[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2135 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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118th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 2135

   To require the Agricultural Research Service to conduct research 
   relating to wildfire smoke exposure on wine grapes, and for other 
                               purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             June 22, 2023

 Mr. Padilla (for himself, Mr. Merkley, Mrs. Feinstein, and Mr. Wyden) 
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 require the Agricultural Research Service to conduct research 
   relating to wildfire smoke exposure on wine grapes, 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 ``Smoke Exposure Research Act of 
2023''.

SEC. 2. WILDFIRE SMOKE EXPOSURE RESEARCH ON WINE GRAPES.

    (a) Research.--
            (1) In general.--The Secretary of Agriculture, acting 
        through the Administrator of the Agricultural Research Service, 
        shall--
                    (A) conduct research--
                            (i) to identify the compounds responsible 
                        for smoke taint; and
                            (ii) to establish standard methodologies 
                        for sampling and testing smoke-exposed wine 
                        grapes and smoke-affected wines, including fast 
                        and inexpensive screening methods;
                    (B) establish a reliable database of background 
                levels of smoke taint compounds that occur naturally in 
                wine grapes;
                    (C) develop risk assessment tools or mitigation 
                methods to reduce or eliminate smoke taint; and
                    (D) study compounds that can act as a barrier 
                between wine grapes and smoke compounds.
            (2) Coordination.--The Secretary of Agriculture, acting 
        through the Administrator of the Agricultural Research Service, 
        shall carry out paragraph (1) in coordination with land-grant 
        colleges and universities (as defined in section 1404 of the 
        National Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy 
        Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C. 3103)) located in the States of 
        California, Oregon, and Washington that have conducted research 
        on the effects of smoke exposure on viticulture and enology 
        operations and practices.
    (b) Authorization of Appropriations.--There is authorized to be 
appropriated to carry out this section $6,500,000 for each of fiscal 
years 2024 through 2028, to remain available until expended.
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