# 119-s-1119: FRIDGE Act of 2025

119-s-1119, FRIDGE Act of 2025, is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Sen. Banks, Jim [R-IN] (R-IN); status introduced; PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2025-12-20).

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- As of: 2025-12-20
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## Facts
- Bill: 119-s-1119
- Congress: 119
- Title: FRIDGE Act of 2025
- Status: introduced
- Introduced: 2025-03-25
- Sponsor: Sen. Banks, Jim [R-IN] (R-IN)
- Cosponsors: 2
- Policy area: Agriculture and Food
- Touches household money: yes
- Last recorded action: 2025-12-20

## Summary

**Strengthen foreign cold chain and port infrastructure**. The FRIDGE Act of 2025 would add a new technical assistance program under the Agricultural Trade Act to fund trade organizations to carry out needs assessments, training, and other assistance in new and developing markets to prevent damage to U.S. agricultural commodities and expand export opportunities. - U.S. farmers and exporters: Helps reduce spoilage and losses of exported commodities by funding projects that shore up cold chain capacity and port improvements in target markets. - Eligible trade organizations: Authorizes the Foreign Agricultural Service to contract with trade groups to deliver assessments, training, and technical assistance in partner markets. - New and developing foreign markets: Supports infrastructure upgrades that improve storage and handling of U.S. agricultural imports and help broaden market access. *Authorizes $1.0 million annually for fiscal years 2026 through 2030 to carry out the new program.*

## Cosponsors (2)

- Sen. Fetterman, John [D-PA] (D-PA), 2025-03-25T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Warnock, Raphael G. [D-GA] (D-GA), 2025-12-16T00:00:00.000Z

## Provisions PRIA read

- Trade help for farmers and exporters: benefit, low. If enacted, the Agriculture Secretary would hire eligible trade groups to provide technical help in foreign markets. Help would include needs assessments, training, and steps to improve cold storage and port capacity. Congress is authorized to spend $1,000,000 each year from fiscal 2026 through 203…

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## Sources
- [119-s-1119 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/senate-bill/1119)

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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-1119 (as of 2025-12-20).