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
Everywhere this bill has been
3 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
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
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
Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation, Research, and Biotechnology.
Committees of jurisdiction
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