Calendar No. 343

106TH CONGRESS

1ST SESSION S. 1771

A BILL

To provide stability in the United States agriculture sector and to promote adequate availability of food and medicine for humanitarian assistance abroad by requiring congressional approval before the imposition of any unilateral agricultural or medical sanction against a foreign

country or foreign entity.

OCTOBER 25, 1999

Read the second time and placed on the calendar
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Calendar No. 343

106TH CONGRESS

1ST SESSION S. 1771

To provide stability in the United States agriculture sector and to promote

adequate availability of food and medicine for humanitarian assistance

abroad by requiring congressional approval before the imposition of any

unilateral agricultural or medical sanction against a foreign country

or foreign entity.

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

OCTOBER 22, 1999

Mr. ASHCROFT (for himself, Mr. HAGEL, Mr. BAUCUS, Mr. DODD, Mr.

BROWNBACK, Mr. KERREY, Mr. ROBERTS, Mr. DORGAN, Mr. DASCHLE,

Mr. ABRAHAM, Mr. ALLARD, Mr. BENNETT, Mr. BINGAMAN, Mr. BOND,

Mr. BURNS, Mr. CONRAD, Mr. CRAIG, Mr. CRAPO, Mr. DURBIN, Mr.

FITZGERALD, Mr. GORTON, Mr. GRAMS, Mr. HARKIN, Mr. HUTCHINSON,

Mr. INHOFE, Mr. JEFFORDS, Mr. KERRY, Mr. LEAHY, Mrs. LINCOLN,

Mr. CHAFEE, Mr. THOMAS, and Mr. WARNER) introduced the following

bill; which was read the first time

OCTOBER 25, 1999

Read the second time and placed on the calendar

A BILL

To provide stability in the United States agriculture sector

and to promote adequate availability of food and medicine for humanitarian assistance abroad by requiring

congressional approval before the imposition of any unilateral agricultural or medical sanction against a foreign

country or foreign entity.
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1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Food and Medicine

5 for the World Act’’.

6 SEC. 2. REQUIREMENT OF CONGRESSIONAL APPROVAL OF

7 ANY UNILATERAL AGRICULTURAL OR MED8 ICAL SANCTION.

9 (a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section:

10 (1) AGRICULTURAL COMMODITY.—The term

11 ‘‘agricultural commodity’’ has the meaning given the

12 term in section 102 of the Agricultural Trade Act of

13 1978 (7 U.S.C. 5602).

14 (2) AGRICULTURAL PROGRAM.—The term ‘‘ag15 ricultural program’’ means—

16 (A) any program administered under the

17 Agricultural Trade Development and Assistance

18 Act of 1954 (7 U.S.C. 1691 et seq.);

19 (B) any program administered under sec20 tion 416 of the Agricultural Act of 1949 (7

21 U.S.C. 1431);

22 (C) any program administered under the

23 Agricultural Trade Act of 1978 (7 U.S.C. 5601

24 et seq.);
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1 (D) the dairy export incentive program ad2 ministered under section 153 of the Food Secu3 rity Act of 1985 (15 U.S.C. 713a–14);

4 (E) any commercial export sale of agricul5 tural commodities; or

6 (F) any export financing (including credits

7 or credit guarantees) provided by the United

8 States Government for agricultural commod9 ities.

10 (3) JOINT RESOLUTION.—The term ‘‘joint reso11 lution’’ means—

12 (A) in the case of subsection (b)(1)(B),

13 only a joint resolution introduced within 10 ses14 sion days of Congress after the date on which

15 the report of the President under subsection

16 (b)(1)(A) is received by Congress, the matter

17 after the resolving clause of which is as follows:

18 ‘‘That Congress approves the report of the

19 President pursuant to section 2(b)(1)(A) of the

20 Food and Medicine for the World Act, trans21 mitted on lllllll.’’, with the blank