S. 176 · 118th Congress

Expanding Agricultural Exports Act of 2023

Introduced on Jan 31, 2023 by Angus S. King, Jr. (I-ME). 18 cosponsors, all from the sponsor's party. Latest action (Jan 31, 2023): Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.

Stage
Introduced
Introduced
Jan 31, 2023
Cosponsors
18
0 from the other party
Policy area
Agriculture and Food
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Progress

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  1. Introduced
  2. 2Reported by committee
  3. 3Passed one chamber
  4. 4Passed both chambers
  5. 5Sent to the President
  6. 6Became law

Official title

A bill to amend the Agricultural Trade Act of 1978 to extend and expand the Market Access Program and the Foreign Market Development Cooperator Program.

Summary

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Sponsor and cosponsors

Cosponsors by party as of the day they signed on. Original cosponsors signed on the day of introduction.

Angus S. King, Jr.I-MESponsor

Democrats · 14

Republicans · 4

Roll calls

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No recorded roll call on this measure: it moved by voice vote or unanimous consent, or has not reached the floor.

History

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  1. Jan 31, 2023Introduced in Senate
  2. Jan 31, 2023 · SenateRead twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.

Committees

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Agencies in its committees' jurisdiction

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Who lobbied on it

Organizations whose lobbying reports (LD-2) name this measure. Spending is what they reported for those quarters on all issues, not on this measure alone.

  1. COALITION TO PROMOTE U.S. AGRICULTURAL EXPORTS5 reports
    $150K reported (all issues)
  2. Case New Holland Industrial Inc.5 reports
    $1.9M reported (all issues)
  3. HARDWOOD FEDERATION5 reports
    $185K reported (all issues)
  4. International Fresh Produce Association (fka United Fresh Produce Association)5 reports
    $1.2M reported (all issues)
  5. NATIONAL COUNCIL OF FARMER COOPERATIVES5 reports
    $1.9M reported (all issues)
  6. NORTH AMERICAN BLUEBERRY COUNCIL5 reports
    $200K reported (all issues)
  7. Northwest Dairy Association/Darigold5 reports
    $33.8K reported (all issues)
  8. PET FOOD INSTITUTE5 reports
    $700K reported (all issues)
  9. American Pistachio Growers (formerly known as Western Pistachio Association)4 reports
    $20K reported (all issues)
  10. DARLING INGREDIENTS INC.3 reports
    $270K reported (all issues)Federal contractor: DARLING INGREDIENTS INC$352K in contracts, FY2026AI match · 100%

Reports filed in 2023, 2024.

Sources and method

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  • Bill status: bills and resolutions, sponsors, actions, subjects and CRS summaries (U.S. Government Publishing Office (GovInfo), from Congress.gov (Library of Congress))GovInfo Bill Status bulk data (Congress.gov; summaries by the Congressional Research Service) · data current to Oct 9, 2026 · loaded Oct 9, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Members of Congress, their terms, committees and identifiers (The @unitedstates project (from the Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress, the House and the Senate))unitedstates/congress-legislators: legislators, committees and current committee membership · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)
  • House roll-call votes (Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives)Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives, roll-call vote records · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Senate roll-call votes and DW-NOMINATE scores (Voteview (UCLA Department of Political Science))Lewis, Jeffrey B., Keith Poole, Howard Rosenthal, Adam Boche, Aaron Rudkin, and Luke Sonnet (2026). Voteview: Congressional Roll-Call Votes Database. https://voteview.com/ · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Free to use with the required citation
  • Lobbying disclosures (LD-1 registrations, LD-2 quarterly reports, LD-203 contribution reports) (Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives)Clerk of the House, Lobbying Disclosure Act filings (organizations only; lobbyists' names are not loaded) · data current to Oct 9, 2026 · loaded Oct 9, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Positions are shown only where a roll call recorded them; voice votes and unanimous consent record none.
  • Money and votes are shown side by side; neither explains the other.