[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4236 Introduced in House (IH)]

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118th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 4236

To amend the Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990 to 
      modify the areas of focus for centers of excellence at 1890 
                 Institutions, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             June 21, 2023

  Ms. Adams (for herself, Ms. Strickland, and Mr. Bishop of Georgia) 
 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 
      modify the areas of focus for centers of excellence at 1890 
                 Institutions, 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 ``1890s Advancing and Building 
Leadership and Excellence Opportunity Act of 2023''.

SEC. 2. CENTERS OF EXCELLENCE AT 1890 INSTITUTIONS.

    Section 1673(d) of the Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade 
Act of 1990 (7 U.S.C. 5926(d)) is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (1), by inserting ``but not more than 10'' 
        after ``not less than 3'';
            (2) in paragraph (2), by adding at the end the following:
                    ``(G) Climate change.--A center of excellence 
                established under paragraph (1) may focus on climate 
                change adaption and mitigation, soil health and carbon 
                sequestration, nutrient and manure management, advanced 
                grazing management and crop-livestock integration, 
                perennial production systems, agroforestry, on-farm and 
                food system energy efficiency and renewable energy 
                production, and food waste reduction.
                    ``(H) Forestry resilience and conservation.--A 
                center of excellence established under paragraph (1) 
                may focus on fostering forest conservation, 
                agroforestry, enhancing forest resilience to climate 
                change, and urban and community forestry programs to 
                promote biodiversity and environmental health.
                    ``(I) Food safety, bioprocessing, and value-added 
                agriculture.--A center of excellence established under 
                paragraph (1) may focus on food safety, bioprocessing, 
                value-added agriculture enterprise development, and 
                innovative food and agriculture product development.
                    ``(J) Food and agricultural sciences and the social 
                sciences.--A center of excellence established under 
                paragraph (1) may focus on the integration of the 
                social sciences, including economics, psychology, rural 
                sociology, and other social sciences and data sciences, 
                into the food and agricultural sciences to develop 
                comprehensive solutions to issues impacting underserved 
                farmers and communities.''; and
            (3) in paragraph (3), by striking ``$10,000,000 for each of 
        fiscal years 2019 through 2023'' and inserting ``$50,000,000 
        for each of fiscal years 2024 through 2028''.
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