HR 5059 · in committee · significant
Specialty Crop Domestic Market Promotion and Development Program Act of 2025
- economy
What this bill does
- Creates a federal grant program to help promote and expand domestic markets for specialty crops like fruits and vegetables.
- Eligible recipients include agricultural trade groups, cooperatives, state agencies, and nonprofit organizations that support U.S. specialty crop sales.
- Grants support advertising and marketing activities to increase demand for domestically grown specialty crops.
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Community Threads
Started by Cosponsor
- 01
How would grant recipients measure whether marketing campaigns funded by this program actually increase consumer demand for domestic specialty crops?
- 02
Which specialty crop producers or regions might benefit most from these grants, and could this create advantages for some farmers over others?
- 03
What evidence suggests that federal promotion spending is more effective at expanding specialty crop markets than existing private marketing efforts by producers themselves?
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Sponsor · R-CA-22
David G. Valadao
Citizen cosponsors
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In Congress
6/ 435
House Reps cosponsoring
Introduced 2025-08-26
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Legislative timeline
2025-08-26 · house · IntroReferral
Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
2025-08-26 · IntroReferral
Introduced in House
2025-08-26 · IntroReferral
Introduced in House
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