Section 1 Short title
This Act may be cited as the “Growing American Food Exports Act of 2018”.
Growing American Food Exports Act of 2018
A BILL
To amend the Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990 to improve and reauthorize the Biotechnology and Agricultural Trade Program.
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—
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”.”;
in subsection (b)—
in the matter preceding paragraph (1)—
by striking “program” and inserting “Biotechnology and Agricultural Trade Program”; and
by striking “public and private sector projects funded by grants” and inserting “policy advocacy and targeted projects”;
in paragraph (1)—
in subparagraph (A), by inserting “or new agricultural production technologies” after “biotechnology”; and
in subparagraph (D), by striking “or” at the end; and
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.”
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”.