118 HR 5459 IH: Precision Agriculture Workforce Training and Development Act U.S. House of Representatives 2023-09-14 text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.

I118th CONGRESS1st SessionH. R. 5459IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVESSeptember 14, 2023Mr. Flood (for himself and Mr. Neguse) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on AgricultureA BILLTo amend the Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990 to include as a high-priority research and extension initiative research and extension on precision agriculture workforce development, and for other purposes.

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Short title

This Act may be cited as the Precision Agriculture Workforce Training and Development Act.

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Precision agriculture workforce development

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High-Priority research and extension

Section 1672(d) of the Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990 (7 U.S.C. 5925(d)) is amended by adding at the end the following: (21)

Precision agriculture workforce development

Research and extension grants may be made under this section for the purposes of developing programs to support precision agriculture student workforce training and development, in partnership with public or private entities, that enhance the participation of precision agriculture..(b)

Agriculture and Food Research Initiative

Subsection (b)(6) of the Competitive, Special, and Facilities Research Grant Act (7 U.S.C. 3157(b)(6)) is amended—(1)in subparagraph (E), by striking and at the end;(2)in subparagraph (F), by striking the period at the end and inserting ; and; and(3)by adding at the end the following: (G)to an institution that carries out programs of cooperative education (as defined in section 831(b) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1161n(b))) for the purposes of improving precision agriculture workforce training and development..