Expressing the sense of the Congress that the trade and economic development policies of the United States should respect and support the rights of African farmers with respect to their agricultural and biological resources, traditional knowledge, and technologies.
Latest action · Jul 28, 2003 Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
Progress
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- IntroducedJul 25, 2003
- Agreed to in HouseNot reached
- Agreed to in SenateNot reached
Summary
Declares the sense of Congress that: (1) African nations and people have the right to ensure the conservation, evaluation, and sustainable use of their agricultural and biological resources, traditional knowledge, and technologies, and to govern access to them; (2) African farmers have the right to access, use, exchange, and share their agricultural and biological resources, traditional knowledge, and technologies as established by customary law and practice; (3) African nations have the right to protect the rights of farmers and communities to their agricultural and biological resources, traditional knowledge, and technologies; (4) the patenting of life forms that are part of African agricultural and biological resources, traditional knowledge, and technologies violates such rights; (5) the African Model Legislation for the Protection of the Rights of Local Communities, Farmers and Breeders, and for the Regulation of Access to Biological Resources seeks to recognize, protect, and support such rights; and (6) U.S. trade and economic development policies toward Africa should respect and support the rights of African farmers with respect to their agricultural and biological resources, traditional knowledge, and technologies, and the provisions of the African Model Legislation.
Cosponsors 21
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Sep 17, 2003 to Jan 21, 2004.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-CA | Barbara Lee | Sep 17, 2003 | |
| I-VT | Bernard Sanders | Sep 17, 2003 | |
| D-OH | Dennis J. Kucinich | Sep 17, 2003 | |
| D-NJ | Donald M. Payne | Sep 17, 2003 | |
| D-IL | Janice D. Schakowsky | Sep 17, 2003 | |
| D-NY | Joseph Crowley | Sep 17, 2003 | |
| D-CA | Bob Filner | Oct 1, 2003 | |
| D-CA | Lynn C. Woolsey | Oct 1, 2003 | |
| D-NY | Major R. Owens | Oct 1, 2003 | |
| D-AZ | Raúl M. Grijalva | Oct 1, 2003 | |
| D-TX | Sheila Jackson Lee | Oct 1, 2003 | |
| D-FL | Corrine Brown | Oct 8, 2003 | |
| D-NY | Gregory W. Meeks | Oct 8, 2003 | |
| D-SC | James E. Clyburn | Oct 8, 2003 | |
| D-MI | John Conyers, Jr. | Oct 8, 2003 |
Actions 3
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jul 28, 2003Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
- Jul 25, 2003Introduced in House
- Jul 25, 2003Referred to the Committee on International Relations, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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.
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: International Affairs.
- Africa
- Africa (Sub-Saharan)
- Agricultural conservation
- Agriculture and Food
- Agriculture in foreign trade
- Arts, Culture, Religion
- Cultural relations
- Economic development
- Economics and Public Finance
- Environmental Protection
- Farmers
- Foreign Trade and International Finance
- Housing and Community Development
- Intellectual property
- International Affairs
- Middle East and North Africa
- Patents
- Public Lands and Natural Resources
- Science, Technology, Communications
- Sustainable agriculture
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