119-hr3358

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3358 Introduced in House

    (IH) ]

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119th CONGRESS
 1st Session
 H. R. 3358

To direct the Secretary of Agriculture to take certain steps to enhance 
 the capacity of United States farmers to produce natural color 
 additives, and for other purposes.

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 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

 May 13, 2025

Mr. Miller of Ohio introduced the following bill; which was referred to 
 the Committee on Agriculture

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 A BILL

To direct the Secretary of Agriculture to take certain steps to enhance 
 the capacity of United States farmers to produce natural color 
 additives, 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 ``Harvest to Hue Act''.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS.

 The Congress finds the following:

    (1) United States farmers are at the forefront in providing 
 healthy, nutritious agricultural products, and therefore poised 
 to make valuable contributions to our Nation's food supply 
 resources.

    (2) The foundation of our food supply rests on objective 
 science and risk-based evaluation processes that support public 
 health, transparency, and building consumer trust and safety.

    (3) Through proactive efforts to meet consumers' 
 preferences while upholding science and the safety of products, 
 many efforts have been dedicated to enhancing consumer access 
 to safe, affordable, and convenient product choices.

    (4) United States agriculture can play a vital role in 
 providing natural food color additives, broadening markets for 
 United States farmers while promoting benefits to our food 
 supply.

    (5) The cultivation, growing, and harvesting of ingredients 
 necessary to create natural colors at scale meeting consumer, 
 food industry, and public health demands, will ensure the 
 continued integrity of food resources in the United States.

SEC. 3. ENHANCING CAPACITY OF UNITED STATES FARMERS TO PRODUCE NATURAL 
 COLOR ADDITIVES.

 The Secretary of Agriculture shall--

    (1) facilitate efforts within the Department of Agriculture 
 to enhance the capacity of United States farmers to grow, 
 produce, and harvest agricultural goods to be used as natural 
 color additives in the food supply;

    (2) promote collaboration among the Department of 
 Agriculture, other Federal agencies, agriculture producers, and 
 food industry partners to support and facilitate the production 
 of natural color additives derived from agricultural 
 components; and

    (3) focus research initiatives, within existing research 
 capabilities, to support United States agriculture's 
 contribution to natural color additives resources.
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