[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 7665 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 7665

To amend the Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990 to 
 add biological pest control to the list of high-priority research and 
                            extension areas.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           February 24, 2026

 Ms. Scholten 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 
 add biological pest control to the list of high-priority research and 
                            extension areas.

    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 ``Friends in the Field Act''.

SEC. 2. ADDITION OF BIOLOGICAL PEST CONTROL TO HIGH-PRIORITY RESEARCH 
              AND EXTENSION AREAS.

    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:
            ``(21) Biological pest control.--Research and extension 
        grants may be made under this section for the purposes of 
        supporting research, development, or education materials, 
        information, and outreach programs regarding biological pest 
        control to limit crop damage and food-borne illnesses.''.
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