[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4838 Introduced in House (IH)]

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118th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 4838

To amend the Specialty Crops Competitiveness Act of 2004 to extend and 
    enhance the specialty crop block grants program, and for other 
                               purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             July 24, 2023

   Ms. Slotkin (for herself and Mrs. Chavez-DeRemer) introduced the 
   following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Agriculture

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend the Specialty Crops Competitiveness Act of 2004 to extend and 
    enhance the specialty crop block grants program, 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 ``Specialty Crop Security Act of 
2023''.

SEC. 2. EXTENSION AND ENHANCEMENT OF SPECIALTY CROP BLOCK GRANTS.

    (a) Availability and Purpose of Grants.--Section 101(a) of the 
Specialty Crops Competitiveness Act of 2004 (7 U.S.C. 1621 note) is 
amended--
            (1) by striking ``2023'' and inserting ``2028''; and
            (2) by inserting ``through priorities jointly identified by 
        specialty crop producers, producer groups, and state program 
        administrators,'' after ``specialty crops,''.
    (b) Plan Requirements.--Section 101(e) of the Specialty Crops 
Competitiveness Act of 2004 (7 U.S.C. 1621 note) is amended to read as 
follows:
    ``(e) Plan Requirements.--The State plan shall identify the lead 
agency charged with the responsibility of carrying out the plan and 
indicate--
            ``(1) how the grant funds will be utilized to enhance the 
        competitiveness of specialty crops; and
            ``(2) how outreach to, and consultation with, specialty 
        crop stakeholders will be achieved.''.
    (c) Funding.--Section 101(l)(1) of the Specialty Crops 
Competitiveness Act of 2004 (7 U.S.C. 1621 note) is amended--
            (1) in subparagraph (D), by striking ``and'' at the end;
            (2) in subparagraph (E), by striking ``fiscal year 2018 and 
        each fiscal year thereafter.'' and inserting ``each of fiscal 
        years 2018 through 2023; and''; and
            (3) by adding at the end the following:
                    ``(F) $100,000,000 for fiscal year 2024 and each 
                fiscal year thereafter.''.
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