HR 7734
119th Congress
House
Agriculture and Food
Land Grant Research Prioritization Act of 2026
Introduced: February 26, 2026
Introduced by:
Franklin, Scott
Republican
· Florida
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Became law
Feb 26, 2026
Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
Feb 26, 2026
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
Land Grant Research Prioritization Act of 2026
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 House Committee on Agriculture.
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