H.R. 4205

119 HR 4205 IH: Fairness in Vineyard Data Act
 U.S. House of Representatives
 2025-06-26
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 I  119th CONGRESS  1st Session  H. R. 4205  IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES   June 26, 2025   Ms. Tenney  (for herself and  Mr. Morelle ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the  Committee on Agriculture    A BILL
To require the Secretary of Agriculture to annually publish certain data with respect to grape production, and for other purposes.
1.
Short title
This Act may be cited as the   Fairness in Vineyard Data Act  .
2.
Grape production data
(a)
In general
The Secretary of Agriculture, acting through the Administrator of the National Agricultural Statistics Service, shall—
(1)
not later than 1 year after the date of the enactment of this Act—
(A)
conduct a survey on grape production in each State, including—
(i)
total acreage; and
(ii)
production, utilization, and acreage by type, variety, county, and year planted; and
(B)
make publicly available on the website of the National Agricultural Statistics Service the results of such survey and the data from such survey; and
(2)
not later than 2 years after the date of the enactment of this Act and annually for the 3 years thereafter, make publicly available on the website of the National Agricultural Statistics Service data from the 5 States with the highest grape production in the preceding year, as determined using data from the survey required under paragraph (1)(A).
(b)
Authorization of appropriations
(1)
Survey
There is authorized to be appropriated to carry out subparagraphs (A) and (B) of subsection (a)(1) $2,500,000 for fiscal year 2026.
(2)
Publication of data
There is authorized to be appropriated to carry out subsection (a)(2) $1,500,000 for each of fiscal years 2027 through 2030.