3.0.0 7110 2023-01-11T13:41:13Z 2023-01-11T13:41:13Z House HR 2018-10-30 115 [Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 175 (Tuesday, October 30, 2018)]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]By Mr. PANETTA:H.R. 7110.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article I, Section 8, clause 18[Page H9460]]]> hsag00 Agriculture Committee House Standing hsag14 Conservation, Research, and Biotechnology Subcommittee Referred to 2018-12-12T19:02:41Z Referred to 2018-10-30T17:00:29Z 2018-12-12 hsag14 Conservation, Research, and Biotechnology Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Biotechnology, Horticulture, and Research. Committee 2018-10-30 Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsag00 Agriculture Committee 2018-10-30 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2018-10-30 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress P000613 Rep. Panetta, Jimmy [D-CA-20] Jimmy Panetta D CA 20 N V000129 Rep. Valadao, David G. [R-CA-21] David Valadao R CA G. 21 2018-10-30 True Agriculture and Food Agricultural practices and innovations Fruit and vegetables Horticulture and plants Research administration and funding Research and development Agriculture and Food 00 2018-10-30 Introduced in House 2018-11-07T23:23:37Z Specialty Crop Mechanization Prize Challenge of 2018

This bill requires the Department of Agriculture (USDA) to establish a Specialty Crop Mechanization Challenges program to carry out prize competitions for the mechanization of specialty crop production. (Specialty crops are fruits and vegetables, tree nuts, dried fruits, and horticulture and nursery crops, including floriculture.)

The program must include at least one prize competition for solutions to automate or alleviate stresses on the workforce during each of the following:

  • the planting of specialty crops,
  • tasks associated with the management of specialty crops,
  • the harvesting of specialty crops, and
  • processing and preparing specialty crops for distribution.

USDA must assemble prize committees to determine the scope, details, requirements, judging criteria, and incentives for each competition.

]]> Specialty Crop Mechanization Prize Challenge of 2018 Display Title Specialty Crop Mechanization Prize Challenge of 2018 Official Title as Introduced To direct the Secretary of Agriculture to provide for prize competitions relating to specialty crop mechanization, and for other purposes. Introduced in House IH Short Titles as Introduced Specialty Crop Mechanization Prize Challenge of 2018 Introduced in House 2018-10-30T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-115hr7110ih/xml/BILLS-115hr7110ih.xml 2018-12-12 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.