tion on increased price supports of 10 percent of the 
value of production. That counter notification also 
showed price supports by the Government of India 
for wheat increasing from 77.7 percent to 81.3 per-
cent during the same period. Previous counter notifi-
cations have shown similar violations by the govern-
ment of India for other commodities. For example, 
in the 2016/17 marketing year, the support level was 
67.9 percent for cotton, 31.7 percent for chickpeas, 
41 percent for lentils, and 47.4 percent for pulses 
overall. 
(10) Minor attempts to reform the Indian agri-
culture subsidy system in the marketing year 2020/ 
2021 failed to produce results. The enacted reforms 
would not have changed the policies that violate 
WTO commitments but would have merely provided 
farmers with opportunities to sell their products out-
side of the government-run ‘‘mandi’’ system, but 
those were ultimately repealed. 
(11) Dispute settlement is an effective way to 
provide a neutral assessment of compliance with 
trade agreement terms and empower internal re-
formers who recognize a problem but have not been 
able to overcome entrenched resistance. 
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(12) Global agriculture is uniquely susceptible 
to trade barriers and requires special attention to re-
solve myriad systemic and economically significant 
trade violations that impede the development of a re-
silient, sustainable, and rules-based agricultural 
trading system. 
SEC. 3. SENSE OF CONGRESS. 
It is the sense of Congress that— 
(1) the United States should accelerate efforts 
to address foreign trade barriers that harm United 
States agricultural exports; 
(2) the Office of the United States Trade Rep-
resentative and the Department of Agriculture both 
have a critical role in developing agricultural trade 
disputes; 
(3) Congress and the private sector have key 
roles to play in the development of disputes and ag-
ricultural trade enforcement strategy; 
(4) in the case of India’s minimum price sup-
ports, the United States has exhausted other options 
available through the World Trade Organization 
short of requesting consultations under the Dispute 
Settlement Understanding (DSU); 
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(5) there should be a plan and definitive dead-
lines in place for a request for consultations and es-
tablishment of a panel under the DSU; 
(6) the Office of the United States Trade Rep-
resentative and the Department of Agriculture 
should jointly develop a proactive enforcement strat-
egy for addressing systemic and economically signifi-
cant trade barriers in the agriculture sector, in con-
sultation with Congress and the private sector; and 
(7) the Office of the United States Trade Rep-
resentative is the lead agency for United States 
trade policy. 
SEC. 
4. 
AGRICULTURAL 
TRADE 
ENFORCEMENT 
TASK 
FORCE. 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—Not later than 30 days after 
the date of the enactment of this Act, the President shall 
establish a joint task force to be known as the ‘‘Agricul-
tural Trade Enforcement Task Force’’ (referred to in this 
section as the ‘‘Task Force’’). 
(b) DUTIES.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Task Force shall— 
(A) identify trade barriers to United States 
agricultural exports that are vulnerable to dis-
pute settlement under the World Trade Organi-
zation (WTO) or other trade agreements; 
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(B) develop and implement a strategy for 
enforcing violations of trade agreements related 
to these trade barriers; 
(C) identify like-minded trading partners 
for specific trade barriers that could act as co- 
complainants or primary complainants on dis-
putes that are systemically or economically im-
portant to the United States; and 
(D) report quarterly to Congress on 
progress towards resolving cases or filing dis-
putes. 
(2) CONSULTATION.—In carrying out its duties 
under this subsection, the Task Force shall regularly 
consult, to the extent necessary and appropriate, 
with the following: 
(A) Relevant stakeholders in the private 
sector, including the agricultural trade advisory 
committees. 
(B) Federal departments and agencies that 
are not represented on the Task Force. 
(C) Like-minded trading partners that are 
similarly concerned with trade barriers and are 
potential participants in the dispute settlement 
process. 
(c) MEMBERSHIP.— 
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(1) IN
GENERAL.—The Task Force shall be 
comprised of the following members: 
(A) One or more employees of the Foreign 
Agricultural Service, who shall be appointed by 
the Under Secretary for Trade and Foreign Ag-
ricultural Affairs. 
(B) One of more employees of the Office of 
the United States Trade Representative, who 
shall be appointed jointly by the General Coun-
sel for the Office of the United States Trade 
Representative and the Chief Agricultural Ne-
gotiator. 
(C) One or more employees of other Fed-
eral agencies as needed, who shall be appointed 
jointly by the officials specified in subpara-
graphs (A) and (B). 
(2) QUALIFICATION.—Employees of the Federal 
agencies specified in subparagraphs (A), (B), and 
(C) of paragraph (1) may be appointed as members 
of the Task Force only if such employees have ap-
propriate expertise in agricultural trade policy and 
trade enforcement. 
(d) REPORT.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 90 days after 
the date of the enactment of this Act, and on a 
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quarterly basis thereafter, the Task Force shall sub-
mit to Congress a report on its progress in identi-
fying and addressing trade barriers to United States 
agricultural exports. 
(2) MATTERS TO BE INCLUDED.—The report 
required by this subsection shall include the fol-
lowing: 
(A) A description of the systemic and eco-
nomically significant trade barriers that have 
been identified. 
(B) A justification for including the identi-
fied trade barriers. 
(C) A description of the progress that has 
been made in developing dispute settlement 
cases and further information that is required. 
(D) The current status of ongoing disputes 
at the WTO and implementation of panel, arbi-
tration, or Appellate Body decisions. 
(3) ADDITIONAL MATTERS TO BE INCLUDED IN 
INITIAL REPORT.—The initial report required by this 
subsection shall, in addition to the matters described 
in subparagraph (A), (B), (C), and (D) of paragraph 
(2), include a plan to file a request under the WTO 
dispute settlement process for consultations to ad-
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