[Congressional Bills 104th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1653 Introduced in Senate (IS)]


104th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 1653

To prohibit imports into the United States of grain and grain products 
                  from Canada, and for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             March 28, 1996

  Mr. Conrad introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
                  referred to the Committee on Finance

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                                 A BILL


 
To prohibit imports into the United States of grain and grain products 
                  from Canada, 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.

    The Congress makes the following findings:
            (1) The Canadian Government has imposed a ban on the 
        importation of durum wheat from the United States because of an 
        outbreak of karnal bunt in Arizona.
            (2) The ban applies to all imports of durum wheat from the 
        United States, including wheat from States where no evidence of 
        karnal bunt has been found.
            (3) No karnal bunt has been found in any wheat produced in 
        Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota, Minnesota, or in the Great 
        Lakes region.
            (4) The Canadian Government has stated that due to the cold 
        climate in Canada there is no risk of an outbreak of karnal 
        bunt in Canada.
            (5) Canada's ban on shipments of durum wheat through the 
        Great Lakes ports is unjustifiable and the ban places 
        unnecessary restrictions on shipments of other wheat through 
        the Great Lakes ports.

SEC. 2. PROHIBITION AGAINST ENTRY OF CERTAIN CANADIAN GRAIN 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, of all grain products 
(described in heading 1001 or 1101.00.00 of the Harmonized Tariff 
Schedule of the United States) which are produced, grown, or 
manufactured in Canada.
    (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 Canada has removed the prohibition on 
        imports described in subsection (c), and that durum wheat 
        products produced in the United States are permitted full and 
        fair access to the markets of such country; and
            (2) submit to the Congress the determination under 
        paragraph (1), together with the reasons underlying the 
        determination.
    (c) Prohibition Described.--The prohibition described in this 
subsection is a prohibition on the importation of durum wheat products 
produced in the United States where there is not sufficient evidence 
that karnal bunt exists with respect to such wheat.
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