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.
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Cosponsors
3
Actions
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Amendments
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Committees
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Since introduced
Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
2 septembre 2025·10 months ago
Summary
Introduced in House · Updated 11 septembre 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
Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
2 septembre 2025 · IntroReferral
Introduced in House
2 septembre 2025 · IntroReferral
Introduced in House
2 septembre 2025 · IntroReferral
Sponsorship
8 cosponsors
Sponsor
Republican:Rep. Valadao, David G. [R-CA-22]CACosponsors
- Democrat788%
- Republican113%
- Democrat:Rep. Salinas, Andrea [D-OR-6]OR
- Democrat:Rep. Gray, Adam [D-CA-13]CA
- Democrat:Rep. Vindman, Eugene Simon [D-VA-7]VA
- Democrat:Rep. Harder, Josh [D-CA-9]CA
- Democrat:Rep. Panetta, Jimmy [D-CA-19]CA
- Democrat:Rep. Brownley, Julia [D-CA-26]CA
- Republican:Rep. LaMalfa, Doug [R-CA-1]CA
- Democrat:Rep. Costa, Jim [D-CA-21]CA
Classification
Policy area
Agriculture and FoodCosponsor momentum
Cumulative over time
Cosponsors grew from 5 on 2 septembre 2025 to 8 on 13 avril 2026.
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