legislation: 105-hr-3654

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105-hr-3654 105 hr 3654 Selective Agricultural Embargoes Act of 1998 Agriculture and Food 1998-04-01 1998-09-11 Committee on International Relations discharged. House Rep. Ewing, Thomas W. [R-IL-15] IL R E000282 29 Selective Agricultural Embargoes Act of 1998 - Amends the Agricultural Trade Act of 1978 to direct the President, if he or she takes action to embargo the export under an export sales contract of an agricultural commodity to a country that is not part of an embargo on all exports to the country, to report to the Congress, not later than five days after imposing the embargo, on the reasons for such embargo and its proposed duration. Sets forth congressional procedures for termination of the embargo. Specifies plant nutrient materials among the agricultural commodities whose export the President may not prohibit or curtail if: (1) the export sales contract for such materials is entered into before he or she announces an action that would otherwise prohibit or curtail their export; and (2) the contract terms require delivery of the materials within 270 days after the date of the suspension of trade is imposed. Amends the Arms Export Control Act to exempt Department of Agriculture financial assistance for the purchase or other provision of food or other agricultural commodities from the prohibition against extensions of U.S. Government credit, credit guarantees, or other financial assistance to countries involved in the transfer or use of nuclear explosive devices. 2025-04-07T15:32:00Z  

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