[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 10324 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                               H. R. 10324

 To amend the National Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching 
 Policy Act of 1977 to establish a database of isotopic signatures for 
              processing tomatoes, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           September 8, 2026

  Mr. Valadao (for himself, Mr. Rouzer, Mr. Costa, Mr. Gallagher, Mr. 
Thompson of California, and Mr. Davis of North Carolina) introduced the 
   following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Agriculture

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend the National Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching 
 Policy Act of 1977 to establish a database of isotopic signatures for 
              processing tomatoes, 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 ``Rooting Out Mislabeled Agriculture 
Act'' or the ``ROMA Act''.

SEC. 2. PURPOSE.

    The purpose of this Act is to--
            (1) recognize the successful use of a public-private 
        partnership to develop and maintain an isotopic signature for 
        cotton and textile imports and to use such signature to test 
        imports for cotton grown and processed using slave labor in 
        China's Xingjian province in violation of Public Law 117-78 
        (commonly known as the ``Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act''); 
        and
            (2) encourage a similar process for the creation and 
        testing of processing tomatoes that are sold as paste or mixed 
        into other products.

SEC. 3. ISOTOPIC SIGNATURES FOR PROCESSING TOMATOES.

    The National Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy 
Act of 1977 is amended by inserting after section 1473H (7 U.S.C. 
3319k) the following:

``SEC. 1473I. ISOTOPIC SIGNATURES FOR PROCESSING TOMATOES.

    ``(a) Database.--
            ``(1) Establishment.--The Secretary, acting through the 
        Administrator of the Agricultural Research Service, shall 
        establish and maintain (directly or by making a grant) a 
        database of isotopic signatures of processing tomatoes.
            ``(2) Scientific samples.--The Secretary shall collect and 
        record (directly or by making a grant) scientific samples, 
        including domestic and foreign samples, as appropriate for 
        maintaining the Database.
            ``(3) Access.--Upon the request of an individual or entity 
        (including a Federal agency, an institution of higher 
        education, an agricultural research station, or a private 
        entity), the Secretary shall provide to such individual or 
        entity, in a timely fashion, information contained in the 
        Database.
    ``(b) Research of Testing Methodologies.--
            ``(1) Conduct of research.--For the purpose of assisting 
        the establishment and maintenance of the Database, the 
        Secretary shall conduct research (directly or by making a 
        grant) on the further development of isotopic testing methods, 
        including methods that may increase accuracy or the breadth of 
        testable biological materials.
            ``(2) Retention of research data.--An entity that is 
        awarded a grant to conduct research under paragraph (1) may 
        retain a copy of any data generated through such research.
    ``(c) Coordination.--In carrying out this section, the Secretary 
shall coordinate with the Commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border 
Protection on how to best support customs and import inspections of 
processing tomatoes using the isotopic signatures in the Database.
    ``(d) Report.--Not later than 2 years after the date of enactment 
of this section, the Secretary shall submit to Congress a report that 
includes--
            ``(1) an analysis of the establishment and use of the 
        Database;
            ``(2) a description of the results of the research 
        conducted under subsection (b)(1); and
            ``(3) any recommendations for legislative or administrative 
        action.
    ``(e) Definitions.--In this section:
            ``(1) Database.--The term `Database' means the database 
        established under subsection (a)(1).
            ``(2) Isotopic signature.--The term `isotopic signature' 
        means a usable geographic fingerprint created by examining a 
        unique ratio of stable or radioactive isotopes as well as the 
        specific ratio of elements like hydrogen, oxygen, carbon, and 
        nitrogen for a subject item, including through trace element 
        analysis, stable isotope ratio analysis, or any other process 
        capable of identifying the geographic place of origin of the 
        subject item.
            ``(3) Secretary.--The term `Secretary' means the Secretary, 
        acting through the Administrator of the Agricultural Research 
        Service.''.
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