,,ii  #aaeth ,,congress  #b;d ,session  
,s4 #cdjg  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,september #d1 
#bjah,ms4 ,heitkamp introduced the      
following bill2 which was read twice and
 referred to the ,committee on          
,agriculture1 ,nutrition1 and ,forestry 
,a ,,bill  ,to offset retaliatory duties
 against the ,united ,states by         
establishing a fund to promote the      
exports of ,united ,states agricultural 
commodities and products4  #a4 ,short   
title ,this ,act may be cited as the    
,agricultural ,export ,promotion ,act of
 #bjah4  #b4 ,findings ,congress finds  
the following3  7#a7 ,the ,president has
 made clear his intention to            
aggressively take actions pursuant to   
section #bcb of the ,trade ,expansion   
,act of #aifb 7#ai ,u4,s4,c4 #ahfb7 and 
section #cja of the ,trade ,act of #aigd
 7#ai ,u4,s4,c4 #bdaa7 to increase      
duties on certain imports4  7#b7 ,in    
retaliation1 the governments of foreign 
countries affected by such duty         

increases have already raised duties on 
exports of ,united ,states agricultural 
commodities and products1 or may do so4 
7#c7 ,without offsetting actions to     
increase exports of ,united ,states     
agricultural commodities and products   
into third-country markets1 increased   
duties on such exports threaten to      
reduce employment and output in the     
agricultural sector of the ,united      
,states economy4  #c4 ,united ,states   
,agricultural ,export ,promotion ,fund  
7a7 ,establishment of fund ,there is    
established in the ,treasury a fund to  
be known as the ,united ,states         
,agricultural ,export ,promotion ,fund1 
consisting of such amounts as may be    
transferred to the fund pursuant to     
subsection 7b71 to remain available     
until expended4  7b7 ,transfers to fund 
,the ,secretary of the ,treasury shall  
transfer to the ,united ,states         
,agricultural ,export ,promotion ,fund  
from the general fund of the ,treasury  
an amount equivalent to the amount of   

duties collected after the date of the  
enactment of this ,act and imposed      
pursuant to section #bcb of the ,trade  
,expansion ,act of #aifb 7#ai ,u4,s4,c4 
#ahfb7 or section #cja of the ,trade    
,act of #aigd 7#ai ,u4,s4,c4 #bdaa74    
7c7 ,availability of funds  7#a7 ,in    
general ,amounts in the ,united ,states 
,agricultural ,export ,promotion ,fund  
shall be available to the ,secretary of 
,agriculture1 without further           
appropriation1 to carry out activities  
of the ,foreign ,market ,development    
,program1 the ,market ,access ,program1 
and the ,technical ,assistance for      
,specialty ,crops program to promote    
exports of ,united ,states agricultural 
commodities and products4  7#b7         
,priority ,in carrying out paragraph    
7#a71 the ,secretary shall1 to the      
maximum extent practicable1 give        
priority to promoting exports of        
agricultural commodities and products of
 ,united ,states businesses that are    
adversely affected by increases in      

duties imposed on ,united ,states       
exports by foreign countries in response
 to increases in duties on imports from 
such foreign countries pursuant to      
section #bcb of the ,trade ,expansion   
,act of #aifb 7#ai ,u4,s4,c4 #ahfb7 or  
section #cja of the ,trade ,act of #aigd
 7#ai ,u4,s4,c4 #bdaa74  7#c7           
,additional amounts ,amounts made       
available under this subsection are in  
addition to amounts otherwise made      
available for activities of the ,foreign
 ,market ,development ,program1 the     
,market ,access ,program1 and the       
,technical ,assistance for ,specialty   
,crops program in accordance with the   
purpose described in paragraph 7#a74