HORTICULTURE related term(s) Flowers

Bills and resolutions

Alaska: improve access to healthy foods, food processing, housing, forestry, agricultural research, and other agricultural programs, and Tribal self-determination relative to those programs (see S. 2354), S2984 [18JY]

American Grown Flower and Foliage Month: designate (see H. Res. 638), H4158 [1AU]

American Grown Flower Month: designate (see S. Res. 289), S2311 [11JY]

Dept. of Agriculture: award grants to eligible organizations to encourage development, maintenance, and expansion of commercial domestic market for domestically produced specialty crop commodities (see H.R. 5061), H4141 [27JY]

——— award grants to specialty crop producers to acquire certain automation and mechanization equipment and provide training for use of such equipment (see H.R. 5062), H4141 [27JY]

——— establish cacao tree health initiative (see H.R. 1454), H1205 [8MR]

——— establish floriculture and nursery plant health initiative (see H.R. 1426), H1149 [7MR]

——— establish fund for spotted wing drosophila research and mitigation (see S. 322), S311 [9FE]

——— establish pollinator-friendly plant labeling program (see S. 2199), S2224 [22JN]

——— expand eligibility for Tree Assistance Program and lower mortality threshold (see S. 2682), S3756 [27JY]

——— extend scope of Agriculture Advanced Research and Development Authority to address harmful animal and plant pathogens and provide States additional access to agricultural innovation projects (see H.R. 2385), H1641 [29MR]

——— further plant cultivar and animal breed research, development, and commercialization (see S. 2023), S2123 [15JN]

——— mitigate threat of invasive species in forests (see S. 1238), S1293 [20AP] (see H.R. 3174), H2243 [10MY]

——— modify macadamia tree health initiative (see S. 372), S312 [9FE] (see H.R. 966), H825 [9FE]

——— prioritize urban and community forestry assistance for areas with low tree equity scores and establish grant program to enhance public elementary and secondary school rooftop gardens (see H.R. 2786), H1909 [20AP]

——— provide assistance and establish grant program in support of nurseries and seed orchards (see H.R. 5381), H4229 [8SE]

——— provide for enrollment of citrus land in Conservation Reserve Program (see S. 1365), S1418 [27AP] (see H.R. 2942), H2083 [27AP]

——— provide research and extension grants to combat plant pests and noxious weeds that impact coffee plants (see S. 371), S312 [9FE] (see H.R. 965), H825 [9FE]

——— provide research and extension grants to support study of insects and pests that impact plantains and bananas (see H.R. 1455), H1205 [8MR]

——— provide States and communities with additional assistance to plant and maintain trees (see S. 1380), S1419 [27AP]

——— publish report on fertilizer industry (see S. 3471), S5919 [12DE]

——— reauthorize Genome to Phenome Initiative (see H.R. 3905), H2778 [7JN]

——— reauthorize Specialty Crop Research Initiative (see H.R. 5199), H4181 [11AU]

——— require preclearance quarantine inspections for all movement to or from Hawaii by either domestic or international travel (see H.R. 2881), H2047 [26AP]

——— streamline Tree Assistance Program application process to provide financial assistance to certain specialty crop growers impacted by natural disasters (see H.R. 4739), H3857 [19JY]

——— study soil health of Federal lands (see H.R. 5971), H5020 [17OC]

Dept. of Energy: establish grant program for tree planting to reduce residential energy consumption (see H.R. 6348), H5668 [9NO]

Dept. of HUD: establish excess urban heat mitigation grant program (see S. 1379), S1419 [27AP]

——— establish grant program for planting of qualifying trees in eligible areas (see H.R. 4817), H3888 [20JY]

Dept. of the Interior: create dedicated funds to protect North American butterflies, Pacific Island plants, freshwater mussels, and Southwest desert fish (see S. 1708), S1743 [18MY] (see H.R. 3494), H2453 [18MY]

——— partner and collaborate with Dept. of Agriculture and Hawaii to address Rapid Ohia Death (see S. 927), S909 [22MR] (see H.R. 1726), H1327 [22MR]

Dept. of the Interior and Forest Service: improve revegetation and carbon sequestration activities in U.S. (see S. 2991), S4760 [28SE]

