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.
Agriculture Committee, Nutrition and Foreign Agriculture Subcommittee
Introduced
In Committee
On Floor
Passed Chamber
Enacted
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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Timeline
Introduced in House
Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Nutrition, Foreign Agriculture, and Horticulture.
Introduced in House
Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Nutrition, Foreign Agriculture, and Horticulture.
Agriculture and Food
Agricultural equipment and machineryAviation and airportsComputers and information technologyEmployment and training programsFruit and vegetablesInternet, web applications, social media
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.
USA118th CongressHR-5062| House
| Updated: 9/19/2023
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.
Agriculture Committee, Nutrition and Foreign Agriculture Subcommittee
Agriculture and Food
Introduced
In Committee
On Floor
Passed Chamber
Enacted
Agricultural equipment and machineryAviation and airportsComputers and information technologyEmployment and training programsFruit and vegetablesInternet, web applications, social media