U.S. Congress legislation · 119th Congress
HB10324: ROMA Act
Status: In committee, September 8, 2026
To amend the National Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 to establish a database of isotopic signatures for processing tomatoes, and for other purposes.
What the bill says
To amend the National Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 to establish a database of isotopic signatures for processing tomatoes, and for other purposes.
From the introduced text, September 8, 2026:
A BILL To amend the National Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 to establish a database of isotopic signatures for processing tomatoes, and for other purposes. SECTION 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Rooting Out Mislabeled Agriculture Act or the ROMA Act . SECTION 2. Purpose The purpose of this Act is to-- (1) recognize the successful use of a public-private partnership to develop and maintain an isotopic signature for cotton and textile imports and to use such signature to test imports for cotton grown and processed using slave labor in China's Xingjian province in violation of Public Law 117-78 (commonly known as the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act ); and (2) encourage a similar process for the creation and testing of processing tomatoes that are sold as paste or mixed into other products. SECTION 3. Isotopic signatures for processing tomatoes The National Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 is amended by inserting after section 1473H ( 7 U.S.C. 3319k ) the following: SECTION 1473I. Isotopic signatures for processing tomatoes (a) Database (1) Establishment The Secretary, acting through the Administrator of the Agricultural Research Service, shall establish and maintain (directly or by making a grant) a database of isotopic signatures of processing tomatoes. (2) Scientific samples The Secretary shall collect …
Sponsors
- David Valadao (R) · primary sponsor
- David Rouzer (R, HD-007)
- Jim Costa (D)
- Gallagher, James (R)
- Mike Thompson (D, HD-CA-4)
- Donald Davis (D, HD-001)
- Ken Calvert (R, HD-CA-41)
- Vince Fong (R)
- Jimmy Panetta (D)
Latest actions
- : Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
- : Introduced in House
Subjects: Agriculture and Food
Common questions
- What is HB10324?
- HB10324 is a bill in Congress (119th Congress): ROMA Act.
- What does HB10324 do?
- In its own words: To amend the National Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 to establish a database of isotopic signatures for processing tomatoes, and for other purposes.
- What is the status of HB10324?
- In committee as of September 8, 2026. Latest action: Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture. (September 8, 2026).
- Who sponsored HB10324?
- David Valadao (R), with 8 co-sponsors.
- Where is the official record for HB10324?
- On the Congress website: https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/10324
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