Ecology and environment: issue semipostal to benefit programs that combat invasive species (see H.R. 210), H105 [9JA]

Endangered Species Day: designate (see H. Res. 423), H2456 [18MY]

EPA: provide for consistent definition for plant biostimulants (see S. 802), S797 [15MR] (see H.R. 1472), H1206 [8MR]

FDA: protect access to kratom (see S. 3039), S4948 [4OC] (see H.R. 5905), H4990 [6OC]

Federal Crop Insurance Corp.: revise terms of Standard Reinsurance Agreement and Livestock Price Reinsurance Agreement (see S. 2421), S3458 [20JY] (see H.R. 4804), H3888 [20JY]

Forest Service: carry out Special Forest Products program to charge and collect not less than fair market value for forest botanical products harvested on National Forest System lands (see H.R. 5335), H4217 [1SE]

——— enter into contracts, grants, and agreements to carry out ecosystem restoration activities relative to collection and maintenance of native seeds and production of seedlings for revegetation (see S. 1164), S1091 [30MR] (see H.R. 5015), H4139 [27JY]

——— improve health and resiliency of giant sequoias (see H.R. 2989), H2116 [28AP]

National Arbor Day: anniversary (see S. Res. 183), S1419 [27AP]

National Native Plant Month: designate (see S. Res. 152), S1092 [30MR] (see H. Res. 293), H1726 [13AP]

Natural resources: require priority and consideration of using native plants in Federal projects (see S. 3510), S5961 [13DE] (see H.R. 6832), H6985 [14DE]

Public buildings: require cut flowers and cut greens displayed in certain Federal buildings to be produced in U.S. (see H.R. 4604), H3573 [13JY]

Wildfires: provide for removal of small-diameter trees in fire hazard areas (see S. 3062), S5048 [17OC]

Wildlife: exempt certain water transfers between Texas, Arkansas, and Louisiana from Lacey Act and Lacey Act Amendments ban on trafficking in wildlife, fish, and plants (see S. 773), S743 [9MR] (see H.R. 1560), H1279 [10MR]

Remarks in House

Crayton, Carolyn Mullis: Central Georgia Council of the Boy Scouts Distinguished Citizen Award recipient, E794 [25AU]

Dept. of Agriculture: reform and continue agricultural and other programs, H286 [25JA], H1332, H1335 [23MR], H2179 [10MY], H2506, H2509 [23MY], H2715 [5JN], H3076 [22JN], H3213 [12JY], H4059 [27JY], H4234 [12SE], H5941 [29NO]

——— require preclearance quarantine inspections for all movement to or from Hawaii by either domestic or international travel (H.R. 2881), E359 [26AP]

Dept. of HHS: prohibit funding for any grant related to any transgenic edible vaccine, H5832 [14NO]

Federal Crop Insurance Corp.: revise terms of Standard Reinsurance Agreement and Livestock Price Reinsurance Agreement (H.R. 4804), H3875 [20JY]

Garden Club of Orange Park (organization): anniversary, H6067 [1DE]

International World Peace Rose Gardens (organization): tribute, E405 [5MY]

Pennsylvania: efforts to combat and slow spread of spotted lanternfly, H2667 [31MY]

Washington State University: anniversary of WSU Extension Master Gardeners Program, H2555 [24MY]

Remarks in Senate

American Grown Flower Month: designate (S. Res. 289), S2328, S2329 [11JY]

Dept. of Agriculture: reform and continue agricultural and other programs, S109 [26JA], S2014 [8JN], S2268 [10JY], S2447 [13JY], S4570 [19SE], S5172–S5175 [25OC]

Endangered Species Day: observance, S1723 [18MY]

National Arbor Day: anniversary (S. Res. 183), S1426 [27AP]

National Native Plant Month: designate (S. Res. 152), S1496 [3MY]

Reports filed

Continued Rapid Ohia Death Response Act: Committee on Natural Resources (House) (H.R. 1726) (H. Rept. 118–205), H4436 [20SE]

Texts of

S. Res. 152, National Native Plant Month, S1104 [30MR]

S. Res. 183, National Arbor Day anniversary, S1424 [27AP]

S. Res. 289, American Grown Flower Month, S2315 [11JY]