Bill · H.R. 5059· House(119-HR-5059)
Specialty Crop Domestic Market Promotion and Development Program Act of 2025
- Introduced
- 8/26/2025
- Last activity
- 1/13/2026 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Nutrition and Foreign Agriculture.
- Sponsored by
- David Valadao
- Cosponsors
- - 1 - 5
- Introduced
- In Committee
What this bill would do
This bill proposes to amend the Specialty Crops Competitiveness Act of 2004. It directs the Secretary of Agriculture to create a program that awards grants to eligible organizations. These grants are intended to help develop, maintain, and expand the commercial domestic market for specialty crops grown in the United States. The Secretary of Agriculture will act through the Administrator of the Agricultural Marketing Service to manage this program. The bill includes specific rules for how organizations must apply for and use these funds.
Yes· 3 of 7
Would business owners be better off under this?+5
Agricultural organizations, cooperatives, and small businesses stand to benefit from increased market demand through these grants.
Would farmers be better off under this?+5
The bill provides tools to increase the domestic market and demand for specialty crops grown by producers.
Does this make it easier to run a small business?+4
The bill explicitly directs that grant funds may not be used to assist for-profit corporations unless they are recognized as small business concerns, cooperatives, or nonprofit trade associations.
The opposite
No question was scored the opposite.
Who it would affect, and how
Potential Positive Impacts for People
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Market Expansion for Specialty Crops: The program aims to encourage the development, maintenance, and expansion of the commercial domestic market for domestically produced specialty crop commodities (Section 2(a)).
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Support for Eligible Organizations: Various groups, including United States agricultural trade organizations, regional State-related organizations, cooperatives, State agencies, and certain private organizations, can apply for grants to promote the sale of United States produced specialty crops (Section 2(j)).
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Financial Supplementation: Grants are intended to supplement, rather than replace, funds provided by non-Federal sources to carry out market development programs (Section 2(b)(3)).
Potential Negative Impacts for People
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Financial Burden of Matching Funds: Recipient organizations are required to provide non-Federal matching funds that are at least 25 percent of the grant amount (Section 2(d)(2)).
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Restrictions on For-Profit Corporations: Funds cannot be used to provide direct assistance to for-profit corporations that are not recognized as small business concerns, with specific exceptions for cooperatives, certain associations, or nonprofit trade associations (Section 2(h)(2)).
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Restrictions on Foreign Product Promotion: Funds cannot be used to provide direct assistance to any domestic or foreign for-profit corporation for the purpose of promoting foreign-produced products (Section 2(h)(1)).
Groups and Interests Ranking
Every group the model scored this bill for, from -10 to +10. Hover a score for the reason it gave.
- Demographic And Interest Groups
- Good For Business Owners+5Good For Farmers+5
- Economy And Finance
- Improves Small Business Support+4Improves Economic Growth+3Increases Job Creation+3
- Environment Energy And Infrastructure
- Improves Rural Development+4
- Governance And Ideology
- Improves Government Transparency+2
- 1/13/2026
- Referred to the Subcommittee on Nutrition and Foreign Agriculture.
- 11/19/2025
- 1 Cosponsor added.
- 8/26/2025
- Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
- 5 Cosponsors added.
- Introduced in House
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