“A bill to amend the Agricultural Trade Act of 1978 to expand agricultural market access, and for other purposes.”
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This section adds technical assistance under the Foreign Market Development Cooperator Program for infrastructure needs assessments, training, and improvements in new foreign markets, including cold chain and port capacity, limited to $1.5 million in FY2027 and $5 million annually thereafter. It expands the biennial report on U.S. specialty crop competitiveness to cover foreign tariffs, nontariff barriers, food safety differences, estimated impacts, international agreements, and executive or legislative actions taken. It increases and extends program funding to $255 million for FY2026, $500 million for FY2027, and $533 million annually for FY2028–2031, with corresponding increases in minimum allocations for the Market Access Program to $200 million, $400 million, and $410 million and for the Foreign Market Development Cooperator Program to $34.5 million, $70.5 million, and $82 million.