S 1922 · 109th Congress 2005–2007, ended

A bill to authorize appropriate action if negotiations with Japan to allow the resumption of United States beef exports are not successful, and for other purposes.

Introduced Oct 26, 2005 Originated Senate Sponsor Kent Conrad D-ND

Latest action · Oct 26, 2005 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

Progress

Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.

IntroducedOct 26, 2005
Passed SenateNot reached
Passed HouseNot reached
To the PresidentNot reached
Became lawNot reached

Summary

Directs: (1) the U.S. Trade Representative to certify to Congress by December 15, 2005, that Japan is no longer prohibiting the importation of U.S. beef; (2) the Secretary of the Treasury, if such certification is not made, to impose additional tariffs (which shall continue until the certification is submitted to Congress) on Japan by December 31, 2005; and (3) the Secretary of Agriculture to begin negotiations with Japan to end such beef import prohibitions.

Cosponsors 23

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Oct 26, 2005 to Nov 2, 2005; 20 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.

Seat	Cosponsor		Signed on
D-AR	Blanche L. Lincoln	Original	Oct 26, 2005
D-ND	Byron L. Dorgan	Original	Oct 26, 2005
R-MO	Christopher S. Bond	Original	Oct 26, 2005
R-MT	Conrad R. Burns	Original	Oct 26, 2005
R-WY	Craig Thomas	Original	Oct 26, 2005
D-NV	Harry Reid	Original	Oct 26, 2005
R-MO	Jim Talent	Original	Oct 26, 2005
R-TX	John Cornyn	Original	Oct 26, 2005
R-SD	John Thune	Original	Oct 26, 2005
D-CO	Ken Salazar	Original	Oct 26, 2005
R-ID	Larry E. Craig	Original	Oct 26, 2005
D-MT	Max Baucus	Original	Oct 26, 2005
R-WY	Michael B. Enzi	Original	Oct 26, 2005
R-ID	Mike Crapo	Original	Oct 26, 2005
R-MN	Norm Coleman	Original	Oct 26, 2005
R-KS	Pat Roberts	Original	Oct 26, 2005
R-KS	Sam Brownback	Original	Oct 26, 2005
R-GA	Saxby Chambliss	Original	Oct 26, 2005
D-SD	Tim Johnson	Original	Oct 26, 2005
R-CO	Wayne Allard	Original	Oct 26, 2005
D-MN	Mark Dayton		Oct 27, 2005
R-AL	Jeff Sessions		Nov 1, 2005
R-OK	Tom Coburn		Nov 2, 2005

Committees 1

Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.

Chamber	Committee	What it did
Senate	Finance Committee	Referred Oct 26, 2005

Actions 2

Everything that happened, newest first.

Oct 26, 2005Introduced in Senate
Oct 26, 2005Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

In the Congressional Record 1

Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.

Where	In the Record	Members	Date
Senate	Debate and remarks S12043, S12050	Pat Roberts R-KS, Tim Johnson D-SD	Oct 28, 2005

Research

What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.

CRS reports 1

Congressional Research Service work that CRS links to this bill or the law it became, newest first.

Cite it 1

Products on other subjects that cite it, usually among other measures.

Product	Title	Kind	Published
RL32904	Agriculture and Related Agencies: FY2006 Appropriations Archived	Report	Jan 27, 2006

Related bills 5

Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.

Bill	Title	Relationship	Latest action
S 3364	A bill to authorize appropriate action against Japan for failing to resume the importation of United States beef in a timely manner, and for other purposes.	Related bill	Jun 29, 2006
S 3548	A bill to authorize appropriate action if negotiations with Japan to allow the resumption of United States beef exports are not successful, and for other purposes.	Related bill	Jun 21, 2006
HR 4179	To authorize appropriate action if negotiations with Japan to allow the resumption of United States beef exports are not successful, and for other purposes.	Identical bill	Oct 28, 2005
HR 5675	To authorize appropriate action if negotiations with Japan to allow the resumption of United States beef exports are not successful, and for other purposes.	Related bill	Jun 22, 2006
HR 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.	Related bill	Jun 28, 2006

Titles 1

Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.

Official Title as Introduced: A bill to authorize appropriate action if negotiations with Japan to allow the resumption of United States beef exports are not successful, and for other purposes.

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance.

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

Oct 26, 2005Introduced in Senate

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