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118TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 5790 
To provide for the establishment of a task force to identify trade barriers 
to United States agricultural exports and carry out other related duties. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
SEPTEMBER 28, 2023 
Mr. CRAWFORD (for himself, Mr. HIGGINS of Louisiana, Mr. CARTER of Lou-
isiana, Mr. LUCAS, Mr. AUSTIN SCOTT of Georgia, Mr. KELLY of Mis-
sissippi, Mr. MANN, Mr. ALFORD, Ms. LETLOW, and Mr. FEENSTRA) in-
troduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Ways 
and Means 
A BILL 
To provide for the establishment of a task force to identify 
trade barriers to United States agricultural exports and 
carry out other related duties. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Prioritizing Offensive 
Agricultural Disputes and Enforcement Act’’. 
SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 
Congress finds the following: 
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(1) Agricultural competitiveness through access 
to international markets is a vital part of the United 
States economy. 
(2) A healthy, well-functioning rules-based trad-
ing system is the basis for the success of United 
States agricultural exports. 
(3) When foreign governments erect trade bar-
riers this makes it difficult for United States agri-
cultural exporters to compete in the global market-
place while undermining the rules-based trading sys-
tem. 
(4) These trade barriers can harm United 
States farmers, ranchers, workers, and businesses, 
and they can also lead to higher prices for con-
sumers and a less resilient international trading sys-
tem. 
(5) Dispute settlement is available through 
trade agreements with 163 other countries and there 
are protectionist trade barriers to United States ag-
ricultural exports in many of these countries. 
(6) Many of these barriers are systemically im-
portant. For example, India’s unrestrained use of 
price support programs violates its commitments 
under the World Trade Organization (WTO). 
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(7) India recognizes that its price support pro-
grams violate its WTO commitments, so instead of 
reforming its programs, it has repeatedly demanded 
a permanent exemption from disputes for these pro-
grams. Moreover, India has tried to prevent discus-
sions at the WTO of any other significant agricul-
tural trade issue unless it receives such a permanent 
exemption. 
(8) The Government of India has repeatedly 
raised its minimum price supports, which has had 
negative effects on several commodity markets and 
most notably has led to its dominance of the global 
rice trade, with a 40-percent share of the global 
market since marketing year 2020 through 2021. 
India is also the world’s largest producer of pulses 
and second largest producer of wheat, peanuts, and 
cotton. 
(9) The United States Trade Representative 
submitted a counter notification at the World Trade 
Organization in 2023 showing that price supports by 
the Government of India for rice increased from 
78.6 percent of the value of production in marketing 
year 2014 through 2015 to 93.9 percent of the value 
of production in marketing year 2020 through 2021, 
compared to the limit at the World Trade Organiza-
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