[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5168 Introduced in House (IH)]

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115th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 5168

To amend the Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990 to 
 establish seaweed as a high-priority research and extension area, and 
                          for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 5, 2018

   Mr. Soto introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                        Committee on Agriculture

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend the Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990 to 
 establish seaweed as a high-priority research and extension area, 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. ESTABLISHING SEAWEED AS A HIGH-PRIORITY RESEARCH AND 
              EXTENSION AREA.

    Effective on October 1, 2018, section 1672 of the Food, 
Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990 (7 U.S.C. 5925) is 
amended--
            (1) in subsection (d), by adding at the end the following 
        new paragraph:
            ``(11) Seaweed.--Research and extension grants may be made 
        under this section for the purpose of carrying out or enhancing 
        research with respect to the harvesting of seaweed for 
        voluntary use for the livestock, poultry, and food animal 
        production industries for purposes of the reduction of methane 
        emissions.''; and
            (2) in subsection (h), by striking ``2018'' and inserting 
        ``2023''.
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