Sponsors
The bill clarifies statutory terminology to reduce administrative and legal confusion for state agriculture departments and growers, but imposes modest administrative update costs on agencies and stakeholders.
State departments of agriculture and specialty-crop growers: clearer, consistent statutory terminology reduces ambiguity about authority under the Act and lowers legal/administrative confusion when administering specialty crop programs.
State governments and specialty-crop businesses: editorial changes require agencies and states to update implementing documents and guidance, creating minor administrative costs and short-term burdens.
Based on analysis of 4 sections of legislative text.
Edits and reorganizes statutory definitions in the Specialty Crops Competitiveness Act to use "Secretary" consistently and relabel definition paragraphs, with no substantive program changes.
Introduced March 3, 2026 by Sanford Dixon Bishop · Last progress March 3, 2026
Revises wording and defined terms in the Specialty Crops Competitiveness Act to uniformly substitute the word “Secretary” where another term previously appeared and to relabel and renumber the statutory definition paragraphs. The changes are editorial and organizational: they update terminology and the arrangement of definitions (including adding a heading for “State department of agriculture”) without adding or removing program duties, funding, or obligations in the cited statute.