HR 8453
118th Congress
House
Agriculture and Food
Fertilizer Research Act of 2024
Everywhere this bill has been
3 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Sep 3, 2024
Referred to the Subcommittee on Nutrition, Foreign Agriculture, and Horticulture.
May 17, 2024
Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
May 17, 2024
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
Fertilizer Research Act of 2024
This bill directs the Department of Agriculture to publish on the department's website a report on the U.S. fertilizer industry. Among other things, the report must include
- a description of the impacts on the fertilizer industry that influence the prices that agricultural producers receive for their products;
- a description of the size and value of the U.S. fertilizer market over the previous 25 years;
- a description of the importation of fertilizer into the United States and the impacts that antidumping and countervailing duties have on retail fertilizer prices;
- a study of market concentration of the U.S. fertilizer industry;
- an assessment of the regulatory environment governing fertilizer production, distribution, and usage; and
- a description of the extent to which current public price reporting of fertilizer is transparent for market participants and recommendations on whether further reporting is needed.
What's happening now
Referred to the Subcommittee on Nutrition, Foreign Agriculture, and Horticulture.
Committees of jurisdiction
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