(1) Between 1977 and 2014, the export pro-
motion programs of the United States Department 
of Agriculture (USDA) have added $8.15 billion on 
average every year to the value of United States ag-
ricultural exports, equal to a total of $309.7 billion, 
or 15.3 percent, in additional export revenue. 
(2) Between 1977 and 2014, USDA export pro-
motion programs have generated a net return of 
$28.30 for every dollar invested; and between 2002 
and 2014, under a less than full employment sce-
nario, the programs have annually added an average 
of 2.7 percent, or $8.4 billion, to farm cash receipts, 
and contributed up to 239,800 full and part-time 
jobs across the United States economy. 
(3) Between 2002 and 2014, USDA export pro-
motion programs have added up to $39.3 billion in 
gross economic output and up to $16.9 billion in 
gross domestic product under a less than full em-
ployment scenario. 
(4) Communities across the United States, pro-
ducing agricultural commodities as varied as apples, 
cotton, beef, soybeans, rice, wheat, dairy, corn, cit-
rus, wine, pork, peanuts, cranberries, lentils, tree 
nuts, timber, poultry, potatoes, and seafood, have 
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utilized USDA export promotion programs to in-
crease their foreign market access. 
(5) Private sector contributions have helped 
maintain the public-private partnership between 
USDA and private agricultural groups as the effec-
tive available funds from USDA have declined, with 
private contributions representing approximately 70 
percent of the funds available for export promotion 
in 2014. 
(6) Foreign competitors have expanded their 
own agricultural export promotion programs at a far 
faster rate than the United States, placing United 
States producers at a competitive disadvantage in 
international markets. 
(7) The economic impact of USDA export pro-
motion programs has eroded in recent years, as 
funding for the Market Access Program has re-
mained static since 2006, and funding for the For-
eign Market Development Program has remained 
static since 2002, while inflation has increased. 
(8) A recent academic analysis found that dou-
bling public funding for the Market Access Program 
and the Foreign Market Development Program, cou-
pled with increasing private contributions ranging 
from 10 to 50 percent, would result in average an-
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nual gains in agricultural exports from $3.4 to $4.5 
billion, and would result in average annual gains in 
gross domestic product from $4.5 to $6.0 billion 
under a less than full employment scenario. 
SEC. 3. 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 by striking 
‘‘not more than’’ and all that follows through ‘‘through 
2018’’ and inserting ‘‘not more than $200,000,000 for fis-
cal year 2018, $240,000,000 for fiscal year 2019, 
$280,000,000 for fiscal year 2020, $320,000,000 for fis-
cal year 2021, $360,000,000 for fiscal year 2022, and 
$400,000,000 for fiscal year 2023’’. 
SEC. 4. FOREIGN MARKET DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM. 
Section 703(a) of the Agricultural Trade Act of 1978 
(7 U.S.C. 5723(a)) is amended by striking ‘‘$34,500,000 
for each of fiscal years 2008 through 2018’’ and inserting 
‘‘$34,500,000 for fiscal year 2018, $41,400,000 for fiscal 
year 2019, $48,300,000 for fiscal year 2020, $55,200,000 
for fiscal year 2021, $62,100,000 for fiscal year 2022, and 
$69,000,000 for fiscal year 2023’’. 
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