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.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5097.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. VALADAO, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 143, September 2, 2025, Page H3758):
  Article 1, Section 8
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record September 2, 2025 ↗

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  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 5097, 119th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/5097

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 14, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 13, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  8491c146b31c28c17caf8c9f3b83a4e057dd20a67da9760623b054d79385b4ad

  PORKER shows the statement exactly as printed, with the page markup removed. It is the sponsor’s claim; it is not a legal finding.

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