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Fairness for Fruits and Vegetables Act of 2025
To amend the Agricultural Trade Act of 1978 to establish an interagency seasonal and perishable fruits and vegetables working group, and for other purposes.
Summary
The Fairness for Fruits and Vegetables Act of 2025 amends the Agricultural Trade Act of 1978 to establish an interagency working group to monitor trade in seasonal and perishable fruits and vegetables. The working group, led by the Department of Agriculture and including the United States Trade Representative and Department of Commerce, will assess ongoing trade data and coordinate on potential trade actions and investigations. The group will consult with agricultural producers and trade associations to identify threats posed by imports to domestic producers. The working group will recommend programs and assistance that the Department of Agriculture could provide to help producers address market impacts from international trade.
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Sponsor (1)
- Sen. Slotkin, Elissa [D-MI] (D-MI)
1 cosponsor
Actions (2)
- Nov 5, 2025 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. · senate
- Nov 5, 2025 Introduced in Senate
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Full text
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
November 5, 2025
Ms. Slotkin (for herself and Ms. Collins) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry
A BILL
To amend the Agricultural Trade Act of 1978 to establish an interagency seasonal and perishable fruits and vegetables working group, 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 “Fairness for Fruits and Vegetables Act of 2025”.
SEC. 2. INTERAGENCY SEASONAL AND PERISHABLE FRUITS AND VEGETABLE WORKING GROUP.
Subtitle B of title IV of the Agricultural Trade Act of 1978 (7 U.S.C. 5671 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following:
“SEC. 418. INTERAGENCY SEASONAL AND PERISHABLE FRUITS AND VEGETABLES WORKING GROUP.
“(a) In General.—The Secretary, acting through the Under Secretary of Agriculture for Trade and Foreign Agricultural Affairs, the United States Trade Representative, the Secretary of Commerce, and the heads of other Federal agencies or entities, as determined to be appropriate by the Secretary, shall jointly establish an interagency working group (referred to in this section as the ‘working group’) composed of representatives from each agency to monitor and assess, on an ongoing basis, seasonal and perishable fruits and vegetables trade data and related information.
“(b) Trade Actions and Investigations.—The working group shall coordinate as appropriate regarding potential additional trade actions and investigations with respect to any seasonal or perishable agricultural products, as determined to be advisable by the working group.
“(c) Consultation.—The working group shall consult with the Agricultural Trade Advisory Committee, relevant seasonal or perishable agricultural producers, and other relevant trade associations to identify threats that imports pose to domestic producers of seasonal and perishable fruits and vegetables.
“(d) Recommendations to Secretary.—The working group shall recommend programs or assistance that the Secretary could provide to producers of seasonal and perishable fruits and vegetables to address market impacts.”. <all>
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