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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
September 2, 2025
Latest Action
September 2, 2025
Primary Sponsor
David G. ValadaoRepublican(CA)
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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.
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2025 · second_quarter · Agriculture
Tax relief for the innovative protein sector (bill numbers not yet available) Defense Production Act strategic planning exercise to scale up the innovative protein sector (bill number not yet available) Emergency procurement parity for novel plant-based and fermentation-based egg substitutes (no bill number) FY 2026 National Defense Authorization Act (S.2296), issues related to biotechnology-driven food production advancements, and support for food projects 2025 Farm Bill, issues related to loan guarantees, alternative protein research, and state law preemption (bill numbers not yet available), and issues in Exposing Agricultural Trade Suppression Act, H.R.4417/S.2019 (118th Congress), and Food Security and Farm Protection Act, S.1326 Reintroduction of Food Supply Chain Capacity and Resiliency Act, H.R.4873 (generally, no specific provisions) Reintroduction of PROTEIN Act, H.R.5097 (generally, no specific provisions) FY 2026 Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, issues related to NASA Deep Space Food Challenge (bill numbers not yet available) FY 2026 DOD Appropriations Act, issues related to Combat Feeding Directorate (bill numbers not yet available) Issues related to ultra-processed food (generally, no specific legislation)
Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
Introduced in House
Congress.gov source codes: 1000, Intro-H
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Client expense: $220,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2025 · second_quarter · Food Industry (safety, labeling, etc.)
Tax relief for the innovative protein sector (bill numbers not yet available) Defense Production Act strategic planning exercise to scale up the innovative protein sector (bill number not yet available) Emergency procurement parity for novel plant-based and fermentation-based egg substitutes (no bill number) FY 2026 National Defense Authorization Act (S.2296), issues related to biotechnology-driven food production advancements, and support for food projects 2025 Farm Bill, issues related to loan guarantees, alternative protein research, and state law preemption (bill numbers not yet available), and issues in Exposing Agricultural Trade Suppression Act, H.R.4417/S.2019 (118th Congress), and Food Security and Farm Protection Act, S.1326 Reintroduction of Food Supply Chain Capacity and Resiliency Act, H.R.4873 (generally, no specific provisions) Reintroduction of PROTEIN Act, H.R.5097 (generally, no specific provisions) FY 2026 Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, issues related to NASA Deep Space Food Challenge (bill numbers not yet available) FY 2026 DOD Appropriations Act, issues related to Combat Feeding Directorate (bill numbers not yet available) Issues related to ultra-processed food (generally, no specific legislation)
Client expense: $220,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2025 · first_quarter · Agriculture
Tax relief for the innovative protein sector (bill numbers not yet available) Defense Production Act strategic planning exercise to scale up the innovative protein sector (bill number not yet available) Emergency procurement parity for novel plant-based and fermentation-based egg substitutes (no bill number) FY 2026 National Defense Authorization Act, issues related to biotechnology driven food production advancements (bill numbers not yet available) 2025 Farm Bill, issues related to loan guarantees, alternative protein research, and state law preemption (bill numbers not yet available), and issues in proposed Exposing Agricultural Trade Suppression Act, H.R.4417/S.2019 FY 2025 Department of Defense Appropriations Act, provision related to alternative protein research, H.R.4368/S.2131 Reintroduction of Food Supply Chain Capacity and Resiliency Act, H.R.4873 (generally, no specific provisions) Reintroduction of PROTEIN Act, H.R.5097 (generally, no specific provisions) FY 2026 Commerce, Justice, Science and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, issues related to NASA Deep Space Food Challenge (bill numbers not yet available) FY 2026 DOD Appropriations Act, issues related to Combat Feeding Directorate (bill numbers not yet available)
Client expense: $200,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2025 · first_quarter · Food Industry (safety, labeling, etc.)
Tax relief for the innovative protein sector (bill numbers not yet available) Defense Production Act strategic planning exercise to scale up the innovative protein sector (bill number not yet available) Emergency procurement parity for novel plant-based and fermentation-based egg substitutes (no bill number) FY 2026 National Defense Authorization Act, issues related to biotechnology driven food production advancements (bill numbers not yet available) 2025 Farm Bill, issues related to loan guarantees, alternative protein research, and state law preemption (bill numbers not yet available), and issues in proposed Exposing Agricultural Trade Suppression Act, H.R.4417/S.2019 FY 2025 Department of Defense Appropriations Act, provision related to alternative protein research, H.R.4368/S.2131 Reintroduction of Food Supply Chain Capacity and Resiliency Act, H.R.4873 (generally, no specific provisions) Reintroduction of PROTEIN Act, H.R.5097 (generally, no specific provisions) FY 2026 Commerce, Justice, Science and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, issues related to NASA Deep Space Food Challenge (bill numbers not yet available) FY 2026 DOD Appropriations Act, issues related to Combat Feeding Directorate (bill numbers not yet available)
Client expense: $200,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
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| Jim Costa | Democratic | CA |
| Jimmy Panetta | Democratic | CA |
| Josh Harder | Democratic | CA |
| Julia Brownley | Democratic | CA |