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HR 4162 118th Congress House Agriculture and Food Agricultural education Agricultural equipment and machinery Agricultural practices and innovations Agricultural research Aquaculture Computers and information technology Pest management

Land Grant Research Prioritization Act of 2023

Introduced: June 15, 2023 Introduced by: Franklin, Scott Republican · Florida See on congress.gov
 Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps
Introduced
In committee
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Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Aug 21, 2023
Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation, Research, and Biotechnology.
Jun 15, 2023
Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
Jun 15, 2023
Introduced in House
 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Land Grant Research Prioritization Act of 2023

This bill includes additional priorities as Department of Agriculture (USDA) high-priority research and extension areas.

Under the bill, USDA may award grants for developing and evaluating (1) technologies to mechanize agricultural processes (and may emphasize processes for harvesting specialty crops), and (2) agricultural uses of artificial intelligence (and may emphasize uses for improving specialty crop production). 

Further, USDA may award grants to support research projects at land-grant colleges and universities to develop and apply

  • methods to manage and eradicate invasive species of plants and animals, including through methods of biocontrol; and
  • aquaculture methods, including through the propagation and rearing of economically and ecologically valuable aquatic and marine species. 
What's happening now August 21, 2023

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

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