[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1426 Introduced in House (IH)]

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118th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1426

To amend the Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990 to 
 establish a floriculture and nursery plant health initiative, and for 
                            other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 7, 2023

 Ms. Tokuda (for herself and Mr. Case) 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 a floriculture and nursery plant health initiative, 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 ``Floriculture and Nursery Plant 
Health Initiative Act of 2023''.

SEC. 2. ESTABLISHING THE FLORICULTURE AND NURSERY PLANT HEALTH 
              INITIATIVE.

    (a) In General.--Section 1672(d) of the Food, Agriculture, 
Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990 (7 U.S.C. 5925(d)) is amended by 
adding at the end the following new paragraph:
            ``(21) Floriculture and nursery plant health initiative.--
        Research and extension grants may be made under this section 
        for the purposes of--
                    ``(A) developing and disseminating science-based 
                tools and treatments to combat plant pests (as defined 
                in section 403 of the Plant Protection Act (7 U.S.C. 
                7702)) and pathogens that impact floriculture and 
                nursery crops;
                    ``(B) establishing area-wide integrated pest 
                management programs in areas affected by, or areas at 
                risk of being affected by, invasive plant pests or 
                pathogens;
                    ``(C) surveying and collecting data on the 
                production of, health of, and markets for floriculture 
                and nursery crops;
                    ``(D) investigating the biology, genomics, and 
                production systems of floriculture and nursery crops; 
                and
                    ``(E) conducting research on various factors that 
                may contribute to (or be associated with) resilient 
                floriculture and nursery crop systems, and combating 
                other serious threats to floriculture and nursery 
                crops, including research on--
                            ``(i) utilizing beneficial insects, soil 
                        improvement techniques, and chemicals (organic 
                        and nonorganic) to improve the health and 
                        productivity of floriculture and nursery crops;
                            ``(ii) breeding new varieties to maintain 
                        the worldwide market advantage of the 
                        floriculture and nursery crop industries; and
                            ``(iii) best management practices in 
                        floriculture and nursery crop growing regions 
                        under various climate conditions.''.
    (b) Authorization of Appropriations.--Section 1672(h) of the Food, 
Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990 (7 U.S.C. 5925(h)) is 
amended by striking ``2023'' and inserting ``2034''.
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