[Congressional Bills 114th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2943 Introduced in House (IH)]

114th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2943

To prohibit the Department of Agriculture from obligating or expending 
  any funds for grants awarded for research on the prevention of rose 
                rosette disease, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             June 25, 2015

  Mr. Salmon introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
     Committee on Agriculture, and in addition to the Committee on 
   Appropriations, 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

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                                 A BILL


 
To prohibit the Department of Agriculture from obligating or expending 
  any funds for grants awarded for research on the prevention of rose 
                rosette disease, 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. PROHIBITING GRANT FUNDS FOR RESEARCH ON THE PREVENTION OF 
              ROSE ROSETTE DISEASE.

    (a) Prohibition.--The Department of Agriculture may not obligate or 
expend any funds for--
            (1) grant project 2014-51181-22644 of the National 
        Institute of Food and Agriculture; and
            (2) any other grant or cooperative agreement for research 
        on the prevention of rose rosette disease.
    (b) Unobligated Balances.--Of the amounts made available for any 
fiscal year as of the date of the enactment of this Act for any grant 
or cooperative agreement of the Department of Agriculture described in 
subsection (a), the unobligated balances of such amounts are hereby 
rescinded.
    (c) Definition of Rose Rosette Disease.--For purposes of this 
section, the term ``rose rosette disease'' means a disease believed to 
be caused by the rose rosette virus and spread by an eriophyid mite 
known as Phyllacoptes fructiphylus.
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