Cutting COSTS Act of 2025

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H.R. 6369 Introduced in House (IH)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 6369 To direct the Secretary of Agriculture to establish a program for making payments to covered producers for the cost of carrying out GAP audits, and for other purposes. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES December 2, 2025 Mr. Vindman (for himself and Mr. Lawler) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Agriculture _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To direct the Secretary of Agriculture to establish a program for making payments to covered producers for the cost of carrying out GAP audits, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Cutting Cumbersome Overhead for Small-farm Testing Savings Act of 2025'' or the ``Cutting COSTS Act of 2025''. SEC. 2. GOOD AGRICULTURAL PRACTICES PAYMENT PROGRAM. (a) In General.--The Secretary shall establish a program for making payments to covered producers in an amount that is equal to the full cost incurred by each such producer for carrying out a GAP audit. (b) Report.--Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, and annually for each of the four years thereafter, the Secretary shall submit to the Committee on Agriculture of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry of the Senate a report regarding activities under the program established under subsection (a), including-- (1) the number and type of covered producers who received payments under such program; and (2) the extent to which such payment increased, for each such producer, market access to a retail food store that requires a GAP audit as a condition for such access. (