[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 3300 Introduced in Senate (IS)]
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118th CONGRESS
1st Session
S. 3300
To require a report on the competitiveness of United States exports of
specialty crops.
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IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
November 14 (legislative day, November 13), 2023
Mr. Wyden (for himself, Mr. Crapo, Mr. King, Mr. Risch, Ms. Cantwell,
and Ms. Collins) introduced the following bill; which was read twice
and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry
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A BILL
To require a report on the competitiveness of United States exports of
specialty crops.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Specialty Crops Reporting on
Opportunities and Promotion Act of 2023'' or the ``Specialty CROP Act
of 2023''.
SEC. 2. REPORT ON COMPETITIVENESS OF UNITED STATES EXPORTS OF SPECIALTY
CROPS.
Section 203(e)(7) of the Agricultural Trade Act of 1978 (7 U.S.C.
5623(e)(7)) is amended to read as follows:
``(7) Annual report.--
``(A) In general.--Each year, the Secretary, in
consultation with the United States Trade
Representative, shall submit to the appropriate
committees of Congress a report detailing the
competitiveness of United States exports of specialty
crops.
``(B) Elements.--The report required by
subparagraph (A) shall--
``(i) identify and analyze acts, policies,
or practices of foreign countries that
constitute significant barriers to, or
distortions of United States exports of
specialty crops, including the imposition of--
``(I) tariffs (including
retaliatory tariffs) and quotas
(including tariff-rate quotas); and
``(II) nontariff barriers,
including technical barriers to trade,
sanitary and phytosanitary measures,
import licensing procedures, and
subsidies;
``(ii) make an estimate--
``(I) of the impacts on the
competitiveness of United States
exports of specialty crops of any act,
policy, or practice identified under
clause (i); and
``(II) if feasible, of the value of
additional specialty crops that would,
during the year preceding submission of
the report, have been exported from the
United States to each foreign country
an act, policy, or practice of which is
identified under clause (i) if each
such act, policy, or practice of that
country did not exist;
``(iii) assess the extent to which each
act, policy, or practice identified under
clause (i) is subject to international
agreements to which the United States is a
party;
``(iv) include information with respect to
any action taken by the executive branch during
the year preceding submission of the report, or
expected to be taken after submission of the
report, to eliminate any act, policy, or
practice identified under clause (i),
including--
``(I) any action under section 301;
``(II) negotiations or
consultations with foreign governments,
which may include engagement through
the standing committee on sanitary and
phytosanitary matters established under
a free trade agreement to which the
United States is a party; and
``(III) action at the World Trade
Organization, including dispute
settlement actions, consultations, or
negotiations; and
``(v) a description of--
``(I) any funds provided under
subsection (f)(3)(A)(iv) that were not
obligated in the fiscal year preceding
submission of the report; and
``(II) the reason such funds were
not obligated.
``(C) Comment period.--Before preparing the report
required by subparagraph (A), the Secretary, in
coordination with the United States Trade
Representative, shall--
``(i) seek comment from the public and the
Agricultural Technical Advisory Committee for
Trade in Fruits and Vegetables; and
``(ii) take such comments into account in
preparing the report.
``(D) Form of report.--
``(i) In general.--The report required by
subparagraph (A) shall be submitted in
unclassified form, but may include a classified
annex.
``(ii) Public availability.--The
unclassified portion of the report required by
subparagraph (A) shall be made available to the
public in machine readable format.''.
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