WASHINGTON (Kyodo) Several U.S. lawmakers are trying to attach a resolution on beef-related sanctions against Japan to a package of fiscal 2006 budget appropriations bills to get it passed quickly and easily, a congressional official said Wednesday.

The move in the House of Representatives will pave the way for the resolution, if successfully attached, to sail through Congress together with the appropriations bills as early as summer, before fiscal 2006 begins Oct. 1.

The House Agriculture Committee staff member said it would not be easy to attach the resolution, but if it was attached, it would pass easily as lawmakers wanted to send the appropriations bills through Congress.