3.0.0 1778 2025-04-23T10:58:04Z 2025-04-23T10:58:04Z Senate S S 2023-05-31 118 ssaf00 Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee Senate Standing Referred To 2023-05-31T21:06:01Z 118 7391 HR 2024-08-30 Referred to the Subcommittee on Commodity Markets, Digital Assets, and Rural Development. Related bill CRS 118 1840 HR 2023-03-28 Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, and in addition to the Committees on Education and the Workforce, Energy and Commerce, House Administration, and Oversight and Accountability, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. Related bill CRS 118 1016 S 2023-03-28 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. Related bill CRS 118 2931 S 2023-09-26 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. Related bill CRS 2023-05-31 ssaf00 Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. IntroReferral 2023-05-31 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress H001046 Sen. Heinrich, Martin [D-NM] Martin Heinrich D NM T. N B001310 Sen. Braun, Mike [R-IN] Mike Braun R IN 2023-05-31 True Agriculture and Food Agriculture and Food 2023-06-29T14:30:27Z

00 2023-05-31 Introduced in Senate 2025-04-23T10:56:47Z <p><strong>Agrivoltaics Research and Demonstration Act of 2023</strong></p><p>This bill authorizes the Department of Agriculture (USDA) to study and establish research and demonstration sites on agrivoltaic systems. The bill defines <em>agrivoltaic system </em>as a system under which solar energy production and agricultural production, including crop or animal production, occur in an integrated manner on the same piece of land through the duration of a project.</p><p>Specifically, the bill directs USDA to study agrivoltaic systems, which includes conducting a review of current research and identifying research gaps. USDA must also develop a five-year plan for using USDA's research, extension, outreach, conservation, and renewable energy activities to better support agrivoltaic systems that do not displace agricultural production.</p><p>USDA must also develop a definition for <em>agrivoltaic system</em> for the purposes of incorporating these systems into federal agriculture and energy programs, and investment tax credits.</p><p>In addition, the Agricultural Research Service must establish and maintain a network of agrivoltaic systems research and demonstration sites in multiple U.S. regions to investigate increasing agricultural productivity and profitability, enhancing agricultural resilience, protecting biodiversity, and increasing economic opportunities in rural communities.</p>

Display Title 45 2024-07-24T15:21:52Z Short Title(s) as Introduced 101 2024-05-24T13:39:21Z Introduced in Senate IS Official Title as Introduced 6 2023-06-21T02:30:25Z Introduced in Senate IS Introduced in Senate 2023-05-31T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-118s1778is/xml/BILLS-118s1778is.xml 2023-05-31 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. 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.