What This Bill Does
This bill changes a 1990 farm law to allow grants for research and teaching programs that fight plant pests and harmful weeds affecting coffee plants. The bill also extends the time period for funding these grants to continue through 2035.
Who It Affects
Not specified in bill text
Key Provisions
• Grants may be used to develop and share science-based tools and treatments to fight plant pests and harmful weeds on coffee plants (Sec. 2(a)(i))
• Grants may be used to set up integrated pest management programs (a combination of methods to control pests) in areas affected by or at risk from plant pests or harmful weeds on coffee plants (Sec. 2(a)(ii))
• Grants may be used to survey and collect data on coffee plant production and health (Sec. 2(a)(iii))
• Grants may be used to study coffee plant biology, immunology (how plants fight disease), ecology, genomics (plant genes), and bioinformatics (computer analysis of biological data) (Sec. 2(a)(iv))
• Grants may be used to research factors related to coffee plant immune systems and threats to coffee plants, including harmful effects of insecticides, herbicides, and fungicides (chemicals used to kill pests and diseases) on helpful insects and plants (Sec. 2(a)(v))
What Changes
If this bill becomes law, the year 2023 in the previous funding law will be replaced with the year 2035, extending when grants can be authorized.
Important Definitions
The bill uses the definitions of "noxious weed" and "plant pest" from the Plant Protection Act. The bill does not define these terms itself (Sec. 2(b))
Effective Date
Not specified in bill text
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118TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 965
To amend the Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990
to provide research and extension grants to combat plant pests and
noxious weeds that impact coffee plants, and for other purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
FEBRUARY 9, 2023
Ms. TOKUDA (for herself, Mrs. GONZA´LEZ-COLO´N, Mr. CASE, and Mr.
GRAVES of Louisiana) introduced the following bill; which was referred
to the Committee on Agriculture
A BILL
To amend the Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade
Act of 1990 to provide research and extension grants
to combat plant pests and noxious weeds that impact
coffee plants, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
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tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
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This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Coffee Plant Health
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Initiative Amendments Act’’.
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SEC. 2. COFFEE PLANT HEALTH INITIATIVE.
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(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 1672(d) of the Food, Ag-
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riculture, Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990 (7 U.S.C.
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5925(d)) is amended by striking paragraph (9) and insert-
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ing the following:
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‘‘(9) COFFEE PLANT HEALTH INITIATIVE.—
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‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Research and exten-
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sion grants may be made under this section for
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the purposes of—
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‘‘(i) developing and disseminating
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science-based tools and treatments to com-
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bat plant pests and noxious weeds that im-
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pact coffee plants;
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‘‘(ii) establishing an areawide inte-
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grated pest management program in areas
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affected by, or areas at risk of being af-
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fected by, plant pests or noxious weeds
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that impact coffee plants;
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‘‘(iii) surveying and collecting data on
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coffee plant production and health;
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‘‘(iv) investigating coffee plant biol-
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ogy, immunology, ecology, genomics, and
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bioinformatics; and
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‘‘(v) conducting research on—
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‘‘(I) factors that may contribute
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to or be associated with coffee plant
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immune systems;
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‘‘(II) other serious threats to cof-
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fee plants, including the sublethal ef-
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fects of insecticides, herbicides, and
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fungicides on insects and plants bene-
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ficial to coffee plant growth; and
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‘‘(III) the development of miti-
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gating and preventative measures to
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improve habitat conservation and best
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management practices in coffee-grow-
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ing regions.
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‘‘(B) DEFINITION
OF
NOXIOUS
WEED;
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PLANT
PEST.—In this paragraph, the terms
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‘noxious weed’ and ‘plant pest’ have the mean-
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ings given those terms in section 403 of the
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Plant Protection Act (7 U.S.C. 7702).’’.
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(b) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—Section
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1672(h) of the Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and
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Trade Act of 1990 (7 U.S.C. 5925(h)) is amended by
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striking ‘‘2023’’ and inserting ‘‘2035’’.
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