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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 See on congress.gov
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Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
Feb 26, 2026
Introduced in House
 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

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 February 26, 2026

Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.

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