[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1910 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

103d CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 1910

To establish a national research program to improve the production and 
  marketing of sweet potatoes and increase the consumption and use of 
    sweet potatoes by domestic and foreign consumers, and for other 
                               purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

              March 9 (legislative day, February 22), 1994

  Mr. Johnston (for himself and Mr. Breaux) introduced the following 
      bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on 
                 Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.

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                                 A BILL


 
To establish a national research program to improve the production and 
  marketing of sweet potatoes and increase the consumption and use of 
    sweet potatoes by domestic and foreign consumers, and for other 
                               purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Sweet Potato Research and Production 
Improvement Act of 1994''.

SEC. 2. NATIONAL SWEET POTATO RESEARCH PROGRAM.

    (a) In General.--The Secretary of Agriculture, acting through the 
Agricultural Research Service or through cooperative agreements with 
land-grant colleges and universities, shall conduct research regarding 
sweet potatoes, including research to develop--
            (1) widely adapted, high-quality cultivars of sweet potato 
        with increased yields and improved levels of disease and pest 
        resistance for traditional markets and alternative uses;
            (2) environmentally compatible management technologies to 
        control diseases, nematodes, insects, and weeds that limit 
        sweet potato production in the United States, including 
        effective controls for sweet potato weevils in host and nonhost 
        crops;
            (3) detection and monitoring systems for male and female 
        sweet potato weevils in sweet potato storage facilities and in 
        field and seed bed plantings;
            (4) integrated crop management practices for sweet potatoes 
        that effectively combine cultural and biological controls, 
        environmentally rational chemical usage, and host resistance;
            (5) improved technology for more efficient harvesting, 
        grading, and storage of sweet potatoes;
            (6) improved technology for processing sweet potatoes for 
        both traditional and nontraditional food products; and
            (7) methods to increase sweet potato consumption and uses 
        while also removing possible barriers that limit sweet potato 
        use in both domestic and export markets.
    (b) Authorization of Appropriations.--There are authorized to be 
appropriated to the Department of Agriculture to carry out this section 
$2,400,000 for fiscal year 1994 and each fiscal year thereafter. Of the 
amounts made available for a fiscal year under this section--
            (1) not more than $400,000 shall be made available to carry 
        out research described in subsection (a)(1);
            (2) not more than $500,000 shall be made available to carry 
        out research described in paragraphs (2) and (3) of subsection 
        (a);
            (3) not more than $400,000 shall be made available to carry 
        out research described in subsection (a)(4);
            (4) not more than $400,000 shall be made available to carry 
        out research described in subsection (a)(5);
            (5) not more than $400,000 shall be made available to carry 
        out research described in subsection (a)(6); and
            (6) not more than $300,000 shall be made available to carry 
        out research described in subsection (a)(7).

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