3.0.0 5208 2023-01-11T13:40:19Z 2023-01-11T13:40:19Z House HR 2018-03-07 115 [Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 40 (Wednesday, March 7, 2018)]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]By Mr. POCAN:H.R. 5208.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article I, Section 9, Clause 7No Money shall be drawn from the Treasury, but inConsequence of Appropriations made by Law; and a regularStatement and Account of the Receipts and Expenditures of allpublic Money shall be published from time to time.''[Page H1477]]]> hsag00 Agriculture Committee House Standing hsag14 Conservation, Research, and Biotechnology Subcommittee Referred to 2018-03-28T19:52:38Z Referred to 2018-03-07T15:00:08Z Seeds for the Future Act 115 2964 S 2018-05-24 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. Related bill CRS 2018-03-28 hsag14 Conservation, Research, and Biotechnology Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Biotechnology, Horticulture, and Research. Committee 2018-03-07 Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsag00 Agriculture Committee 2018-03-07 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2018-03-07 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress P000607 Rep. Pocan, Mark [D-WI-2] Mark Pocan D WI 2 N S001200 Rep. Soto, Darren [D-FL-9] Darren Soto D FL 9 2018-03-07 True K000381 Rep. Kilmer, Derek [D-WA-6] Derek Kilmer D WA 6 2018-04-10 False M001185 Rep. Maloney, Sean Patrick [D-NY-18] Sean Maloney D NY Patrick 18 2018-04-13 False P000523 Rep. Price, David E. [D-NC-4] DAVID PRICE D NC E. 4 2018-05-09 False Agriculture and Food Agricultural practices and innovations Agricultural research General Native American affairs matters Government information and archives Government studies and investigations Higher education Horticulture and plants Public-private cooperation Research administration and funding Agriculture and Food 00 2018-03-07 Introduced in House 2018-10-12T18:16:54Z Seeds for the Future Act

This bill amends the Competitive, Special, and Facilities Research Grant Act to require the Department of Agriculture (USDA) to ensure that at least $50 million of USDA grant funding is used each year for competitive research grants that support the development of public cultivars.

A "cultivar" is a variety of plant that has been intentionally selected for use in cultivation because of its improved characteristics. A "public cultivar" is the commercially available uniform end product of a publicly funded breeding program that has been sufficiently tested to demonstrate improved characteristics and stable performance.

The bill also amends the Department of Agriculture Reorganization Act of 1994 to establish a public cultivar research activities coordinator within USDA to coordinate research activities relating to the breeding of public cultivars.

]]> Seeds for the Future Act Display Title Seeds for the Future Act Official Title as Introduced To amend the Competitive, Special, and Facilities Research Grant Act and the Department of Agriculture Reorganization Act of 1994 to further plant cultivar research, development, and commercialization, and for other purposes. Introduced in House IH Short Titles as Introduced Seeds for the Future Act Introduced in House 2018-03-07T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-115hr5208ih/xml/BILLS-115hr5208ih.xml 2018-03-28 Referred to the Subcommittee on Biotechnology, Horticulture, and Research. 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. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.