Senate bill · 106th Congress · Did not become law

Agricultural Trade Freedom Act

S. 566Introduced Mar 8, 1999Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance

Sponsor: Sen. Richard Lugar R-IN

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Where it went

IntroducedMar 8, 1999
Committee actionMay 26, 1999
Passed Senate—
Passed House—
To the President—
Became law—

Latest action: Sep 13, 1999 — Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 276.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to S. 566.

CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “S. 566, Agricultural Trade Freedom Act” on June 17, 1999. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry on May 26, 1999”.
Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, June 17, 1999 ↗
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June 17, 1999
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S. 566, 106th Congress
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Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: S. Rept. 106-157 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee on September 13, 1999.
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S. 566, 106th Congress
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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

27 cosponsors — 16 Republicans, 11 Democrats

11 of 27 cosponsors (41%) are from the other party.

A. Allard (R-CO), Max Baucus (D-MT), Evan Bayh (D-IN), Christopher Bond (R-MO), Jim Bunning (R-KY), Conrad Burns (R-MT), Ben Campbell (R-CO), Max Cleland (D-GA), Thad Cochran (R-MS), Kent Conrad (D-ND), Larry Craig (R-ID), Thomas Daschle (D-SD), Peter Fitzgerald (R-IL), Thomas Gorton (R-WA), William Gramm (R-TX), Rod Grams (R-MN), Thomas Harkin (D-IA), Kay Hutchison (R-TX), Tim Johnson (D-SD), J. Kerrey (D-NE), Patrick Leahy (D-VT), Blanche Lincoln (D-AR), Mitch McConnell (R-KY), Patty Murray (D-WA), Pat Roberts (R-KS), Rick Santorum (R-PA), Gordon Smith (R-OR).

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