To amend the Agricultural Trade Act of 1978 to require the President to report to Congress on any selective embargo on agricultural commodities, to provide a termination date for the embargo, to provide greater assurances for contract sanctity, and for other purposes.
Selective Agricultural Embargoes Act of 1999 - Amends the Agricultural Trade Act of 1978 to direct the President, if he or she takes action to embargo the export under an export sales contract of an agricultural commodity to a country that is not part of an embargo on all exports to the country, to report to the Congress, not later than five days after imposing the embargo, on the reasons for such embargo and its proposed duration. Sets forth congressional procedures for termination of the embargo.
Specifies plant nutrient materials among the agricultural commodities whose export the President may not prohibit or curtail if: (1) the export sales contract for such materials is entered into before he or she announces an action that would otherwise prohibit or curtail their export; and (2) the contract terms require delivery of the materials within 270 days after the date of the suspension of trade is imposed.
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture.
Referred to the Subcommittee on International Economic Policy and Trade.
Reported by the Committee on Agriculture. H. Rept. 106-154, Part I.
Reported by the Committee on Agriculture. H. Rept. 106-154, Part I.
House Committee on International Relations Granted an extension for further consideration ending not later than June 11, 1999.
Subcommittee on International Economic Policy and Trade Discharged.
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Ordered to be Reported by Voice Vote.
House Committee on International Relations Granted an extension for further consideration ending not later than June 14, 1999.
Reported by the Committee on International Relations. H. Rept. 106-154, Part II.
Reported by the Committee on International Relations. H. Rept. 106-154, Part II.
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 103.
Mr. Ewing moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.
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Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H4232-4237)
DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 17.
Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote.
On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote.
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
Received in the Senate.
Read the first time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under Read the First Time.
Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 280.