[Congressional Bills 110th Congress]
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[S. 1426 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







110th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1426

 To amend the Agricultural Trade Act of 1978 to reauthorize the market 
                access program, and for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                              May 17, 2007

Mrs. Boxer (for herself and Mr. Durbin) introduced the following bill; 
  which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, 
                        Nutrition, and Forestry

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend the Agricultural Trade Act of 1978 to reauthorize the market 
                access program, and for other purposes.

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

SECTION 1. MARKET ACCESS PROGRAM.

    Section 211(c)(1)(A) of the Agricultural Trade Act of 1978 (7 
U.S.C. 5641(c)(1)(A)) is amended--
            (1) by striking ``and'' before ``$200,000,000''; and
            (2) by inserting ``and $325,000,000 for each of fiscal 
        years 2008 through 2012,'' after ``2007,''.

SEC. 2. FOREIGN MARKET DEVELOPMENT COOPERATOR PROGRAM.

    Section 703 of the Agricultural Trade Act of 1978 (7 U.S.C. 5723) 
is amended--
            (1) in subsection (a)--
                    (A) by striking ``$34,500,000'' and inserting 
                ``$50,000,000''; and
                    (B) by striking ``2002 through 2007'' and inserting 
                ``2008 through 2012''; and
            (2) in subsection (b), in the matter preceding paragraph 
        (1), by striking ``2001'' and inserting ``2007''.
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