Eliminate the MAP Act

Bill: 113-hr-2380
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Chabot, Steve [R-OH-1]
Introduced: 2013-06-14
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Agricultural marketing and promotion

Agricultural trade

Competitiveness, trade promotion, trade deficits
Latest action: action_date: 2013-06-25
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Horticulture, Research, Biotechnology, and Foreign Agriculture.

Summaries:
action_date: 2013-06-14
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p>Eliminate the MAP Act - Amends the Agricultural Trade Act of 1978 to repeal the Market Access Program (MAP) of the Department of Agriculture (USDA). (MAP is a program that uses funds from the USDA's Commodity Credit Corporation to aid in the creation, expansion, and maintenance of foreign markets for U.S. agricultural products.)</p>

tv_txt: I 113th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 2380 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES June 14, 2013 Mr. Chabot introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Agriculture A BILL To amend the Agricultural Trade Act of 1978 to repeal the market access program.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Eliminate the Misuse and Abuse of Public Funds Act of 2013 or the Eliminate the MAP Act . 2. Repeal of market access program (a) Repeal of program Section 203 of the Agricultural Trade Act of 1978 ( 7 U.S.C. 5623 ) is repealed. (b) Repeal of funding Section 211 of the Agricultural Trade Act of 1978 ( 7 U.S.C. 5641 ) is amended by striking subsection (c).