,,ii  #aaeth ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #ahci  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,september #ai1
 #bjag,mr4 ,king 7for himself1 ,mrs4    
,ernst1 ,mr4 ,donnelly1 and ,ms4        
,collins7 introduced the following bill2
 which was read twice and referred to   
the ,committee on ,agriculture1         
,nutrition1 and ,forestry  ,a ,,bill    
,to amend the ,agricultural ,trade ,act 
of #aigh to extend and expand the market
 access program and the foreign market  
development cooperator program4  #a4    
,short title ,this ,act may be cited as 
the ,cultivating ,revitalization by     
,expanding ,american ,agricultural      
,trade and ,exports ,act or the         
,,creaate ,act4  #b4 ,findings ,congress
 finds that--  7#a7 between #aigg and   
#bjad1 the export promotion programs of 
the ,department of ,agriculture         
7referred to in this section as the     
programs7--  7,a7 added an average each 
year of #h1aej1jjj1jjj to the value of  
,united ,states agricultural exports1 a 

total of #cji1gjj1jjj1jjj in export     
revenue1 or #ae4c percent of the total  
value of ,united ,states agricultural   
exports during that period2 and  7,b7   
generated a net return of #bh4cj for    
each dollar invested2  7#b7 between     
#bjjb and #bjad1 under less than full   
employment1 the programs--  7,a7 added  
an average each year of #b4g percent1 or
 #h1djj1jjj1jjj1 to farm cash receipts2 
7,b7 contributed up to #bci1hjj full-   
and part-time jobs across the ,united   
,states economy2  7,c7 added up to      
#ci1cjj1jjj1jjj in gross economic       
output2 and  7,d7 added up to           
#af1ijj1jjj1jjj in gross domestic       
product2  7#c7 communities across the   
,united ,states producing agricultural  
commodities such as apples1 cotton1     
beef1 soybeans1 rice1 wheat1 dairy1     
corn1 citrus1 wine1 pork1 peanuts1      
cranberries1 lentils1 tree nuts1 timber1
 poultry1 potatoes1 and seafood have    
used the programs to increase the       
foreign market access of the            

communities2  7#d7 private sector       
contributions have helped to maintain   
the public-private partnership between  
the ,department of ,agriculture and     
private agricultural groups as available
 funds from the ,department of          
,agriculture have declined1 with private
 contributions representing             
approximately #gj percent of the funds  
available for export promotion in #bjad2
  7#e7 foreign competitors have expanded
 agricultural export promotion programs 
at a far faster rate than the ,united   
,states1 placing ,united ,states        
agricultural producers at a competitive 
disadvantage in international markets2  
7#f7 the economic impact of the programs
 has eroded in recent years1 as1 while  
inflation has increased-- 7,a7 funding  
for the market access program           
established under section #bjc of the   
,agricultural ,trade ,act of #aigh 7#g  
,u4,s4,c4 #efbc7 has remained static    
since #bjjf2 and  7,b7 funding for the  
foreign market development cooperator   

program established under title ,,vii of
 the ,agricultural ,trade ,act of #aigh 
7#g ,u4,s4,c4 #egba et seq47 has        
remained static since #bjjb2 and  7#g7 a
 recent academic analysis found that    
doubling public funding for the market  
access program and the foreign market   
development cooperator program and an   
increase in private contributions from  
#aj to #ej percent would result in      
average annual gains1 under less than   
full employment--  7,a7 in agricultural 
exports from #c1djj1jjj1jjj to          
#d1ejj1jjj1jjj2 and  7,b7 in gross      
domestic product from #d1ejj1jjj1jjj to 
#f1jjj1jjj1jjj4  #c4 ,market access     
program ,section #baa7;c77#a77;,a7 of   
the ,agricultural ,trade ,act of #aigh  
7#g ,u4,s4,c4 #efda7;c77#a77;,a77 is    
amended-- 7#a7 by striking not more than
 and all that follows through through   
#bjah12 and  7#b7 by striking           
,corporation2 and and inserting         
8,corporation--  7i7 for fiscal year    
#bjah1 #bjj1jjj1jjj2  7ii7 for fiscal   

year #bjai1 #bdj1jjj1jjj2  7iii7 for    
fiscal year #bjbj1 #bhj1jjj1jjj2  7iv7  
for fiscal year #bjba1 #cbj1jjj1jjj2    
7v7 for fiscal year #bjbb1 #cfj1jjj1jjj2
 and  7vi7 for fiscal year #bjbc1       
#djj1jjj1jjj2 and  4  #d4 ,foreign      
market development cooperator program   
,section #gjc7;a7 of the ,agricultural  
,trade ,act of #aigh 7#g ,u4,s4,c4      
#egbc7;a77 is amended by striking in the
 amount of and all that follows through 
the period at the end and inserting 8in 
an amount equal to--  7#a7 for fiscal   
year #bjah1 #cd1ejj1jjj2  7#b7 for      
fiscal year #bjai1 #da1djj1jjj2  7#c7   
for fiscal year #bjbj1 #dh1cjj1jjj2     
7#d7 for fiscal year #bjba1 #ee1bjj1jjj2
  7#e7 for fiscal year #bjbb1           
#fb1ajj1jjj2 and  7#f7 for fiscal year  
#bjbc1 #fi1jjj1jjj4  4