3.0.0 2884 2023-03-08T20:12:14Z 2023-03-08T20:12:14Z Senate S 2021-09-29 117 ssaf00 Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2021-09-29T15:59:29Z Coffee Plant Health Initiative Amendments Act 117 5421 HR 2021-10-21 Referred to the Subcommittee on Biotechnology, Horticulture, and Research. Identical bill CRS 2021-09-29 ssaf00 Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S6781) IntroReferral 2021-09-29 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress H001042 Sen. Hirono, Mazie K. [D-HI] Mazie Hirono D HI K. N S001194 Sen. Schatz, Brian [D-HI] Brian Schatz D HI 2021-09-29 True Agriculture and Food Agricultural conservation and pollution Agricultural practices and innovations Agricultural research Animal and plant health Ecology Forests, forestry, trees Genetics Hazardous wastes and toxic substances Horticulture and plants Insects Pest management Wildlife conservation and habitat protection Agriculture and Food 00 2021-09-29 Introduced in Senate 2021-10-27T10:54:06Z Coffee Plant Health Initiative Amendments Act

This bill expands the research and extension grant program for the coffee plant health initiative. Under current law, the Department of Agriculture (USDA) may provide competitive grants under the initiative to support research and extension activities to combat the insect known as the coffee berry borer (Hypothenemus hampei).

Specifically, the bill authorizes USDA to provide competitive grants for

  • developing and disseminating science-based tools and treatments to combat plant pests and noxious weeds that impact coffee plants;
  • establishing an area-wide integrated pest management program in areas affected by, or at risk of being affected by, plant pests or noxious weeds that impact coffee plants;
  • surveying and collecting data on coffee plant production and health;
  • investigating coffee plant biology, immunology, ecology, genomics, and bioinformatics; and
  • conducting research on various factors that may contribute to or be associated with coffee plant immune systems and other serious threats to coffee plants.
]]> Coffee Plant Health Initiative Amendments Act Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend the Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990 to provide research and extension grants to combat plant pests and noxious weeds that impact coffee plants, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Display Title Coffee Plant Health Initiative Amendments Act Short Title(s) as Introduced Coffee Plant Health Initiative Amendments Act Introduced in Senate IS Introduced in Senate 2021-09-29T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-117s2884is/xml/BILLS-117s2884is.xml 2021-09-29 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S6781) 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.