[Congressional Bills 105th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1974 Introduced in House (IH)]







105th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1974

   To amend the Agricultural Trade Act of 1978 to eliminate current 
     Federal subsidies for alcoholic beverage promotions overseas.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             June 19, 1997

 Mr. Kennedy of Massachusetts 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 eliminate current 
     Federal subsidies for alcoholic beverage promotions overseas.

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

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``End Taxpayer Promotion of Alcohol 
Overseas Act''.

SEC. 2. PROHIBITION ON PROMOTION OF ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES.

    Section 203 of the Agricultural Trade Act of 1978 (7 U.S.C. 5623) 
is amended by adding at the end the following:
    ``(h) Prohibition on Promotion of Alcoholic Beverages.--None of the 
funds appropriated or otherwise made available to carry out this 
section may be used to promote the sale or export of alcohol or 
alcoholic beverages.''.
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