3.0.0 1426 2024-07-24T15:23:25Z 2024-07-24T15:23:25Z House H HR 2023-03-07 118 [Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 43 (Tuesday, March 7, 2023)][House]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]By Ms. TOKUDA:H.R. 1426.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article 1, Section 8, Clauses 1 and 18 of the United StatesConstitution.The single subject of this legislation is:Amending the Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Actof 1990 to establish a Fioriculture and Nursery Plant HealthInitiative.[Page H1152]]]> hsag00 Agriculture Committee House Standing hsag14 Conservation, Research, and Biotechnology Subcommittee Referred to 2023-04-04T17:30:12Z Referred to 2023-03-07T17:06:30Z 2023-04-04 hsag14 Conservation, Research, and Biotechnology Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation, Research, and Biotechnology. Committee 2023-03-07 Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsag00 Agriculture Committee 2023-03-07 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2023-03-07 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress T000487 Rep. Tokuda, Jill N. [D-HI-2] Jill Tokuda D HI N. 2 N C001055 Rep. Case, Ed [D-HI-1] Ed Case D HI 1 2023-03-07 True Agriculture and Food Agriculture and Food 2023-03-27T17:47:43Z 00 2023-03-07 Introduced in House 2023-03-30T11:20:55Z Floriculture and Nursery Plant Health Initiative Act of 2023

This bill establishes a research and extension grant program for a floriculture and nursery plant health initiative.

Specifically, the bill authorizes the Department of Agriculture to provide competitive grants for

  • developing and disseminating science-based tools and treatments to combat plant pests and pathogens that impact floriculture and nursery crops;
  • establishing area-wide integrated pest management programs in areas affected by, or areas at risk of being affected by, invasive plant pests or pathogens;
  • surveying and collecting data on the production of, health of, and markets for floriculture and nursery crops;
  • investigating the biology, genomics, and production systems of floriculture and nursery crops; and
  • conducting research on various factors that may contribute to (or be associated with) resilient floriculture and nursery crop systems, and combatting other serious threats to floriculture and nursery crops.
]]> Floriculture and Nursery Plant Health Initiative Act of 2023 Display Title 45 Floriculture and Nursery Plant Health Initiative Act of 2023 2024-07-24T15:23:25Z Short Title(s) as Introduced 101 Floriculture and Nursery Plant Health Initiative Act of 2023 2024-05-24T13:41:48Z Introduced in House IH Official Title as Introduced 6 To amend the Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990 to establish a floriculture and nursery plant health initiative, and for other purposes. 2024-03-18T20:25:49Z Introduced in House IH Introduced in House 2023-03-07T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-118hr1426ih/xml/BILLS-118hr1426ih.xml 2023-04-04 Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation, Research, and Biotechnology. 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.