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Recognizing the importance of food, product safety, and U.S. trade policy.

1/16/2008--Introduced.

Recognizes: (1) the relationship between free trade agreements and the increase of imports; (2) that adoption of additional trade agreements will likely significantly increase the number of products and food our nation imports; (3) that current U.S. trade policies must be improved to adequately ensure the safety of imported food and products; (4) the link between current U.S. trade policies and the increase in tainted imported food and unsafe products; (5) that the percentage of food imports currently inspected by the United States is inadequate and poses a risk to American families; and (6) the need to ensure the safety of imported food before additional trade agreements are ratified.

Encourages: (1) federal agencies charged with keeping imported food safe to step up inspections; and (2) greater vigilance by federal agencies in ensuring imported products and food are safe.

Latest Actions
  • 01/16/2008 - Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, and Agriculture, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
  • 01/16/2008 - Referred to House Ways and Means
  • 01/16/2008 - Referred to House Energy and Commerce
  • 01/16/2008 - Referred to House Agriculture
  • 01/16/2008 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade and Consumer Protection.

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Bill Text
File name Last Updated
H.RES.926 Introduced in House01/17/2008