To prohibit the Department of Agriculture from obligating or expending any funds for grants awarded for research on the prevention of rose rosette disease, and for other purposes.

Bill: 114-hr-2943
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Salmon, Matt [R-AZ-5]
Introduced: 2015-06-25
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Agricultural research

Animal and plant health

Appropriations

Department of Agriculture

Executive agency funding and structure

Horticulture and plants

Pest management

Research administration and funding
Latest action: action_date: 2015-06-25
text: Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, and in addition to the Committee on Appropriations, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

Summaries:
action_date: 2015-06-25
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p>This bill prohibits the Department of Agriculture from using funds for grants or cooperative agreements for research on the prevention of rose rosette disease. The bill also rescinds any unobligated balances from appropriations provided for this purpose. Rose rosette disease is caused by a plant virus that is transmitted by mites and can kill infected roses. </p>

tv_txt: I 114th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 2943 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES June 25, 2015 Mr. Salmon introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Agriculture , and in addition to the Committee on Appropriations , for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned A BILL To prohibit the Department of Agriculture from obligating or expending any funds for grants awarded for research on the prevention of rose rosette disease, and for other purposes.

1. Prohibiting grant funds for research on the prevention of rose rosette disease (a) Prohibition The Department of Agriculture may not obligate or expend any funds for— (1) grant project 2014–51181–22644 of the National Institute of Food and Agriculture; and (2) any other grant or cooperative agreement for research on the prevention of rose rosette disease. (b) Unobligated balances Of the amounts made available for any fiscal year as of the date of the enactment of this Act for any grant or cooperative agreement of the Department of Agriculture described in subsection (a), the unobligated balances of such amounts are hereby rescinded. (c) Definition of rose rosette disease For purposes of this section, the term rose rosette disease means a disease believed to be caused by the rose rosette virus and spread by an eriophyid mite known as Phyllacoptes fructiphylus.