Preventing Pretrial Gun Purchases Act

House Bill

H.R. 4173

119th Congress

Preventing Pretrial Gun Purchases Act

In Committee

Introduced:Aug 26, 2025

Primary Sponsor

Daniel S. Goldman

Representative

Democratic

NY-10

Cosponsors

18

Quick Stats

Policy Area

Agriculture and Food

Summary

This bill would create a new federal program to provide grants for research and development into automation and mechanization technologies for specialty crops like fruits, vegetables, and flowers. The goal is to help farmers increase efficiency, reduce manual labor, and boost the competitiveness of specialty crops grown in the United States.

Latest Action

Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation, Research, and Biotechnology.

SponsorDaniel S. Goldman (D-NY)

Introduced8/26/2025

StatusReferred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

ChamberHouse

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Preventing Pretrial Gun Purchases Act

This bill would create a new federal program to provide grants for research and development into automation and mechanization technologies for specialty crops like fruits, vegetables, and flowers. The goal is to help farmers increase efficiency, reduce manual

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This bill would create a new federal program to provide grants for research and development into automation and mechanization technologies for specialty crops like fruits, vegetables, and flowers. The goal is to help farmers increase efficiency, reduce manual labor, and boost the competitiveness of specialty crops grown in the United States.

Bill Number: 4173
Sponsor: Daniel S. Goldman (D-NY)
Introduced: 8/26/2025
Status: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Policy Area: Agriculture and Food

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Title: Preventing Pretrial Gun Purchases Act
Bill Number: 4173
Sponsor: Daniel S. Goldman (D-NY)
Status: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Introduced: 8/26/2025
Summary: This bill would create a new federal program to provide grants for research and development into automation and mechanization technologies for specialty crops like fruits, vegetables, and flowers. The goal is to help farmers increase efficiency, reduce manual labor, and boost the competitiveness of

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Plain-English explanation of this bill

This bill would create a new federal program to provide grants for research and development into automation and mechanization technologies for specialty crops like fruits, vegetables, and flowers. The goal is to help farmers increase efficiency, reduce manual labor, and boost the competitiveness of specialty crops grown in the United States.

Last updated: 12/30/2025

Official Summary

Congressional Research Service summary

Advancing Automation Research and Development in Agriculture Act This bill directs the Department of Agriculture (USDA) to establish within USDA a stand-alone competitive research and extension grant program to increase the competitiveness of specialty crops in the United States through the advancement and acceleration of mechanization and automation. Specialty crops are fruits and vegetables, tree nuts, dried fruits, and horticulture and nursery crops (including floriculture). The bill provides specified funds for FY2024 and each succeeding year to carry out the program. The grant program includes projects that <ul> <li> create or improve cost-effective technologies to reduce a specialty crop grower's manual labor requirements and increase the efficiency of crop production, resource management, harvesting, processing, post-harvest technologies, and packaging; </li> <li> increase adoption of mechanization and automation technologies; and </li> <li>accelerate automation and mechanization through prototype development, in-field trial testing, ongoing industry engagement, and rapid commercialization. </li> </ul> Entities eligible for the grant program are federal agencies, national laboratories, colleges and universities, research institutions and organizations, private organizations and corporations, state agricultural experiment stations, individuals, and organizations representing specialty crop growers. <ul> <blockquote> <blockquote> </blockquote> </blockquote> </ul>

Key Points

Main provisions of the bill

Establishes a new USDA grant program to fund research and development into automation and mechanization technologies for specialty crop production
Aims to help farmers reduce manual labor, increase efficiency, and improve the competitiveness of U.S.-grown specialty crops
Eligible recipients include federal agencies, universities, research institutions, private companies, and specialty crop grower organizations

How This Impacts Americans

Potential effects on citizens and communities

If passed, this bill would provide significant funding and support for the development of new agricultural technologies that could benefit specialty crop farmers across the country. It could lead to the creation of cost-effective automation solutions, increased adoption of labor-saving machinery, and ultimately more efficient and productive specialty crop operations.

Policy Areas

Primary Policy Area

Agriculture and Food

Related Subjects

Agricultural education

Agricultural equipment and machinery

Agricultural practices and innovations

Agricultural research

Computers and information technology

Congressional oversight

Fruit and vegetables

Public-private cooperation

State and local government operations

Scope & Jurisdiction

Jurisdiction Level

federal

Congressional Session

119th Congress

Citation Reference

4173, 119th Congress (2025). "Preventing Pretrial Gun Purchases Act". Source: Voter's Right Platform. https://votersright.org/bills/118-hr-4173

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