{"bill":{"id":"119-hr-5097","congress":119,"type":"HR","number":5097,"title":"To amend the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946 to direct the Secretary of Agriculture to establish a program under which the Secretary will award grants to specialty crop producers to acquire certain equipment and provide training with respect to the use of such equipment.","originChamber":"House","introducedDate":"2025-09-02","sponsors":[{"bioguideId":"V000129","fullName":"Rep. Valadao, David G. [R-CA-22]","party":"R","state":"CA","district":22}],"cosponsorsCount":8,"latestAction":{"actionDate":"2025-09-02","text":"Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture."},"policyArea":"Agriculture and Food","subjects":[],"actions":[{"date":"2025-09-02","text":"Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.","type":"IntroReferral","chamber":"House floor actions","hasVote":false},{"date":"2025-09-02","text":"Introduced in House","type":"IntroReferral","chamber":"Library of Congress","hasVote":false},{"date":"2025-09-02","text":"Introduced in House","type":"IntroReferral","chamber":"Library of Congress","hasVote":false}],"summary":"<p>This bill directs the Agricultural Marketing Service to establish a grant program for commercial specialty crop producers to acquire equipment and provide related training.</p><p>Funds must be used for mechanized or automated systems and tools that increase the efficiency of a task or reduce human labor for a specific activity (e.g., low-dust harvesting tools and equipment, sorting machines, and crop monitoring and analytics equipment and tools).</p><p>The bill includes a minimum 50% cost-sharing requirement.</p>","updateDate":"2026-04-14T08:05:49Z"},"markets":[],"stateBills":[],"meta":{"sources":["congress.gov"],"latencyMs":285,"ts":"2026-04-19T09:56:42.016Z"},"nextActions":{"inspect":[],"related":[{"description":"Search related legislation","method":"GET","url":"/api/public/query-gov?q=To%20amend%20the%20Agricultural%20Marketing%20Act%20of%201946%20to%20direct%20th"}]}}