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.
- Last Action
- 9/19/2023
Actions
- 2023-09-19Referred to the Subcommittee on Nutrition, Foreign Agriculture, and Horticulture.
- 2023-07-27Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
- 2023-07-27Introduced in House
- 2023-07-27Introduced in House
CRS Summary
As of 2023-07-27 (00)
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.
Cosponsors (9)
- Jim Costa (D-CA)
- Jimmy Panetta (D-CA)
- Doug LaMalfa (R-CA)
- Josh Harder (D-CA)
- John Duarte (R-CA)
- Julia Brownley (D-CA)
- Andrea Salinas (D-OR)
- Raul Ruiz (D-CA)
- Salud Carbajal (D-CA)
Subjects
- Agricultural equipment and machinery
- Aviation and airports
- Computers and information technology
- Employment and training programs
- Fruit and vegetables
- Internet, web applications, social media
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