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To require a report on the competitiveness of United States exports of specialty crops.
Summary
This bill requires the Secretary of Agriculture to submit an annual report to Congress on the competitiveness of United States specialty crop exports. The report must identify and analyze foreign trade barriers affecting specialty crop exports, including tariffs, quotas, and nontariff barriers, and estimate the financial impact of these barriers on U.S. exports. The report must also assess what actions the executive branch is taking or plans to take to eliminate identified barriers, including trade negotiations and World Trade Organization dispute actions. The Secretary must seek public input before preparing the report and make the unclassified portion available to the public in machine-readable format.
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- Feb 25, 2026 Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture. · house
- Feb 25, 2026 Introduced in House
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
February 25, 2026
Ms. Bonamici (for herself, Mr. Valadao, Mr. Costa, and Ms. Salinas) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Agriculture
A BILL
To require a report on the competitiveness of United States exports of specialty crops.
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 Crops Reporting on Opportunities and Promotion Act of 2026” or the “Specialty CROP Act of 2026”.
SEC. 2. REPORT ON COMPETITIVENESS OF UNITED STATES EXPORTS OF SPECIALTY CROPS.
Section 203(e)(7) of the Agricultural Trade Act of 1978 (7 U.S.C. 5623(e)(7)) is amended to read as follows:
“(7) Annual report.—
“(A) In general.—Each year, the Secretary, in consultation with the United States Trade Representative, shall submit to the appropriate committees of Congress a report detailing the competitiveness of United States exports of specialty crops.
“(B) Elements.—The report required by subparagraph (A) shall—
“(i) identify and analyze acts, policies, or practices of foreign countries that constitute significant barriers to, or distortions of United States exports of specialty crops, including the imposition of—
“(I) tariffs (including retaliatory tariffs) and quotas (including tariff-rate quotas); and
“(II) nontariff barriers, including technical barriers to trade, sanitary and phytosanitary measures, import licensing procedures, and subsidies;
“(ii) make an estimate—
“(I) of the impacts on the competitiveness of United States exports of specialty crops of any act, policy, or practice identified under clause (i); and
“(II) if feasible, of the value of additional specialty crops that would, during the year preceding submission of the report, have been exported from the United States to each foreign country an act, policy, or practice of which is identified under clause (i) if each such act, policy, or practice of that country did not exist;
“(iii) assess the extent to which each act, policy, or practice identified under clause (i) is subject to international agreements to which the United States is a party;
“(iv) include information with respect to any action taken by the executive branch during the year preceding submission of the report, or expected to be taken after submission of the report, to eliminate any act, policy, or practice identified under clause (i), including—
“(I) any action under section 301;
“(II) negotiations or consultations with foreign governments, which may include engagement through the standing committee on sanitary and phytosanitary matters established under a free trade agreement to which the United States is a party; and
“(III) action at the World Trade Organization, including dispute settlement actions, consultations, or negotiations; and
“(v) a description of—
“(I) any funds provided under subsection (f)(3)(A)(iv) that were not obligated in the fiscal year preceding submission of the report; and
“(II) the reason such funds were not obligated.
“(C) Comment period.—Before preparing the report required by subparagraph (A), the Secretary, in coordination with the United States Trade Representative, shall—
“(i) seek comment from the public and the Agricultural Technical Advisory Committee for Trade in Fruits and Vegetables; and
“(ii) take such comments into account in preparing the report.
“(D) Form of report.—
“(i) In general.—The report required by subparagraph (A) shall be submitted in unclassified form, but may include a classified annex.
“(ii) Public availability.—The unclassified portion of the report required by subparagraph (A) shall be made available to the public in machine-readable format.”. <all>
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