H.R. 5097 · 119th Congress
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.
- Stage
- In committee
- Sponsor
- David Valadao
- Introduced
- 2025-09-02
- Latest action
- 2025-09-02 · Introduced in House
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.