Bill Details
HR.1507 - 119th Congress
Status
Latest action
2025-02-21 - Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Introduced Date
2025-02-21
Policy Area
Foreign Trade and International Finance
Committees
View committees (1)
Cosponsors
6
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This bill would ban the import of commercially produced fresh citrus fruit from China into the United States. In simple terms, it would stop U.S. companies from bringing in fresh oranges, lemons, limes, and other fresh citrus fruit that is grown and sold commercially in China. The ban would begin 90 days after the bill becomes law.
- The ban applies only to commercially produced fresh citrus fruit from China.
- It would not allow those products to be imported into the United States, even if other laws would normally permit them.
- The rule would take effect 90 days after the bill is enacted.
Official Summaries
U.S. Citrus Protection Act
This bill prohibits importing commercially produced fresh citrus fruit originating in China.
Current Full Text
[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1507 Introduced in House (IH)]
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119th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 1507
To prohibit importation of commercially produced fresh citrus fruit
originating from the People's Republic of China.
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
February 21, 2025
Mr. Steube (for himself and Mr. Webster of Florida) introduced the
following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Ways and Means
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A BILL
To prohibit importation of commercially produced fresh citrus fruit
originating from the People's Republic of China.
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 ``U.S. Citrus Protection Act''.
SEC. 2. PROHIBITION ON IMPORTATION OF COMMERCIALLY PRODUCED FRESH
CITRUS FRUIT ORIGINATING FROM THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF
CHINA.
(a) In General.--Notwithstanding any other provision of law,
articles of commercially produced fresh citrus fruit originating from
the People's Republic of China may not be imported into the United
States.
(b) Effective Date.--This Act shall take effect on the date that is
90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act.
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