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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
Cosponsors
HR
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Type

Sponsor

David G. Valadao
David G. Valadao
Republican · CA · Representative
Votes with party: 95.1% (547 recorded votes)

Full profile: /officials/V000129

Source: Congress.gov · FEC

Cosponsors (8)

Members who have signed on to support this bill since introduction. Source: Congress.gov.

  • Jim Costa (D-CA-21)Original· 2025-09-02
  • Jimmy Panetta (D-CA-19)Original· 2025-09-02
  • Josh Harder (D-CA-9)Original· 2025-09-02
  • Julia Brownley (D-CA-26)Original· 2025-09-02
  • Eugene Simon Vindman (D-VA-7)· 2025-09-15
  • Adam Gray (D-CA-13)· 2025-12-02
  • Andrea Salinas (D-OR-6)· 2026-04-13

Latest Action

The most recent step in the bill's legislative path. Committee Activity below shows referrals and reports; the full action-by-action history including floor proceedings lives at Congress.gov →

Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.

2025-09-02

Source: Congress.gov

Committee Activity

Currently in

  • House Committee on AgricultureReferred To · 2025-09-02

Previously

  • Agriculture CommitteeReferred To · 2025-09-02

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.

Subjects

Agriculture and Food
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