[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1921 Introduced in House (IH)]

103d CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1921

   To amend the Agricultural Trade Act of 1978 to repeal the market 
          promotion program of the Department of Agriculture.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             April 29, 1993

 Mr. Armey (for himself, Mr. Shays, Mr. Rohrabacher, Mr. Murphy, Mrs. 
Schroeder, Mr. Dornan, Mr. Taylor of Mississippi, Mr. Cox, Mr. Zimmer, 
Mr. Taylor of North Carolina, Mr. Fawell, and Mr. Goss), introduced the 
   following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Agriculture

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                                 A BILL


 
   To amend the Agricultural Trade Act of 1978 to repeal the market 
          promotion program of the Department of Agriculture.

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

SECTION 1. REPEAL OF MARKET PROMOTION PROGRAM.

    (a) Repeal.--Section 203 of the Agricultural Trade Act of 1978 (7 
U.S.C. 5623) is repealed.
    (b) Conforming Amendments.--The Agricultural Trade Act of 1978 is 
amended--
            (1) in section 211 (7 U.S.C. 5641), by striking subsection 
        (c); and
            (2) in section 402(a)(1) (7 U.S.C. 5662(a)(1)), by striking 
        ``203,''.
    (c) Effect of Repeal on Existing Agreements.--The repeal by 
subsection (a) of the market promotion program established pursuant to 
section 203 of the Agricultural Trade Act of 1978 shall not affect the 
validity or continued operation of an agreement entered into before the 
date of the enactment of this Act to provide assistance under such 
section.

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