119-hr2322

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2322 Introduced in House

    (IH) ]

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119th CONGRESS
 1st Session
 H. R. 2322

 To provide technical assistance to improve infrastructure in foreign 
 markets for United States agricultural commodities.

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 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

 March 25, 2025

 Mr. Feenstra (for himself, Mr. Mann, Mr. Costa, and Mr. Carbajal) 
 introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 
 Agriculture

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 A BILL

 To provide technical assistance to improve infrastructure in foreign 
 markets for United States agricultural commodities.

 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 ``Fortifying Refrigeration 
Infrastructure and Developing Global Exports Act of 2025'' or the 
``FRIDGE Act of 2025''.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS.

 Congress finds the following:

    (1) One of the largest limiting factors to growing export 
 markets for United States food and agriculture products is 
 insufficient infrastructure capabilities.

    (2) Current trade programs are focused on promoting 
 specific commodities or products, all of which are reliant on a 
 functioning supply chain.

    (3) There is a need for dedicated resources to focus on 
 supply chain enhancement in developing countries to enable 
 market expansion and diversification.

    (4) Each year, billions of tons of fresh and frozen food 
 products and millions of dollars' worth of United States 
 exports are lost due to poor cold chain systems in developing 
 markets.

    (5) Strengthening global infrastructure plays an important 
 role in promoting trade, reducing food loss and waste, and 
 improving nutrition.

SEC. 3. TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TO IMPROVE INFRASTRUCTURE IN FOREIGN 
 MARKETS FOR UNITED STATES AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES.

 

Section 203
            (c) of the Agricultural Trade Act of 1978 (7 U.S.C. 
5623
            (c) ) is amended by adding at the end the following:
 ``

    (4) Technical assistance to improve infrastructure in 
 foreign markets for united states agricultural commodities.--
 ``
        (A) In general.--As part of the program 
 established under this subsection, the Secretary shall 
 enter into contracts or other agreements with eligible 
 trade organizations to provide needs assessments, 
 training, and other technical assistance to enhance the 
 capabilities of infrastructure in new and developing 
 foreign markets, including infrastructure relating to 
 cold chain capacity, port improvements, and other 
 developments, to ensure United States agricultural 
 commodities are not damaged or lost due to deficiencies 
 of such infrastructure.
 ``
        (B) Authorization of appropriations.--
 ``
            (i) In general.--There is authorized to 
 be appropriated to carry out this paragraph 
 $1,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 2026 
 through 2030.
 ``
            (ii) Rule of construction.--Amounts 
 authorized to be appropriated under this 
 subparagraph may be used only for the purposes 
 described in subparagraph
        (A) .
 ``
            (iii) Availability.--Amounts authorized 
 to be appropriated under this subparagraph that 
 are not used to carry out this paragraph are 
 authorized to be made available to carry out 
 the program established under this 
 subsection.''.
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