Bill Text: IL HR0765 | 2017-2018 | 100th General Assembly | Enrolled

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Bill Title: Urges Congressional delegation to work to ensure that any modifications made to NAFTA do not endanger or harm the strong export market that Illinois enjoys with neighbors to the North and South.

Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill

Status: (Passed) 2018-05-10 - Resolution Adopted as Amended [HR0765 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2017-HR0765-Enrolled.html

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HOUSE RESOLUTION 765
WHEREAS, Agricultural productivity in the United States is
growing faster than domestic demand; and
WHEREAS, U.S. farmers and agricultural firms rely heavily
on export markets to sustain adequate prices for agricultural
products with as much as one in three bushels of U.S. corn
exported in some form and as much as one in two bushels of
soybeans exported in some form; and
WHEREAS, A large amount of the corn and soybeans grown in
Illinois is destined for the export markets, making those
markets a critical factor in the economic success of Illinois
soybean and corn farmers; and
WHEREAS, As much as 20 percent of Illinois farmland is
planted with crops destined to feed Canada, Mexico, and the
North American market; this farmland is crucial to Illinois
producers and is aided by the North American Free Trade
Agreement (NAFTA); and
WHEREAS, Illinois is the largest exporting state in the
Midwest and the fifth largest exporting state in the nation;
and

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WHEREAS, The North American market is especially crucial to
corn and soybean exports, with Mexico taking over 534 million
bushels of US corn worth $2.5 billion and over 195 million
bushels of US soy, also worth $2.5 billion last marketing year;
and
WHEREAS, Canada is the top export market for US ethanol,
which is corn based; it is the third largest export market for
US soybean meal, and it is the fourth market for US pork, which
consumes 25 percent of US corn and soybean meal; and
WHEREAS, Mexico is a top destination for
Illinois-produced, dried distillers' grains, a high-value
livestock feed and co-product of Illinois ethanol production;
and
WHEREAS, The US exports of agricultural products, and many
Illinois agricultural products, are greatly aided by the North
American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA); and
WHEREAS, Mexico and Canada represent more than a third of
US pork exports and the loss of NAFTA would amount to a loss of
five percent of US pork production; and
WHEREAS, The Trump Administration is currently in
negotiations to redraft NAFTA and make changes to the

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agreement; therefore be it;
RESOLVED, BY THE ILLINOIS HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE
100TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we urge
our Congressional delegation to work to ensure that any
modifications made to NAFTA do not endanger or harm the strong
export market that Illinois enjoys with our neighbors to the
North and South; and be it further
RESOLVED, That copies of this resolution be provided to
members of the Illinois Congressional Delegation.