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118th Congress Agriculture and Food

S. 2316: Land Grant Research Prioritization Act of 2023

Introduced

  1. Introduced (completed)Jul 13, 2023
  2. Passed Senate (not reached)
  3. Passed House (not reached)
  4. To the President (not reached)
  5. Became law (not reached)

Summary

Introduced in Senate, Jul 13, 2023

This bill includes additional priorities as Department of Agriculture (USDA) high-priority research and extension areas.

Under the bill, USDA may award grants for developing and evaluating (1) technologies to mechanize agricultural processes (and may emphasize processes for harvesting specialty crops), and (2) agricultural uses of artificial intelligence (and may emphasize uses for improving specialty crop production).

Further, USDA may award grants to support research projects at land-grant colleges and universities to develop and apply

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  • methods to manage and eradicate invasive species of plants and animals, including through methods of biocontrol; and
  • aquaculture methods, including through the propagation and rearing of economically and ecologically valuable aquatic and marine species.

Written by the Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress.

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Amendments

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Cosponsors

3

Bipartisan support.

Who scored on this bill

6 points earned
  1. 1Marco Rubio R-FL SponsorDrew cross-party cosponsors, introduced2 events+6
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History

  1. Jul 13, 2023Introduced in the Senate by Marco Rubio.
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  1. Jul 13, 2023Introduced in Senate
  2. Jul 13, 2023Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.