Land Grant Research Prioritization Act of 2023
- Last Action
- 7/13/2023
Actions
- 2023-07-13Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
- 2023-07-13Introduced in Senate
CRS Summary
As of 2023-07-13 (00)
Land Grant Research Prioritization Act of 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
- 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.
Cosponsors (3)
- Jon Ossoff (D-GA)
- Raphael Warnock (D-GA)
- Rick Scott (R-FL)
Subjects
- Agricultural education
- Agricultural equipment and machinery
- Agricultural practices and innovations
- Agricultural research
- Aquaculture
- Computers and information technology
- Pest management
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