Koch, Arthur L., vice president of Bordo Products Co., of Chicago.. Loos, Dickson, attorney at law, Washington, D. C..-. McFall, Hon. John J., a Representative in Congress from the 11th Saund, Hon. D. S., a Representative in Congress from the 29th Dis- trict of the State of California.... Sisk, Hon. B. F., a Representative in Congress of the 12th District of Smith, R. S., Director, Fruit and Vegetable Division, Agricultural Van Allsburg, E. J., chemist, Modern Biscuit Co., Brooklyn, N. Y. Additional data submitted to the subcommittee by- Brown, Ernest C.: Report to the President and findings of November 4, 1957... Bryce, James R., Jr., of Diamond Walnut Growers, Inc., Stockton 27 82 Grady, Dwight K.: Notice to packers of figs, importers, and dealers with attachment American Chamber of Commerce for Trade with Italy, Inc., New Association of Food Distributors, Inc., New York, N. Y., letter of Bordo Products Co., Chicago, Ill., telegram from A. L. Koch, vice Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Marketing Service, Washington, D. C., letter of March 4, 1958, with import regu- Haley, Hon. James A.: Burmeister, Gustave, Washington, D. C., letter of August 17, Letter of June 8, 1956, to Hon. Ezra T. Benson Letter of March 6, 1958, to Hon. George M. Grant Wolff, S. M., Co., New York, N. Y.: Correspondence to and from John L. Harvey of Food and Drug EXTENSION OF RESTRICTIONS ON IMPORTED CITRUS FRUITS, DATES, AND FIGS TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 1958 SPECIAL ACTION SUBCOMMITTEE ON DOMESTIC MARKETING OF THE COMMITTEE ON AGRICULTURE, Washington, D. C. The subcommittee met pursuant to notice at 10 a. m., room 1310, New House Office Building, Washington, D. C., Harlan Hagen presiding. Present: Representatives Hagen, Anfuso, Hill, and Teague of California. Also present: Representative McIntire. Francis M. LeMay, staff consultant. Mr. HAGEN. This meeting will come to order. This meeting of the Domestic Marketing Subcommittee is being held in the absence of the chairman, Mr. Grant, who is in Alabama, and is for the purpose of considering bills to amend section 8e, Agricultural Marketing Act of 1933, as amended. Basically, this section provides that whenever with respect to certain commodities there are grade and quality standards in marketing orders any imports will conform to the standards of quality, and so forth, that the domestic product conforms to under those marketing orders. In this section there are certain commodities named which have this protection. These bills propose to add to that list of commodities. And we will hear the authors of those bills and other witnesses. As I say we only have an hour, and there is a representative here from the Department of Agriculture and from the Food and Drug Administration. The bills we shall consider are the following: H. R. 9056 (Hagen), H. R. 7760 (Sisk), H. R. 7832 (Haley), H. R. 7937 (Saund), and H. R. 8845 (McFall). (The bills are as follows:) [H. R. 7832, 85th Cong., 1st sess.] A BILL To amend section 8e of the Agricultural Adjustment Act (of 1933), as amended, and as reenacted and amended by the Agricultural Marketing Agreement Act of 1937, as amended, so as to provide for the extension of the restrictions on imported commodities imposed by such section to all imported citrus fruits, and to sliced figs, dried figs, and fig paste Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That section 8e of the Agricultural Adjustment Act (of 1933), as amended, and as reenacted and amended by the Agricultural Marketing Agreement Act of 1937, as amended, is amended by striking out "limes, grapefruit" and inserting in lieu thereof "any citrus fruit, sliced figs, dried figs, fig paste". [H. R. 7760, 85th Cong., 1st sess.] A BILL To amend section 8e of the Agricultural Adjustment Act (of 1933), as amended, and as reenacted and amended by the Agricultural Marketing Agreement Act of 1937, as amended, so as to provide for the extension of the restrictions on imported commodities imposed by such section to all imported citrus fruits, and to sliced figs, dried figs, and fig paste Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That section 8e of the Agricultural Adjustment Act (of 1933), as amended, and as reenacted and amended by the Agricultural Marketing Agreement Act of 1937, as amended, is amended by striking out "limes, grapefruit" and inserting in lieu thereof "any citrus fruit, sliced figs, dried figs, fig paste". [H. R. 7937, 85th Cong., 1st sess.] A BILL To amend section Se of the Agricultural Adjustment Act (of 1933), as amended, and as reenacted and amended by the Agricultural Marketing Agreement Act of 1937, as amended, so as to provide for the extension of the restrictions on imported commodities imposed by such section to all imported citrus fruits, and to sliced figs, dried figs, fig paste, dates with pits, dates with pits removed, and date products Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That section 8e of the Agricultural Adjustment Act (of 1933), as amended, and as reenacted and amended by the Agricultural Marketing Agreement Act of 1937, as amended, is amended by striking out "limes, grapefruit" and inserting in lieu thereof "any cirus fruit, sliced figs, dried figs, fig paste, dates with pits, dates with pits removed, and date products". [H. R. 8845, 85th Cong., 1st sess.] A BILL To amend section 8e of the Agricultural Adjustment Act (of 1933), as amended. and as reenacted and amended by the Agricultural Marketing Agreement Act of 1937, as amended, so as to provide for the extension of the restrictions on imported commodities imposed by such section to all imported citrus fruits, and to sliced figs, dried figs, fig paste, and shelled walnuts Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That section 8e of the Agricultural Adjustment Act (of 1933), as amended, and as reenacted and amended by the Agricultural Marketing Agreement Act of 1937, as amended, is amended by striking out "limes, grapefruit" and inserting in lieu thereof "any citrus fruit, sliced figs, dried figs, fig paste, shelled walnuts". [H. R. 9056, 85th Cong., 1st sess.] A BILL To amend section 8e of the Agricultural Adjustment Act (of 1933), as amended, and as reenacted and amended by the Agricultural Marketing Agreement Act of 1937, as amended, so as to provide for the extension of the restrictions on imported commodities imposed by such section to all imported citrus fruits, and to sliced figs, dried figs, fig paste, and shelled walnuts Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That section 8e of the Agricultural Adjustment Act (of 1933), as amended, and as reenacted and amended by the Agricultural Marketing Agreement Act of 1937, as amended, is amended by striking out "limes, grapefruit" and inserting in lieu thereof "any citrus fruit, sliced figs, dried figs, fig paste, shelled walnuts". Mr. HAGEN. The first witness I have on the list is Congressman Sisk, who would add certain citrus fruits and fig products to this list of specified commodities. You can take whatever time you need. |