Protecting Our Produce Act

[Congressional Bills 118th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H.R. 9240 Introduced in House (IH)] <DOC> 118th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 9240 To amend the Specialty Crops Competitiveness Act of 2004 to require the Secretary of Agriculture to establish a pilot program to provide recovery payments to producers of seasonal and perishable crops that experience low prices caused by imports, and for other purposes. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES August 2, 2024 Mr. Bishop of Georgia introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Agriculture _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To amend the Specialty Crops Competitiveness Act of 2004 to require the Secretary of Agriculture to establish a pilot program to provide recovery payments to producers of seasonal and perishable crops that experience low prices caused by imports, 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 ``Protecting Our Produce Act''. SEC. 2. SEASONAL AND PERISHABLE CROP LOSS PILOT PROGRAM. The Specialty Crops Competitiveness Act of 2004 (Public Law 108- 465; 118 Stat. 3882) is amended-- (1) by striking ``Secretary of Agriculture'' each place it appears and inserting ``Secretary''; (2) in section 3 (7 U.S.C. 1621 note)-- (A) in paragraph (3), by striking ``(3) The term'' and inserting the following: ``(4) State department of agriculture.--The term''; (B) in paragraph (2), by striking ``(2) The term'' and inserting the following: ``(3) State.--The term''; and (C) in paragraph (1), by striking ``(1) The term'' and inserting the following: ``(1) Secretary.--The term `Secretary' means the Secretary of Agriculture. ``(2) Specialty crop.--The term''; and (3) by adding at the end the following: ``TITLE V--SEASONAL AND PERIS