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HR 2084 119th Congress House Agriculture and Food

Smoke Exposure Research Act of 2025

Introduced: March 11, 2025 Introduced by: Thompson, Mike Democratic · California See on congress.gov
 Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Apr 4, 2025
Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation, Research, and Biotechnology.
Mar 11, 2025
Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
Mar 11, 2025
Introduced in House
 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Smoke Exposure Research Act of 2025

This bill directs the Agricultural Research Service (ARS) to conduct research relating to smoke exposure and wine grapes. This research must be done in coordination with land-grant colleges and universities that are located in California, Oregon, and Washington and have researched the effects of smoke exposure on viticulture and enology operations and practices.

Specifically, ARS must

  • conduct research to identify the compounds responsible for smoke exposure,
  • conduct research to establish standard methodologies for sampling and testing smoke-exposed wine grapes and smoke-affected wines,
  • establish a reliable database of background levels of smoke exposure compounds that occur naturally in wine grapes,
  • develop risk assessment tools or mitigation methods to reduce or eliminate smoke exposure, and
  • study compounds that can act as a barrier between wine grapes and smoke compounds.
What's happening now April 4, 2025

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

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