3.0.0 3240 2023-01-11T13:41:48Z 2023-01-11T13:41:48Z Senate S 2018-07-18 115 sseg00 Energy and Natural Resources Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2018-07-18T21:30:34Z Botanical Sciences and Native Plant Materials Research, Restoration, and Promotion Act 115 1054 HR 2017-03-23 Referred to the Subcommittee on Readiness. Related bill CRS 2018-07-18 sseg00 Energy and Natural Resources Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. IntroReferral 2018-07-18 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress H001042 Sen. Hirono, Mazie K. [D-HI] Mazie Hirono D HI K. N V000128 Sen. Van Hollen, Chris [D-MD] Chris Van Hollen D MD 2018-07-18 True W000802 Sen. Whitehouse, Sheldon [D-RI] Sheldon Whitehouse D RI 2018-07-18 True D000622 Sen. Duckworth, Tammy [D-IL] Tammy Duckworth D IL 2018-07-18 True Science, Technology, Communications Biological and life sciences Department of the Interior Employee hiring Endangered and threatened species Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management Government studies and investigations Higher education Horticulture and plants Land use and conservation Natural disasters Public Lands and Natural Resources Student aid and college costs Wilderness and natural areas, wildlife refuges, wild rivers, habitats Wildlife conservation and habitat protection Science, Technology, Communications 00 2018-07-18 Introduced in Senate 2019-09-12T12:27:33Z Botanical Sciences and Native Plant Materials Research, Restoration, and Promotion Act

This bill requires the Department of the Interior to establish a botanical science research program, hire botanical scientists, and establish a student loan repayment program for botanical scientists.

The bill also (1) requires certain federal agencies and states to establish a preference for using locally adapted native plant materials in various federally funded projects and activities, (2) authorizes federal agencies to carry out specified activities related to native plant materials, and (3) establishes a grant program for projects to prevent rare plants species from becoming endangered species and encourage the recovery of endangered plant species.

]]> Botanical Sciences and Native Plant Materials Research, Restoration, and Promotion Act Display Title Botanical Sciences and Native Plant Materials Research, Restoration, and Promotion Act Official Title as Introduced A bill to promote botanical research and botanical sciences capacity, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Botanical Sciences and Native Plant Materials Research, Restoration, and Promotion Act Introduced in Senate 2018-07-18T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-115s3240is/xml/BILLS-115s3240is.xml 2018-07-18 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. 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.