118th Congress · HOUSE BILLBILL

H.R. 5061Specialty Crop Domestic Market Promotion and Development Program Act of 2023

To amend the Specialty Crops Competitiveness Act of 2004 to direct the Secretary of Agriculture to establish a program under which the Secretary will award grants to eligible organizations to encourage the development, maintenance, and expansion of commercial domestic market for domestically produced specialty crop commodities.

Agriculture and food
Introduced Jul 27, 2023
Last action Sep 26, 2023
Pipeline · Bill → Law
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Introduced
Jul 27, 2023
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Referred
Sep 26, 2023
Agriculture
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Committee
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House floor
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Senate
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Resolve Changes
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SummaryCRS Summary

This bill directs the Agricultural Marketing Service to establish a grant program to encourage the development, maintenance, and expansion of the commercial domestic market for domestically produced specialty crop commodities (e.g., for advertising or other demand-oriented, generic domestic promotion activities). Organizations eligible for the grant program include those that promote U.S. produced and grown specialty crop sales and are (1) U.S. agricultural trade organizations or regional state-related organizations that do not profit directly from U.S. specialty crop sales, (2) cooperative organizations or state agencies, or (3) certain private organizations. Specialty crop organizations o...

Provisions · 2 sectionsIntroduced in House
Timeline · 3 actions
Sep 26, 2023
Referred to the Subcommittee on Nutrition, Foreign Agriculture, and Horticulture.
Jul 27, 2023
Introduced in House
Jul 27, 2023
Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.