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H.R. 2707: Agricultural Trade Facilitation Act

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H.R. 2707: Agricultural Trade Facilitation Act

112th Congress · introduced 2011-07-29 · Foreign Trade and International Finance · Latest: Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.

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  1. Where it came from: introduced 2011-07-29 · official record
  2. Who proposed it: Rep. Nunes, Devin [R-CA-21] · what a sponsor is
  3. What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
  4. Where it stands now: Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
  5. If it becomes law and spends money: follow the money to money laws, then agencies and contracts and grants.

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Official title

Agricultural Trade Facilitation Act

Plain summary

Agricultural Trade Facilitation Act - States that the overall trade negotiating objective of the United States with respect to the application of sanitary and phytosanitary measures to agricultural products for trade agreements between the United States and foreign countries is to secure more open and reciprocal market access by strengthening the rules governing such measures' application to agricultural products. States that the principal trade negotiating objectives of the United States with respect to the application of sanitary and phytosanitary measures to agricultural products are to: (1) strengthen the requirement that the application of such measures is based on scientific evidence, (2) encourage parties to an agreement to participate actively in the development of international standards relating to such measures' application, (3) improve regulatory coherence and increase the use of systems-based approaches, (4) require greater transparency in such measures' development and implementation, (5) require parties to an agreement to carry out risk analysis in a timely manner consistent with international guidelines, (6) improve rules governing the testing of imported products, (7) promote harmonization of export certification requirements, and (8) ensure that new sanitary and phytosanitary trade obligations are fully enforceable through an effective dispute settlement process. Makes this Act inapplicable to negotiations for: (1) The United States-Colombia Trade Promotion Agreement, (2) The United States-Korea Free Trade Agreement, (3) The United States-Panama Trade Promotion Agreement, and (4) The Doha Development Round of the World Trade Organization.

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Official text

Agricultural Trade Facilitation Act

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. Nunes, Devin [R-CA-21] · 0 cosponsors

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Sources

Record fed-us-cong112-hr2707 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong112 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong112