[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1811 Introduced in House (IH)]

103d CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1811

     To provide that requirements relating to transport of certain 
  agricultural commodities and other items shall not apply to certain 
                     assistance provided to Russia.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             April 22, 1993

   Mr. Barrett of Nebraska introduced the following bill; which was 
       referred to the Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries

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                                 A BILL


 
     To provide that requirements relating to transport of certain 
  agricultural commodities and other items shall not apply to certain 
                     assistance provided to Russia.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. REQUIREMENTS NOT APPLICABLE TO TRANSPORT OF CERTAIN 
              AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES AND OTHER ITEMS.

    (a) In General.--Sections 901(b) and 901b of the Merchant Marine 
Act, 1936 (46 App. U.S.C. 1241(b), 1241f) shall not apply to carriage 
or transport of any agricultural commodities or equipment, materials, 
products, goods, or services to or for Russia under the Vancouver 
Package.
    (b) Vancouver Package Defined.--In this section the term 
``Vancouver Package'' means the United States assistance for Russia 
that President Clinton outlined in his meetings with the President of 
the Russian Federation in Vancouver, Canada, in April 1993.

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