,,ii  #aaith ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #cbbi  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,november #bj1 
#bjbe,ms4 ,rosen introduced the         
following bill2 which was read twice and
 referred to the ,committee on ,finance 
,a ,,bill  ,to limit the authority of   
the ,president to impose duties on      
articles of food4  #a4 ,short title     
,this ,act may be cited as the ,no      
,tariffs on ,groceries ,act of #bjbe4   
#b4 ,limitation on authority to impose  
duties on articles of food  7a7 ,in     
general ,on or after the date of the    
enactment of this ,act1 the ,president  
may not impose any duty or tariff-rate  
quota on an article of food unless--    
7#a7 the ,president transmits to        
,congress a request to impose the duty  
or quota2 and  7#b7 there is enacted    
into law a joint resolution of approval 
under subsection 7c7 with respect to the
 imposition of the duty or quota4  7b7  
,exception ,the limitation under        
subsection 7a7 shall not apply with     

respect to an antidumping or            
countervailing duty imposed under title 
,,vii of the ,tariff ,act of #aicj 7#ai 
,u4,s4,c4 #afga et seq474  7c7 ,joint   
resolutions of approval  7#a7 ,joint    
resolution of approval defined ,in this 
subsection1 the term joint resolution of
 approval means a joint resolution the  
sole matter after the resolving clause  
of which is as follows3 ,that ,congress 
approves the imposition of the duty or  
tariff-rate quota with respect to 1     
request for which was submitted to      
,congress on 41 with the first blank    
space being filled with a description of
 the article and the second blank space 
being filled with the date the request  
under subsection 7a77#a7 was submitted  
to ,congress4  7#b7 ,introduction  7,a7 
,joint resolution of approval ,a joint  
resolution of approval with respect to  
the imposition of a duty or tariff-rate 
quota may be introduced in either ,house
 of ,congress by any ,member of that    
,house during the #de-;day period       

beginning on the date on which the      
,president submitted a request under    
subsection 7a77#a7 with respect to the  
duty or quota4  7#c7 ,expedited         
procedures ,the provisions of           
subsections 7b7 through 7f7 of section  
#aeb of the ,trade ,act of #aigd 7#ai   
,u4,s4,c4 #baib7 apply to a joint       
resolution of approval to the same      
extent that such subsections apply to   
joint resolutions under such section    
#aeb4  7#d7 ,rules of the ,senate and   
the ,house of ,representatives ,this    
subsection is enacted by ,congress--    
7,a7 as an exercise of the rulemaking   
power of the ,senate and the ,house of  
,representatives1 respectively1 and as  
such is deemed a part of the rules of   
each ,house1 respectively1 but          
applicable only with respect to the     
procedure to be followed in that ,house 
in the case of a joint resolution of    
approval1 and supersedes other rules    
only to the extent that it is           
inconsistent with such rules2 and  7,b7 

with full recognition of the            
constitutional right of either ,house to
 change the rules 7so far as relating to
 the procedure of that ,house7 at any   
time1 in the same manner1 and to the    
same extent as in the case of any other 
rule of that ,house4  7d7 ,article of   
food defined ,in this section1 the term 
article of food means-- 7#a7 food for   
use2  7#b7 products chiefly used as food
 for animals or as ingredients in such  
food2  7#c7 agricultural commodities 7as
 defined in section #ajb of the         
,agricultural ,trade ,act of #aigh 7#g  
,u4,s4,c4 #efjb772  7#d7 articles used  
for packaging and containing articles   
described in paragraph 7#a71 7#b71 or   
7#c72 and  7#e7 seeds1 fertilizers1     
manures1 and agro-chemicals4