H.R. 5097

119th Congress

In 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.

Sponsored byRepublican:Rep. Valadao, David G. [R-CA-22]CA· Introduced 2 September 2025

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Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.

2 September 2025·10 months ago

Summary

Introduced in House · Updated 11 September 2025

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.

Timeline

3 actions

  1. Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.

    2 September 2025 · IntroReferral

  2. Introduced in House

    2 September 2025 · IntroReferral

  3. Introduced in House

    2 September 2025 · IntroReferral

Sponsorship

8 cosponsors

Cosponsors

  • Democrat788%
  • Republican113%

Classification

Policy area

Agriculture and Food

Cosponsor momentum

Cumulative over time

Cosponsors grew from 5 on 2 September 2025 to 8 on 13 April 2026.

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