H.R. 7670

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 7670 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
2d Session
H. R. 7670

To require a report on the competitiveness of United States exports of 
specialty crops.

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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

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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.''.
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