LEGISLATION/H.R. 5097

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.

119-HR-5097119th CongressIntroduced Sep 2, 2025Agriculture and Food
Market Probability
No market
Status
Introduced
Committee
Floor Vote
Other Chamber
Signed
Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.

Sponsor

Rep. Valadao, David G. [R-CA-22](R-CA-22)
8 cosponsors

Summary

This bill directs the Agricultural Marketing Service to establish a grant program for commercial specialty crop producers to acquire equipment and provide related training.

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).

The bill includes a minimum 50% cost-sharing requirement.

Actions (3)

Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
Sep 2, 2025House floor actions
Introduced in House
Sep 2, 2025Library of Congress
Introduced in House
Sep 2, 2025Library of Congress