118th Congress · SENATE BILLBILL

S. 2316 — Land Grant Research Prioritization Act of 2023

“A bill to amend the Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990 to establish research and extension grant priorities, and for other purposes.”

Agriculture and food

Introduced Jul 13, 2023

Last action Jul 13, 2023

Pipeline · Bill → Law

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Introduced

Jul 13, 2023

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Referred

Jul 13, 2023

Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry

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Committee

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Senate

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House floor

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Resolve Changes

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SummaryCRS Summary

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; andaquaculture methods, including throug...

Provisions · 2 sectionsIntroduced in Senate

Timeline · 2 actions

Jul 13, 2023

Introduced in Senate

Jul 13, 2023

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.