3.0.0 1238 2025-12-05T09:12:44Z 2025-12-05T09:12:44Z Senate S S 2023-04-20 118 https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/senate-bill/1238 ssaf00 Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee Senate Standing Referred To 2023-04-20T17:01:51Z 118 3174 HR 2023-06-01 Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation, Research, and Biotechnology. Identical bill CRS 2023-04-20 ssaf00 Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. IntroReferral 2023-04-20 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress W000800 Sen. Welch, Peter [D-VT] Peter Welch D VT N B001310 Sen. Braun, Mike [R-IN] Mike Braun R IN 2023-04-20 True H001076 Sen. Hassan, Margaret Wood [D-NH] Maggie Hassan D NH 2023-04-20 True Agriculture and Food Advisory bodies 2023-06-22T13:00:28Z Agricultural research 2023-06-22T13:00:28Z Animal and plant health 2023-06-22T13:00:28Z Congressional oversight 2023-06-22T13:00:28Z Department of Agriculture 2023-06-22T13:00:28Z Ecology 2023-06-22T13:00:28Z Endangered and threatened species 2023-06-22T13:00:28Z Environmental assessment, monitoring, research 2023-06-22T13:00:28Z Executive agency funding and structure 2023-06-22T13:00:28Z Forests, forestry, trees 2023-06-22T13:00:28Z Government studies and investigations 2023-06-22T13:00:28Z Horticulture and plants 2023-06-22T13:00:28Z Intergovernmental relations 2023-06-22T13:00:28Z Land use and conservation 2023-06-22T13:00:28Z Pest management 2023-06-22T13:00:28Z Research administration and funding 2023-06-22T13:00:28Z Agriculture and Food 2023-06-22T13:00:28Z

00 2023-04-20 Introduced in Senate 2023-11-22T16:48:01Z <p><b>Invasive Species Prevention and Forest Restoration Act </b></p> <p>This bill sets forth provisions to control invasive species and support native trees.</p> <p>Specifically, the bill directs the Department of Agriculture (USDA) to award grants to federal agencies, nonprofit organizations, and certain institutions for research to promote the restoration of tree species affected by non-native plant pests and noxious weeds.</p> <p>USDA may also award grants to implement the research or other solutions to restore forest tree species native to the United States that have suffered severe levels of mortality caused by nonnative plant pests or noxious weeds. Grants may be awarded to cooperating forestry schools, land-grant colleges or universities, state agricultural experimental stations, or nonprofit organizations.</p> <p>The bill also expands the authority of USDA to transfer funds to respond to an emergency in which a plant pest or noxious weed directly or indirectly threatens any segment of U.S. agricultural production.</p> <p>Further, USDA must enter into an agreement with the National Academy of Sciences or another nongovernmental entity to analyze available resources that federal agencies have to research, and find solutions to, nonnative plant pests and pathogens.</p>

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