HR7762-119

In Committee

Protecting Our Produce Act

119th Congress Introduced Mar 3, 2026

Analysis under review: This bill has generated analysis that may be too generic or incomplete. Clause-level evidence remains available below.

Summary

What This Bill Does

This bill, Protecting Our Produce Act, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting farmers, ranchers, and agricultural businesses. The main policy domain is Agriculture, Environment, Government Operations.

Who Benefits and How

farmers, ranchers, and agricultural businesses may benefit from new authority, funding, eligibility, regulatory clarity, or reduced risk created by the bill.

Who Bears the Burden and How

federal implementing agencies, farmers, ranchers, and agricultural businesses may take on implementation duties, reporting obligations, compliance costs, or oversight responsibilities.

Key Provisions

  • Section H7AF0763D1C8448189B914F10F156F4A9: 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Protecting Our Produce Act.
  • Section H802DC67A8FC54093A7187F48D928C2A6: 2. Seasonal and perishable crop loss pilot program The Specialty Crops Competitiveness Act of 2004 (Public Law 108–465; 118 Stat. 3882) is amended— by striking...
  • Section H580BD8A29554479D8FFDDFAE2B9181C2: 501. Seasonal and perishable crop loss pilot program In this section: The term effective price, with respect to a seasonal and perishable crop for a marketing...

Evidence Chain:

This summary is generated from the full bill text using AI analysis. Expand "Detailed Analysis" below for identified beneficiaries/burden bearers with clause-level evidence links.

At a Glance

What This Bill Does

This bill, Protecting Our Produce Act, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting farmers, ranchers, and agricultural businesses.

Key Policy Areas

Agriculture, Environment, Government Operations

Primary Purpose

This bill, Protecting Our Produce Act, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting farmers, ranchers, and agricultural businesses.

Policy Domains

Agriculture Environment Government Operations

Whole bill

Identified Gains
  • farmers, ranchers, and agricultural businesses
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farmers, ranchers, and agricultural businesses: ,
Identified Costs
  • federal implementing agencies
  • farmers, ranchers, and agricultural businesses
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federal implementing agencies: ,
farmers, ranchers, and agricultural businesses: ,

Legislative Progress

In Committee
Introduced Committee Passed
Mar 3, 2026

Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.

Mar 3, 2026

Introduced in House

Mar 3, 2026

Mr. Bishop introduced the following bill; which was referred to …

Impact analysis is available but no clear stakeholder effects identified. View clause-level analysis →

Bill Structure & Actor Mappings

Who is "The Secretary" in each section?

Domains
Agriculture Environment Government Operations
Actor Mappings
"secretary_of_agriculture"
→ Secretary of Agriculture

Key Definitions

Terms defined in this bill

2 terms
"seasonal marketing window" §H580BD8A29554479D8FFDDFAE2B9181C2

the timeframe during a marketing year, as determined by the Secretary— during which a crop is normally marketed within a specific geographical region of the United States

"seasonal marketing window" §H802DC67A8FC54093A7187F48D928C2A6

the timeframe during a marketing year, as determined by the Secretary— during which a crop is normally marketed within a specific geographical region of the United States

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