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Ag Disputes Act

USA118th CongressS-2992| Senate 
| Updated: 9/28/2023
Bill Cassidy

Bill Cassidy

Republican Senator

Louisiana

Cosponsors (6)
Joni Ernst (Republican)Tommy Tuberville (Republican)Cindy Hyde-Smith (Republican)Roger F. Wicker (Republican)John Boozman (Republican)Chuck Grassley (Republican)

Finance Committee

  • Introduced
  • In Committee
  • On Floor
  • Passed Chamber
  • Enacted
Prioritizing Offensive Agricultural Disputes and Enforcement Act or the Ag Disputes Act This bill establishes a joint task force to identify and address trade barriers to U.S. agricultural exports. Specifically, the bill directs the President to establish the Agricultural Trade Enforcement Task Force. Members of this task force include employees of the Department of Agriculture's Foreign Agricultural Service and the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative. The bill requires the task force to (1) identify trade barriers to U.S. agricultural exports that are vulnerable to dispute settlement under the World Trade Organization (WTO) or other trade agreements to which the United States is a party, (2) develop and implement a strategy for enforcing violations of trade agreements related to those trade barriers, (3) identify like-minded trading partners that could act as complainants on disputes relating to specific trade barriers that are systemically or economically important to the United States, and (4) submit periodic reports to Congress. In its first report, the task force must include a plan for filing a request for consultations under the WTO with respect to agricultural price supports implemented by the Indian government.
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Timeline
Sep 28, 2023
Introduced in Senate
Sep 28, 2023
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
  • September 28, 2023
    Introduced in Senate


  • September 28, 2023
    Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

Foreign Trade and International Finance

Related Bills

  • HR 118-5790: Prioritizing Offensive Agricultural Disputes and Enforcement Act

Ag Disputes Act

USA118th CongressS-2992| Senate 
| Updated: 9/28/2023
Prioritizing Offensive Agricultural Disputes and Enforcement Act or the Ag Disputes Act This bill establishes a joint task force to identify and address trade barriers to U.S. agricultural exports. Specifically, the bill directs the President to establish the Agricultural Trade Enforcement Task Force. Members of this task force include employees of the Department of Agriculture's Foreign Agricultural Service and the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative. The bill requires the task force to (1) identify trade barriers to U.S. agricultural exports that are vulnerable to dispute settlement under the World Trade Organization (WTO) or other trade agreements to which the United States is a party, (2) develop and implement a strategy for enforcing violations of trade agreements related to those trade barriers, (3) identify like-minded trading partners that could act as complainants on disputes relating to specific trade barriers that are systemically or economically important to the United States, and (4) submit periodic reports to Congress. In its first report, the task force must include a plan for filing a request for consultations under the WTO with respect to agricultural price supports implemented by the Indian government.
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Timeline
Sep 28, 2023
Introduced in Senate
Sep 28, 2023
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
  • September 28, 2023
    Introduced in Senate


  • September 28, 2023
    Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Bill Cassidy

Bill Cassidy

Republican Senator

Louisiana

Cosponsors (6)
Joni Ernst (Republican)Tommy Tuberville (Republican)Cindy Hyde-Smith (Republican)Roger F. Wicker (Republican)John Boozman (Republican)Chuck Grassley (Republican)

Finance Committee

Foreign Trade and International Finance

Related Bills

  • HR 118-5790: Prioritizing Offensive Agricultural Disputes and Enforcement Act
  • Introduced
  • In Committee
  • On Floor
  • Passed Chamber
  • Enacted