Specialty Crop Security Act of 2024
Official title: 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.
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
Specialty Crop Security Act of 2024
This bill reauthorizes and provides additional funding for the Specialty Crop Block Grant Program (SCBGP). The bill also modifies the SCBGP outreach and state plan requirements. Under the block grant program, the Department of Agriculture (USDA) provides grants to the state departments of agriculture to enhance the competitiveness of specialty crops (i.e., fruits, vegetables, tree nuts, dried fruits, horticulture, and nursery crops, including floriculture).
Specifically, the bill reauthorizes the SCBGP through FY2028.
The bill also requires that SCBGP grants be made based on priorities established annually by state program administrators, in consultation with specialty crop producers and producer groups.
Further, the bill requires that the plan a state must submit to USDA under the program indicate how outreach to, and consultation with, specialty crop stakeholders will be achieved.
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 4168: Specialty Crop Security Act of 2024. 118th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/118-S-4168/
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