Agricultural Market Access and Development Act of 1999 (Introduced in the Senate)

S 1983 IS

106th CONGRESS

1st Session

S. 1983

To amend the Agricultural Trade Act of 1978 to increase the amount of funds available for certain agricultural trade programs.

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

November 19, 1999

Mrs. MURRAY (for herself, Mr. CRAIG, Mr. SMITH of Oregon, Mrs. BOXER, and Mrs. FEINSTEIN) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry

A BILL

To amend the Agricultural Trade Act of 1978 to increase the amount of funds available for certain agricultural trade programs.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

This Act may be cited as the `Agricultural Market Access and Development Act of 1999'.

SEC. 2. MARKET ACCESS PROGRAM.

Section 211(c)(1) of the Agricultural Trade Act of 1978 (7 U.S.C. 5641(c)(1)) is amended by striking `and not more than $90,000,000 for each of fiscal years 1996 through 2002,' and inserting `not more than $90,000,000 for each of fiscal years 1996 through 1999, and not less than $90,000,000 nor more than $200,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2000 through 2002,'.

SEC. 3. USE OF EXPORT ENHANCEMENT PROGRAM FUNDS FOR MARKET ACCESS OR DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS.

Section 301(e) of the Agricultural Trade Act of 1978 (7 U.S.C. 5651) is amended by adding at the end the following:

`(3) USE OF EXPORT ENHANCEMENT PROGRAM FUNDS FOR MARKET ACCESS OR DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS-

`(A) LESS THAN 20 PERCENT USE- If on July 1 of a fiscal year less than 20 percent of the maximum amount of funds authorized to carry out the program established under this section have been expended during that fiscal year to carry out the program established under this section, the Commodity Credit Corporation may use not more than 50 percent of the unexpended amount to carry out market access and development programs of the Commodity Credit Corporation during that fiscal year.

`(B) LESS THAN 50 PERCENT USE- If on July 1 of a fiscal year less than 50 percent, but more than 20 percent, of the maximum amount of funds authorized to carry out the program established under this section have been expended during that fiscal year to carry out the program established under this section, the Commodity Credit Corporation may use not more than 20 percent of the unexpended amount to carry out market access and development programs of the Commodity Credit Corporation during that fiscal year.'.

SEC. 4. FOREIGN MARKET DEVELOPMENT COOPERATOR PROGRAM.

Section 703 of the Agricultural Trade Act of 1978 (7 U.S.C. 5723) is amended to read as follows:

`SEC. 703. FUNDING.

`The Secretary shall use to carry out this title for each of fiscal years 2000 through 2002 not less than $35,000,000 of the funds of the Commodity Credit Corporation.'.