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Growing American Food Exports Act of 2018
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Introduced in Senate on Jun 21, 2018
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S. 3103 (Introduced-in-Senate)


115th CONGRESS
2d Session
S. 3103


To amend the Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990 to improve and reauthorize the Biotechnology and Agricultural Trade Program.

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

June 21, 2018

Mr. Young (for himself, Mrs. McCaskill, Mr. Blunt, and Mr. Donnelly) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry

A BILL

To amend the Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990 to improve and reauthorize the Biotechnology and Agricultural Trade Program.

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 “Growing American Food Exports Act of 2018”.

SEC. 2. Biotechnology and Agricultural Trade Program.

Section 1543A of the Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990 (7 U.S.C. 5679) is amended—

(1) in subsection (a), by striking “the biotechnology” and all that follows through the period at the end and inserting “of Agriculture a program to be known as the ‘Biotechnology and Agricultural Trade Program’.”;

(2) in subsection (b)—

(A) in the matter preceding paragraph (1)—

(i) by striking “program” and inserting “Biotechnology and Agricultural Trade Program”; and

(ii) by striking “public and private sector projects funded by grants” and inserting “policy advocacy and targeted projects”;

(B) in paragraph (1)—

(i) in subparagraph (A), by inserting “or new agricultural production technologies” after “biotechnology”; and

(ii) in subparagraph (D), by striking “or” at the end; and

(C) by striking paragraph (2) and inserting the following:

“(2) issues relating to United States agricultural commodities produced with the use of biotechnology or new agricultural production technologies; or

“(3) advocacy for science-based regulation in foreign markets of biotechnology or new agricultural production technologies.”; and

(3) in subsection (d), by striking “$6,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2002 through 2007” and inserting “$2,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2019 through 2023”.