

 Expressing the sense of the Congress that the current Canadian quota 
  regime on chicken imports should be removed as part of the Uruguay 
Round multilateral trade negotiations and that the imposition of quotas 
by Canada on United States processed chicken violates Article XI of the 
                General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           November 20, 1993

 Mr. Bunning (for himself, Mr. Hutto, Mr. Montgomery, Mr. Emerson, Mr. 
   Wolf, Ms. Snowe, Mr. McCloskey, Mr. Chapman, Mr. Spratt, and Mr. 
  Hilliard) submitted the following concurrent resolution; which was 
              referred to the Committee on Ways and Means

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                         CONCURRENT RESOLUTION


 
 Expressing the sense of the Congress that the current Canadian quota 
  regime on chicken imports should be removed as part of the Uruguay 
Round multilateral trade negotiations and that the imposition of quotas 
by Canada on United States processed chicken violates Article XI of the 
                General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade.

Whereas the United States chicken industry is the most efficient in the world 
        and produced approximately 16 billion dollars worth of chickens in 1992;
Whereas the Canadian chicken supply management system severely restricts the 
        importation of United States chickens, resulting in $350,000,000 to 
        $700,000,000 in lost sales;
Whereas the Canadian chicken supply management system severely restricts United 
        States chicken processors and retailers from expanding into the Canadian 
        market;
Whereas the Canadian chicken supply management system protects the Canadian 
        chicken growers while severely hurting both United States and Canadian 
        processors and food service retailers;
Whereas the Canadian chicken supply management system causes exceedingly high 
        chicken prices and periodic supply shortages in Canada; and
Whereas the Canadian chicken supply management system and the imposition of 
        quotas on processed chicken contravenes Canada's obligations under 
        Article XI of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade: Now, 
        therefore, be it
    Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate concurring), 
That it is the sense of the Congress that--
            (1) the United States, as part of the Uruguay Round of 
        multilateral trade negotiations, should negotiate a tariff-rate 
        quota to replace the Canadian chicken supply management system 
        and the elimination of processed chicken from the Canadian 
        Import Control List;
            (2) the United States should insist under such a tariff-
        rate quota that the amount of chicken determined to be ``within 
        quota'' be based on the total amount of chicken imported into 
        Canada in 1993 through both global and supplemental import 
        quotas;
            (3) the United States should seek the elimination, or at 
        the minimum, the phase-out of the new duties imposed by Canada 
        on chicken imports in accordance with the terms of the United 
        States- Canada Free-Trade Agreement; and
            (4) the United States should oppose any activity on the 
        part of Canada which results in lost sales for United States 
        chicken exporters and restricts the United States access to the 
        Canadian chicken market.

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