Expanding Market Access Act
Sponsored By: Senator Schiff, Adam B. [D-CA]
Introduced
Summary
Expand U.S. agricultural market access by adding targeted technical help for foreign market infrastructure and by changing reporting and funding for the export promotion program. The bill would push resources toward cold chains, port fixes, and better information on specialty crop competitiveness.
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- Farmers and exporters: Specialty crop producers would get a machine-readable, biennial competitiveness report that names tariffs, quotas, non-tariff barriers, likely impacts, and planned U.S. trade actions. The report must include public comment and advisory-committee input.
- Foreign market infrastructure: The bill would create a technical-assistance role under the Foreign Market Development Cooperator Program to fund needs assessments, training, and infrastructure work like cold chains and ports. That function is capped at $1.5 million for FY2027 and $5.0 million for FY2028 and each year after.
- Program funding: It revises the program’s funding schedule to authorize $255.0 million for FY2026 and $500.0 million for FY2027 and sets higher ongoing annual amounts thereafter.
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Bill Overview
Analyzed Economic Effects
3 provisions identified: 2 benefits, 0 costs, 1 mixed.
More export funding for farmers and exporters
This bill would direct Commodity Credit Corporation money for export market work in fiscal years 2026 through 2031. It would set totals at $255 million for FY2026; $500 million for FY2027; and $533 million each year for FY2028–FY2031. It would also set specific allocation floors and caps, for example baseline minimums like $200 million in FY2026 and $400 million in FY2027, administrative caps of $8 million in early years rising to $16 million later, CCC administrative amounts (for example $9 million in FY2026 and $18 million later), and commodity set‑asides (for example $3.5 million early, $7 million later). Funds would come from the CCC and remain available until spent.
Help for exporters on ports and cold storage
This bill would let the Secretary of Agriculture contract with trade groups or nonprofits to assess and improve foreign market infrastructure. Types of help would include needs assessments, training, and technical assistance for cold chains and port improvements to reduce damage to U.S. commodities. Funding for these activities would be capped at $1.5 million for FY2027 and $5 million each year from FY2028 onward.
Repeal of two older trade rules
This bill would repeal two previously enacted statutory trade provisions: section 718 of title VII of the 1999 appropriations act and section 10602 of Public Law 119-21. The repeal would remove those specific authorities from the U.S. Code upon enactment. The practical effects on programs or businesses that used those rules are unclear and would depend on how agencies and stakeholders relied on them.
Sponsors & CoSponsors
Sponsor
Schiff, Adam B. [D-CA]
CA • D
Cosponsors
Sen. Slotkin, Elissa [D-MI]
MI • D
Sponsored 6/11/2026
Roll Call Votes
No roll call votes available for this bill.
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