IV 
111TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. RES. 1196 
Supporting increased market access for exports of United States beef and 
beef products to Japan. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 18, 2010 
Mr. MORAN of Kansas (for himself and Mr. BLUNT) submitted the following 
resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Ways and Means 
RESOLUTION 
Supporting increased market access for exports of United 
States beef and beef products to Japan. 
Whereas, in 2003, Japan was the largest market for United 
States beef, with exports valued at $1,400,000,000; 
Whereas, after the discovery of 1 Canadian-born cow infected 
with bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) disease in 
the State of Washington in December of 2003, Japan 
closed its market to United States beef, and still restricts 
access to a large number of safe United States beef prod-
ucts; 
Whereas, for years, the Government of the United States has 
developed and implemented a multilayered system of 
interlocking safeguards to ensure the safety of United 
States beef, and after the 2003 discovery, the United 
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States implemented further safeguards to ensure beef 
safety; 
Whereas a 2006 study by the United States Department of 
Agriculture found that BSE was virtually nonexistent in 
the United States; 
Whereas the internationally recognized standard-setting body, 
the World Organization for Animal Health (OIE), has 
classified the United States as a controlled risk country 
for BSE, which means that United States beef is safe for 
export and consumption; 
Whereas, from 2004 through 2009, United States beef ex-
ports to Japan averaged roughly $196,000,000, less than 
15 percent of the amount the United States sold to 
Japan in 2003, causing significant losses for United 
States cattle producers; and 
Whereas, while Japan remains an important ally and trading 
partner of the United States, this unscientific trade re-
striction is not consistent with fair trade practices, nor 
with United States treatment of Japanese imports: Now, 
therefore, be it 
Resolved, That it is the sense of the House of Rep-
resentatives that— 
(1) it is not in the interest of either the United 
States or Japan to arbitrarily restrict market access 
for their close partners; 
(2) trade between the United States and Japan 
should be conducted with mutual respect and based 
on sound science; 
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(3) since banning United States beef in Decem-
ber 2003, Japan has not treated United States beef 
producers fairly; 
(4) both Japan and the United States should 
comply with guidelines based on sound science; 
(5) Japan should immediately expand market 
access for United States exporters of both bone-in 
and boneless beef beyond the existing standard of 
beef from cattle 20 months and younger; and 
(6) the President should insist on increased ac-
cess for United States exporters of beef and beef 
products to the market in Japan. 
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