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Defending Domestic Orange Juice Production Act of 2025

To modify the minimum required weight of orange juice soluble solids.

Introduced Feb 4, 2025

Latest action (Feb 4, 2025) Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.

Referred to
Energy and Commerce Committee
Policy area
Health
Issues
Healthcare

Summary
  • Modifies the federal standard of identity for pasteurized orange juice to require a minimum of 10.0 percent orange juice soluble solids by weight.
  • Excludes the solids of any added optional sweetening ingredients from the calculation of required solids content.
  • Takes effect upon enactment of the bill.
  • Preserves the authority of the Secretary of Health and Human Services to amend the orange juice standard through future regulatory processes.

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)
25 cosponsors

Money behind the sponsor

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

  • Employer not reported $53,500
  • VAN SCOYOC ASSOCIATES $10,100
  • ENTREPRENEUR $7,600
  • APPLIED AI $6,600
  • THE CASSIDY ORGANIZATION INC. $6,600

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

Actions (2)
  1. Feb 4, 2025 Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce. · house
  2. Feb 4, 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 1251 — Defending Domestic Orange Juice Production Act of 2025 · Introduced Apr 2, 2025 · Cong. 119 92%
  • HR 1507 — U.S. Citrus Protection Act · Introduced Feb 21, 2025 · Cong. 119 65%
  • HR 9305 — Juice for Healthy Families Act of 2026 · Introduced Jun 11, 2026 · Cong. 119 64%
  • HR 9304 — Juice Access Improvement Act · Introduced Jun 11, 2026 · Cong. 119 62%
  • S 947 — United States Citrus Protection Act · Introduced Mar 11, 2025 · Cong. 119 60%
  • HR 8385 — Food Labeling Modernization Act of 2026 · Introduced Apr 20, 2026 · Cong. 119 55%

Committee action

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Full text

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

February 4, 2025

Mr. Scott Franklin of Florida (for himself, Ms. Wasserman Schultz, Mrs. Cammack, Mr. Soto, Ms. Lee of Florida, Mr. Bilirakis, Mr. Bean of Florida, Mr. Diaz-Balart, Mr. Frost, Mr. Gimenez, Ms. Lois Frankel of Florida, Mr. Webster of Florida, Ms. Castor of Florida, Mr. Rutherford, Ms. Salazar, Mr. Mills, Mr. Moskowitz, Ms. Wilson of Florida, Mrs. Cherfilus-McCormick, Mr. Dunn of Florida, Mr. Buchanan, Mr. Steube, Mr. Haridopolos, Mr. Donalds, Mrs. Luna, and Mr. Mast) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce

A BILL

To modify the minimum required weight of orange juice soluble solids.

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 “Defending Domestic Orange Juice Production Act of 2025”.

SEC. 2. REVISION OF PASTEURIZED ORANGE JUICE STANDARDS.

(a) In General.—Effective on the date of enactment of this Act, the standard of identity for “pasteurized orange juice”, established in section 146.140 of title 21, Code of Federal Regulations (or any successor regulations), shall be deemed to require finished pasteurized orange juice to contain not less than 10.0 percent by weight of orange juice soluble solids, exclusive of the solids of any added optional sweetening ingredients.

(b) Regulation Authority.—Nothing in this section shall be construed to limit the authority of the Secretary of Health and Human Services to promulgate regulations to amend the standard of identity for pasteurized orange juice. <all>

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