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118TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 6399 
To require a report on the competitiveness of United States exports of 
specialty crops. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
NOVEMBER 14, 2023 
Ms. BONAMICI (for herself, Mr. VALADAO, and Ms. SLOTKIN) 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 Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Specialty Crops Re-
porting on Opportunities and Promotion Act of 2023’’ or 
the ‘‘Specialty CROP Act of 2023’’. 
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: 
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‘‘(7) ANNUAL REPORT.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Each year, the Sec-
retary, in consultation with the United States 
Trade Representative, shall submit to the ap-
propriate committees of Congress a report de-
tailing the competitiveness of United States ex-
ports of specialty crops. 
‘‘(B) ELEMENTS.—The report required by 
subparagraph (A) shall— 
‘‘(i) identify and analyze acts, policies, 
or practices of foreign countries that con-
stitute significant barriers to, or distor-
tions 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 com-
petitiveness of United States exports 
of specialty crops of any act, policy, or 
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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 agree-
ments 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 submis-
sion 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; 
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‘‘(II) negotiations or consulta-
tions 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 settle-
ment actions, consultations, or nego-
tiations; 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 
pre-
paring 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 
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Committee for Trade in Fruits and Vege-
tables; and 
‘‘(ii) take such comments into account 
in preparing the report. 
‘‘(D) FORM OF REPORT.— 
‘‘(i) IN
GENERAL.—The report re-
quired by subparagraph (A) shall be sub-
mitted in unclassified form, but may in-
clude a classified annex. 
‘‘(ii) PUBLIC AVAILABILITY.—The un-
classified portion of the report required by 
subparagraph (A) shall be made available 
to the public in machine readable format.’’. 
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