Bill raises taxes on imported food to help U.S. farmers.
S. 4945 — Home Market Restoration Act of 2026 · Filed by Bill Cassidy (R-LA) · Introduced Jul 13, 2026 · Referred to committee
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What it does
The bill puts high taxes on food imports from other countries. It limits how much shrimp, honey, crawfish, rice, and fish can come in. Extra amounts face taxes of 40 to 402 percent. It also raises taxes on sheep, goat, and beef meat. Over time, the allowed amounts of some foods will get smaller.
Who it affects
Families buying food will pay more for seafood, honey, rice, and meat. U.S. farmers who raise these foods will face less competition from imports. Stores and restaurants that use imported rice may pay more.
One thing to notice
The bill automatically raises taxes on food every year without Congress voting again. Other countries may put their own taxes on U.S. goods in response.
From the analysis of the bill text, linked under Primary records below.
Where it stands
- Jul 13, 2026 — Introduced · Congress.gov: “Introduced in Senate”
- Jul 13, 2026 — Referred to Senate Committee on Finance · Congress.gov: “Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance”
Dates and quoted wording are Congress.gov's action record; the timeline shows status changes, not every procedural step.
Money around this bill
2 groups reported lobbying about this bill. They filed 2 reports from Jun 2026 to Jun 2026.
Those reports show $835,000 in lobbying spending. Each report lists about 34 bills. So that money was not all for this bill.
More groups named this bill than 41% of bills with any report.
Bill Cassidy, who sponsored the bill, received $1,385,254 from PACs for the 2026 election.
- National Restaurant Association — $790,000 in 1 report
- Southern Shrimp Alliance — $45,000 in 1 report
Lobbying is legal. These reports show who lobbied about this bill, not what changed.
Words to know
- taxes — Money the government charges on products brought in from other countries.
- limits — A set amount of a product allowed to come in before higher taxes apply.
- competition — When multiple sellers offer the same product, which can lower prices.
- lobbying — Trying to influence lawmakers about a bill. Companies and groups pay people to do this.
- PACs — Groups that collect money and give it to candidates for office.
- sponsored — To sponsor a bill is to introduce it in Congress and put your name on it.
How this was measured
Analysis — Quorum's AI read the bill text published by Congress.gov (28,409 characters) on Aug 12, 2026. Section numbers in the findings refer to that text, linked below; transparency and hidden-provision scores are compared against the median of 14,707 analysed bills.
Status and sponsors — Congress.gov's bill record — actions, committee referrals and cosponsors — loaded nightly. The timeline shows status changes, not every procedural action.
Money — Senate Lobbying Disclosure Act filings whose specific-issue field names this bill for quarters ending Jun 2026 to Jun 2026. A filing's amount is reported whole beside the median number of bills a filing names; it is never divided across them. PAC receipts are FEC-reported contributions to the sponsor's candidate committee in the 2026 cycle.
As of — lobbying records through Jul 20, 2026 · page rendered 2026-09-23.
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