Senate Bill
Cynthia M. Lummis
Senator
Cosponsors
4
Policy Area
Summary
This bill creates a task force to identify and challenge unfair trade barriers blocking U.S. agricultural exports, with a specific focus on bringing a WTO case against India's farm subsidies.
Latest Action
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Plain-English explanation of this bill
This bill creates a task force to identify and challenge unfair trade barriers blocking U.S. agricultural exports, with a specific focus on bringing a WTO case against India's farm subsidies.
Last updated: 12/30/2025
Congressional Research Service summary
<p><strong>Prioritizing Offensive Agricultural Disputes and Enforcement Act or the Ag Disputes Act</strong></p><p>This bill establishes a joint task force to identify and address trade barriers to U.S. agricultural exports.</p><p>Specifically, the bill directs the President to establish the Agricultural Trade Enforcement Task Force. Members of this task force include employees of the Department of Agriculture's Foreign Agricultural Service and the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative.</p><p>The bill requires the task force to (1) identify trade barriers to U.S. agricultural exports that are vulnerable to dispute settlement under the World Trade Organization (WTO) or other trade agreements to which the United States is a party, (2) develop and implement a strategy for enforcing violations of trade agreements related to those trade barriers, (3) identify like-minded trading partners that could act as complainants on disputes relating to specific trade barriers that are systemically or economically important to the United States, and (4) submit periodic reports to Congress.</p><p>In its first report, the task force must include a plan for filing a request for consultations under the WTO with respect to agricultural price supports implemented by the Indian government.</p>
Main provisions of the bill
Potential effects on citizens and communities
American farmers could benefit if unfair trade barriers are successfully challenged. The focus on India's price supports addresses a major complaint from U.S. agricultural exporters.
Primary Policy Area
Related Subjects
Jurisdiction Level
federal
Congressional Session
119th Congress
Citation Reference
743, 119th Congress (2025). "Ag Disputes Act". Source: Voter's Right Platform. https://votersright.org/bills/118-s-743