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Don Young American Grown Act

To require cut flowers and cut greens displayed in certain Federal buildings to be produced in the United States, and for other purposes.

Introduced Jul 29, 2025

Latest action (Jul 29, 2025) Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and in addition to the Committees on Foreign Affairs, and Armed Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

Referred to
Armed Services Committee Foreign Affairs Committee Oversight and Government Reform Committee
Policy area
Government Operations and Politics

Summary
  • Requires cut flowers and cut greens officially displayed in public areas of the Executive Office of the President, Department of State, and Department of Defense buildings to be produced in the United States.
  • Defines "produced in the United States" as grown in any state, the District of Columbia, US territories and possessions, or areas under federally recognized Indian Tribe jurisdiction.
  • Exempts cut flowers and greens used by Federal officers or employees for personal display from the requirement.
  • Takes effect one year after the bill is enacted.

AI-generated plain-language summary of the bill text — neutral, and may be imperfect. See the full text below for the exact wording.

Sponsor (1)
9 cosponsors

Money behind the sponsor

Top reported contributors to Salud O. Carbajal’s campaign committee (2024 cycle) — who funds the bill’s sponsor, not a claim about this bill. Data from FEC.

  • Employer not reported $39,900
  • TIGER MOON GROUP $13,200
  • JENNINGS AERONAUTICS INC. $9,900
  • WINDOW WORLD $9,900
  • CHUMASH $8,400

Organizations whose employees gave the most — itemized individual contributions grouped by the donor’s reported employer (FEC Schedule A). Full finance for Salud O. Carbajal → · Outside spending →

Actions (2)
  1. Jul 29, 2025 Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and in addition to the Committees on Foreign Affairs, and Armed Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. · house
  2. Jul 29, 2025 Introduced in House

Similar bills (6)

Bills with similar text or summary — includes reintroductions across Congresses. Ranked by semantic similarity of the bill text (computed locally); a neutral discovery aid, not a claim the bills are duplicates.

  • S 2504 — American Grown Act · Introduced Jul 29, 2025 · Cong. 119 76%
  • HR 3933 — Paving the Way for American Industry Act · Introduced Jun 12, 2025 · Cong. 119 57%
  • HR 2188 — LESS Government Act · Introduced Jun 30, 2011 · Cong. 112 57%
  • HR 3867 — LEAF Act · Introduced Jun 15, 1998 · Cong. 105 57%
  • HR 3664 — Tobacco Program Administrative Reform Act of 1998 · Introduced Apr 10, 1998 · Cong. 105 57%
  • HR 3358 — Harvest to Hue Act · Introduced May 13, 2025 · Cong. 119 56%

Text versions (1)
  • Introduced in House · Jul 29, 2025

Only one text version is on file, so there’s no earlier version to compare against yet.

Full text

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

July 29, 2025

Mr. Carbajal (for himself, Mr. Newhouse, Mr. Panetta, Mr. LaMalfa, Ms. Pingree, and Mr. Hurd of Colorado) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and in addition to the Committees on Foreign Affairs, and Armed Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned

A BILL

To require cut flowers and cut greens displayed in certain Federal buildings to be produced in the United States, 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 “Don Young American Grown Act”.

SEC. 2. LIMITATION.

(a) In General.—A cut flower or a cut green may not be officially displayed in any public area of a building of the Executive Office of the President or of the Department of State or of the Department of Defense unless the cut flower or cut green is produced in the United States.

(b) Rule of Construction.—The limitation in subsection (a) may not be construed to apply to any cut flower or cut green used by a Federal officer or employee for personal display.

(c) Definitions.—In this section:

(1) Cut flower.—The term “cut flower” means a flower removed from a living plant for decorative use.

(2) Cut green.—The term “cut green” means a green, foliage, or branch removed from a living plant for decorative use.

(3) Produced in the united states.—The term “produced in the United States” means grown in—

(A) any of the several States;

(B) the District of Columbia;

(C) a territory or possession of the United States; or

(D) an area subject to the jurisdiction of a federally recognized Indian Tribe.

(d) Effective Date.—This Act shall take effect on the date that is 1 year after the date of the enactment of this Act. <all>

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