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HJM008....................................................by WAYS AND MEANS
IDAHO-CANADA SUMMIT - Stating findings of the Legislature and urging the
support of the agreements made at the Idaho-Canada Summit; to request the
United States Congress and the United States Trade Representative to urge
the government of Canada to remove the prohibition on bulk shipment of
potatoes between the United States and Canada; and to recognize that United
States Department of Agriculture Marketing Orders should be considered as a
quality assurances measure and not as a technical trade barrier.
03/03 House intro - 1st rdg - to printing
03/06 Rpt prt - to Agric Aff
03/09 Rpt out - rec d/p - to 2nd rdg
03/10 2nd rdg - to 3rd rdg
03/15 3rd rdg - ADOPTED - voice vote - to Senate
03/16 Senate intro - 1st rdg - to Agric Aff
03/21 Rpt out - rec d/p - to 10th Ord
03/22 10th ord - ADOPTED - voice vote
Title apvd - to House
03/23 To enrol
03/24 Rpt enrol - Sp signed
03/27 Pres signed
To Secretary of State
HJM008
|||| LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF IDAHO ||||
Fifty-fifth Legislature Second Regular Session - 2000
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
HOUSE JOINT MEMORIAL NO. 8
BY WAYS AND MEANS COMMITTEE
1 A JOINT MEMORIAL
2 TO THE SENATE AND HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE UNITED STATES IN CONGRESS
3 ASSEMBLED, AND TO THE CONGRESSIONAL DELEGATION REPRESENTING THE STATE OF
4 IDAHO IN THE CONGRESS OF THE UNITED STATES.
5 We, your Memorialists, the House of Representatives and the Senate of the
6 State of Idaho assembled in the Second Regular Session of the Fifty-fifth
7 Idaho Legislature, do hereby respectfully represent that:
8 WHEREAS, on January 19 and 20, 2000, an agricultural summit was held in
9 Boise, Idaho, involving representatives from the governments of the United
10 States and Canada, the provinces of Alberta, Manitoba and Saskatchewan, and
11 the states of Idaho, Oregon, Washington and Montana, and representatives from
12 the beef and potato industries of those provinces and states;
13 WHEREAS, through discussions, the exchange of information and briefings
14 from government, industry and university personnel, a dialogue was initiated
15 and consensus reached in certain areas of mutual concern;
16 WHEREAS, both the Alberta and Idaho conference attendees agreed that they
17 would communicate points of agreement to their national governments through a
18 formal communication, which this memorial embodies and constitutes.
19 NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the members of the Second Regular Ses-
20 sion of the Fifty-fifth Idaho Legislature, the House of Representatives and
21 the Senate concurring therein, that we support the agreements made at the
22 Idaho-Canada Summit, and urge the United States Congress and the United States
23 trade representative to urge the government of Canada to remove the prohibi-
24 tion on bulk shipment of potatoes between the United States and Canada; and to
25 recognize that United States Department of Agriculture marketing orders should
26 be considered as a quality assurance measure and not as a technical trade bar-
27 rier.
28 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the United States government should make
29 every effort to quickly harmonize and equalize laboratory testing of potatoes
30 so that there is mutual acceptance of each country's respective test results.
31 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the dialogue initiated during these meetings
32 should be continued through further meetings of smaller working groups com-
33 prised of industry, state and provincial representatives and that their recom-
34 mendations should be given great weight by their respective national govern-
35 ments.
36 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Chief Clerk of the House of Representa-
37 tives be, and she is hereby authorized and directed to forward a copy of this
38 Memorial to the President of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Repre-
39 sentatives of Congress, and the congressional delegation representing the
40 state of Idaho in the Congress of the United States.
STATEMENT OF PURPOSE
RS 10191
As a result of the Idaho/Canada Trade Summit held in Boise, Idaho, January 20,
2000, the potato working group agreed to petition Congress and the Canadian
Parliament concerning the issues of each country accepting laboratory results of
the other, and the issue of bulk shipments and U.S. Department of Agriculture's
marketing orders.
FISCAL IMPACT
No fiscal impact.
Contact
Name: Rep. Doug Jones
Phone: 208-332-1000
STATEMENT OF PURPOSE/FISCAL NOTE HJM 8