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[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2169 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

103d CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 2169

     To require the Secretary of Agriculture to conduct a study of 
 cooperative marketing of United States and Canadian grain for export, 
                        and for other purposes.

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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                 June 9 (legislative day, June 7), 1994

 Mr. Dorgan (for himself, Mr. Daschle, Mr. Campbell, Mr. Durenberger, 
and Mr. Conrad) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
   referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry

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                                 A BILL

 
     To require the Secretary of Agriculture to conduct a study of 
 cooperative marketing of United States and Canadian grain for export, 
                        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. STUDY OF COOPERATIVE MARKETING OF UNITED STATES AND CANADIAN 
              GRAIN.

    (a) Findings.--Congress finds that--
            (1) the United States-Canada Free Trade Agreement forced 
        the creation of a single North American grain market without 
        adjustments to harmonize the marketing system and relative 
        Federal commodity programs of the 2 nations;
            (2) trade conflicts between the United States and Canada 
        over grain trade have arisen, and continue to escalate since 
        the negotiation of the Agreement;
            (3) better harmony between the United States and Canadian 
        grain marketing system is needed;
            (4) Canadian producers have cooperatively marketed their 
        grain for 50 years, and have an established collective 
        marketing system;
            (5) United States producers should have the opportunity to 
        market their grain cooperatively when the producers find it in 
        their best interest; and
            (6) it is in the interest of harmonious trade with Canada, 
        and in the possible economic interests of United States grain 
        producers, to investigate the advantages and disadvantages of 
        marketing grain in a cooperative exporting venture with Canada, 
        and for the United States to discuss such a venture with 
        Canada.
    (b) Study.--The Secretary of Agriculture shall conduct a study of 
cooperative marketing of United States and Canadian grain for export. 
The study shall--
            (1) evaluate the desirability and feasibility of the United 
        States entering into negotiations with Canada to establish a 
        cooperative venture to conduct the marketing;
            (2) evaluate, as alternative marketing ventures, the 
        collective export marketing of durum wheat, barley, all wheat, 
        or all wheat and barley;
            (3) describe and evaluate the structures of collective 
        grain export marketing ventures that are most economically 
        advantageous to United States grain producers;
            (4) describe the changes in United States and Canadian law 
        that may be necessary to proceed with each of the marketing 
        ventures that are described in paragraphs (2) and (3), 
        including changes in United States law necessary to authorize 
        the Secretary to issue and amend marketing orders under section 
        8c of the Agricultural Adjustment Act (7 U.S.C. 608c), 
        reenacted with amendments by the Agricultural Marketing 
        Agreement Act of 1937, to facilitate the collective marketing 
        of grains; and
            (5) evaluate the likely effects of each venture on United 
        States commodity programs for grain and recommend necessary and 
        appropriate changes in the programs that would be--
                    (A) most beneficial and profitable for grain 
                producers;
                    (B) least costly to the Federal Government; and
                    (C) most harmonious with the marketing system and 
                commodity programs of Canada.
    (c) Report.--The Secretary shall report the results of the study to 
Congress not later than August 15, 1995.

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