House concurrent resolution · 105th Congress · Did not become law
Expressing the sense of the Congress that the European Union is unfairly restricting the importation of United States agriculture products and the elimination of such restrictions should be a top priority in trade negotiations with the European Union.
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedFeb 11, 1998
- Committee actionJul 29, 1998
- Passed HouseAug 4, 1998 · 420–4
- Passed Senate—
Latest action: Aug 31, 1998 — Received in the Senate and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.Con.Res. 213.
- Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 105-672 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Ways and Means Committee on August 3, 1998.Source: Congress.gov, reported August 3, 1998 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/105/HRPT/672
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.Con.Res. 213, 105th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/105/hconres/213
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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Vote results
No recorded roll-call votes on this bill in PORKER’s records (voice votes and unanimous consent are not roll calls; roll-call records start in 2011).
Cosponsors
1 cosponsor — 1 Republican
0 of 1 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
More from the sponsor
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Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 29, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.