Harvest to Hue Act

[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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