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S. 743 · 119th CongressForeign Trade and International Finance

Ag Disputes Act has not moved since its introduction on Feb 26, 2025, with cosponsors, all Republicans

Sponsored by Cassidy, Bill R-LA · 5 cosponsors: 0 Democrats, 5 Republicans
IntroducedFeb 26, 2025
Reported—
Passed one chamber—
Passed both—
Law—
What it changes · CRS summary

Written by the Congressional Research Service [2]. 187 words.

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.

Context
Committees
Senate Finance Committee
Policy area
Foreign Trade and International Finance: 15 of 908 bills became law, 113th–118th (1.7%)
Sponsor
8 of 422 bills enacted since 2013
Text versions
1: introduced in senate · 1,511 words
Subjects
Advisory bodiesAgricultural tradeAsiaCongressional oversightFree trade and trade barriersIndia
Latest action
Feb 26, 2025: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Records
Congress.gov · Bill text
Exhibit 1Passage odds band at each stage, rated when the bill reached it [4]
Related bills · 0

The bill status record lists no related bills.

Exhibit 2Articles naming the bill per day, last 90 days, US sources [3]