I 
113TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 853 
To create a Citrus Disease Research and Development Trust Fund to support 
research on diseases impacting the citrus industry, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
FEBRUARY 27, 2013 
Mr. BUCHANAN (for himself, Ms. BROWN of Florida, Ms. CASTOR of Florida, 
Mr. CRENSHAW, Mr. DEUTCH, Mr. DIAZ-BALART, Ms. FRANKEL of Flor-
ida, Mr. GARCIA, Mr. GRAYSON, Mr. HASTINGS of Florida, Mr. MILLER 
of Florida, Mr. MURPHY of Florida, Mr. NUGENT, Mr. POSEY, Mr. 
RADEL, 
Mr. 
ROONEY, 
Ms. 
ROS-LEHTINEN, 
Mr. 
ROSS, 
Mr. 
SOUTHERLAND, Ms. WASSERMAN SCHULTZ, Mr. WEBSTER of Florida, 
Ms. WILSON of Florida, Mr. YOHO, Mr. YOUNG of Florida, Mr. HINO-
JOSA, Mr. CUELLAR, and Ms. BROWNLEY of California) introduced the 
following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, 
and in addition to the Committee on Agriculture, for a period to be sub-
sequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of 
such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
A BILL 
To create a Citrus Disease Research and Development Trust 
Fund to support research on diseases impacting the cit-
rus industry, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Citrus Disease Re-
search and Development Trust Fund Act of 2013’’. 
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SEC. 2. FINDINGS AND PURPOSES. 
(a) FINDINGS.—Congress finds that— 
(1) duties collected on imports of citrus and cit-
rus products have ranged from $32,000,000 to 
$87,000,000 annually since 2004, and are projected 
to increase, as United States production declines due 
to the effects of huanglongbing (also known as 
‘‘HLB’’ or ‘‘citrus greening disease’’) and imports 
increase in response to the shortfall in the United 
States; 
(2) in cases involving other similarly situated 
agricultural commodities, notably wool, the Federal 
Government has chosen to divert a portion of the 
tariff revenue collected on imported products to sup-
port efforts of the domestic industry to address chal-
lenges facing the industry; 
(3) citrus and citrus products are a highly nu-
tritious and healthy part of a balanced diet; 
(4) citrus production is an important part of 
the agricultural economy in Florida, California, Ari-
zona, and Texas; 
(5) in 2012, citrus fruits were produced on ap-
proximately 804,300 acres in the United States, 
yielding approximately 11,373,000 tons of citrus 
products with a value at the farm of more than 
$3,443,289,000; 
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(6) the commercial citrus sector employs ap-
proximately 110,000 people and contributes approxi-
mately $13,500,000,000 to the United States econ-
omy; 
(7) the United States citrus industry has suf-
fered billions of dollars in damage from disease and 
pests, both domestic and invasive, over the decade 
preceding the date of the enactment of this Act, par-
ticularly from huanglongbing; 
(8) huanglongbing threatens the entire United 
States citrus industry because the disease kills citrus 
trees; 
(9) as of the date of the enactment of this Act, 
there are no cost effective or environmentally sound 
treatments available to suppress or eradicate 
huanglongbing; 
(10) United States citrus producers working 
with Federal and State governments have devoted 
tens of millions of dollars toward research and ef-
forts to combat huanglongbing and other diseases 
and pests, but more funding is needed to develop 
and commercialize disease and pest solutions; 
(11) although imports constitute an increasing 
share of the United States market, importers of cit-
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