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United States Citrus Protection Act

To prohibit importation of commercially produced fresh citrus fruit originating from the People's Republic of China.

Introduced Mar 11, 2025

Latest action (Mar 11, 2025) Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

Referred to
Finance Committee
Policy area
Foreign Trade and International Finance
Issues
Foreign Policy
Legislative subjects (5)
Agricultural tradeAsiaChinaFruit and vegetablesTrade restrictions

Summary

This bill prohibits the importation of commercially produced fresh citrus fruit originating from the People's Republic of China into the United States. The prohibition becomes effective 90 days after the bill's enactment.

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)
1 cosponsor

Actions (2)
  1. Mar 11, 2025 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. · senate
  2. Mar 11, 2025 Introduced in Senate

More bills on these subjects (8)

Other bills that carry the most legislative subjects in common with this one (topical discovery — distinct from the procedural related bills above).

  • HR 1507 — U.S. Citrus Protection Act (shares 5 subjects)
  • HR 4121 — Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2026 (shares 4 subjects)
  • HR 694 — Restoring Trade Fairness Act (shares 4 subjects)
  • HR 9770 — Continuing Appropriations Act, 2027 (shares 3 subjects)
  • HR 6058 — STRIDE Act (shares 3 subjects)
  • HR 6624 — Biological Intellectual Property Protection Act of 2025 (shares 3 subjects)
  • HR 7148 — Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2026 (shares 3 subjects)
  • HR 7006 — Financial Services and General Government and National Security, Department of State, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2026 (shares 3 subjects)

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.

  • HR 1507 — U.S. Citrus Protection Act · Introduced Feb 21, 2025 · Cong. 119 85%
  • S 1230 — SAFETY Act of 2025 · Introduced Apr 1, 2025 · Cong. 119 66%
  • S 1237 — New Producer Economic Security Act · Introduced Apr 1, 2025 · Cong. 119 66%
  • S 769 — United States Research Protection Act of 2025 · Introduced Jul 22, 2025 · Cong. 119 65%
  • S 732 — Protecting American Agriculture from Foreign Adversaries Act of 2025 · Introduced Feb 25, 2025 · Cong. 119 65%
  • S 294 — COOL Online Act · Introduced Jan 29, 2025 · Cong. 119 64%

Full text

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

March 11 (legislative day, March 10), 2025

Mr. Scott of Florida introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance

A BILL

To prohibit importation of commercially produced fresh citrus fruit originating from the People’s Republic of China.

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 “United States Citrus Protection Act”.

SEC. 2. PROHIBITION ON IMPORTATION OF COMMERCIALLY PRODUCED FRESH CITRUS FRUIT ORIGINATING FROM THE PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF CHINA.

(a) In General.—Notwithstanding any other provision of law, articles of commercially produced fresh citrus fruit originating from the People’s Republic of China may not be imported into the United States.

(b) Effective Date.—This Act shall take effect on the date that is 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act. <all>

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