Bill · S. 1119· Senate(119-S-1119)
FRIDGE Act of 2025
- Introduced
- 3/25/2025
- Last activity
- 3/25/2025 — Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
- Sponsored by
- Jim Banks
- Cosponsors
- - 0 - 2
- Introduced
- In Committee
What this bill would do
This bill, known as the "FRIDGE Act of 2025," aims to provide technical assistance to improve infrastructure in foreign markets for United States agricultural commodities. It seeks to amend the Agricultural Trade Act of 1978 to allow the Secretary to contract with trade organizations for needs assessments and training. This work would focus on enhancing infrastructure such as cold chain capacity and port improvements in developing markets. The goal is to prevent the loss or damage of U.S. food products due to infrastructure deficiencies. The bill authorizes $1,000,000 for each fiscal year from 2026 through 2030 to carry out these efforts.
Yes· 3 of 15
Would farmers be better off under this?+6
The bill is specifically designed to expand markets and protect the value of U.S. agricultural exports, directly benefiting farmers.
Would business owners be better off under this?+5
Agricultural exporters and trade organizations will benefit from increased market capacity and technical assistance.
Does this make trade with other countries easier?+5
The bill directly aims to facilitate and expand the trade of U.S. agricultural commodities abroad.
The opposite
No question was scored the opposite.
Who it would affect, and how
Potential Positive Impacts for People
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Reduction in food loss and waste: Strengthening global infrastructure helps reduce the billions of tons of fresh and frozen food products lost each year due to poor cold chain systems (Section 2).
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Market expansion for U.S. agriculture: Providing technical assistance for infrastructure like cold chain capacity and port improvements helps expand and diversify markets for United States agricultural commodities (Section 2 and Section 3).
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Improved nutrition: Strengthening global infrastructure plays an important role in improving nutrition (Section 2).
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Protection of exports: Enhancing infrastructure capabilities helps ensure that United States agricultural commodities are not damaged or lost due to infrastructure deficiencies (Section 3).
Potential Negative Impacts for People
- No specific negative impacts are mentioned in the provided text.
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 Farmers+6Good For Business Owners+5Good For Rural Residents+4Good For Middle Class Households+2Good For Union Workers+2Good For Low Income Households+1
- National Security And Foreign Policy
- Improves International Trade+5Increases Foreign Aid+3Improves International Alliances+2Improves Diplomatic Engagement+1
- Economy And Finance
- Improves Economic Growth+4Increases Job Creation+3Improves Small Business Support+2
- Environment Energy And Infrastructure
- Reduces Carbon Emissions+1
- Governance And Ideology
- Increases Federal Power+1
- 12/16/2025
- 1 Cosponsor added.
- 3/25/2025
- Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
- 1 Cosponsor added.
- Introduced in Senate
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