HR5097Referred to Committee

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.

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Introduced
In Committee
3
Passed One Chamber
4
Passed Both
5
Signed into Law
119th
Congress
2025-09-02
Introduced
8
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David G. Valadao
David G. Valadao
Republican · CA · Representative
Votes with party: 95.3% (642 recorded votes)

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Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.

2025-09-02

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Plain-English 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.

Plain-English rewrite of the Congressional Research Service summary published on Congress.gov. Cached and reviewed.

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Agriculture and Food
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