[Congressional Bills 104th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3050 Introduced in House (IH)]







104th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 3050

 To prohibit imports into the United States of meat products from the 
European Union until certain unfair trade barriers are removed, and for 
                            other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 7, 1996

Mr. Johnson of South Dakota (for himself, Mr. Pomeroy, and Mr. Allard) 
 introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 
                             Ways and Means

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                                 A BILL


 
 To prohibit imports into the United States of meat products from the 
European Union until certain unfair trade barriers are removed, and for 
                            other purposes.

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

SECTION 1. FINDINGS AND POLICY.

    (a) Findings.--The Congress makes the following findings:
            (1) The European Union's prohibition on the importation 
        into member states of the European Union of meat from animals 
        treated with hormones and the European Union's Third Country 
        Meat Directive are nontariff trade barriers.
            (2) The maintenance of these nontariff barriers is a major 
        impediment to United States meat exports to the member states 
        of the European Union.
            (3) United States producers of meat products have been 
        injured by being denied the opportunity to sell their products 
        in the members states of the European Union.
            (4) The imposition of these nontariff barriers has had 
        harmful effects on United States commercial interests and has 
        created serious trade disputes between the United States and 
        the European Union.
            (5) Efforts by the United States Government to negotiate 
        resolutions to these disputes have been unsuccessful.
            (6) In order to prevent further economic injury to the 
        United States meat industry, the United States Government must 
        take stronger action to remove the major impediments to United 
        States exports created by the nontariff trade barriers 
        described in paragraph (1).
    (b) Policy.--It is the policy of the United States that--
            (1) the European Union's prohibition on the importation 
        into member states of the European Union of meat from animals 
        treated with hormones and the European Community's Third 
        Country Meat Directive are nontariff trade barriers; and
            (2) it is in the public interest to remove these barriers 
        to exports of United States meat products.

SEC. 2. PROHIBITION AGAINST ENTRY OF EUROPEAN UNION MEAT PRODUCTS.

    (a) In General.--Not later than 15 days after the date of the 
enactment of this Act, the President shall prohibit the entry, or 
withdrawal from warehouse for consumption, into the customs territory 
of the United States of all meat products of member states of the 
European Union.
    (b) Duration.--The prohibition imposed under subsection (a) shall 
remain in full force and effect until the Secretary of Agriculture and 
the United States Trade Representative--
            (1) determine that the European Union has removed the 
        prohibition on imports described in section 1(b), and that meat 
        products produced in the United States are permitted full and 
        fair access to the markets of the European Union; and
            (2) submit to the Congress the determination under 
        paragraph (1), together with the reasons underlying the 
        determination.
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