To respond to the unreasonable and unnecessary Japanese prohibition on the importation of United States beef by prohibiting importation of Japanese beef into the United States.

Requires the United States Trade Representative (UTSR), in cooperation with the Secretaries of Agriculture and of Commerce, to take all necessary actions to prohibit the importation into the United States of beef products produced or processed in, or exported from, Japan until such time as the Japanese government permits the entry into Japan of U.S. beef.

[Congressional Bills 109th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5696 Introduced in House (IH)]








109th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 5696

To respond to the unreasonable and unnecessary Japanese prohibition on 
  the importation of United States beef by prohibiting importation of 
                 Japanese beef into the United States.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             June 28, 2006

Mr. Costa (for himself, Mr. Salazar, Mr. Filner, Mr. Marshall, and Mr. 
   Osborne) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                      Committee on Ways and Means

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                                 A BILL


 
To respond to the unreasonable and unnecessary Japanese prohibition on 
  the importation of United States beef by prohibiting importation of 
                 Japanese beef into the United States.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. UNITED STATES RESPONSE TO JAPANESE PROHIBITION ON 
              IMPORTATION OF UNITED STATES BEEF.

    The United States Trade Representative, in cooperation with the 
Secretary of Agriculture and the Secretary of Commerce, shall take all 
necessary actions to prohibit the importation into the United States of 
beef products produced or processed in, or exported from, Japan until 
such time as the Japanese Government permits the entry into Japan of 
beef from the United States consistent with the Export Verification 
protocol agreed to by the United States and Japan in December 2005.
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