To amend the Competitive, Special, and Facilities Research Grant Act to prioritize research on sensor and imager technology in agriculture, and for other purposes.

Bill: 115-hr-5169
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Soto, Darren [D-FL-9]
Introduced: 2018-03-05
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Advanced technology and technological innovations

Agricultural practices and innovations

Agricultural research
Latest action: action_date: 2018-03-28
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Biotechnology, Horticulture, and Research.

Summaries:
action_date: 2018-03-05
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p>This bill amends the Competitive, Special, and Facilities Research Grant Act and the Agricultural Research, Extension, and Education Reform Act of 1998 to authorize the Department of Agriculture (USDA) to provide competitive grants for sensor and imager technology. The bill authorizes USDA to provide the grants under: (1) the Agriculture and Food Research Initiative, and (2) the Specialty Crop Research Initiative. </p>

tv_txt: I 115th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 5169 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES March 5, 2018 Mr. Soto introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Agriculture A BILL To amend the Competitive, Special, and Facilities Research Grant Act to prioritize research on sensor and imager technology in agriculture, and for other purposes.

1. Sensor and imager technology in agriculture (a) Agriculture and Food Research Initiative Section 2(b)(2)(E) of the Competitive, Special, and Facilities Research Grant Act ( 7 U.S.C. 3157(b)(2)(E) ) is amended— (1) by redesignating clauses (iii) and (iv) as clauses (iv) and (v), respectively; and (2) by inserting after clause (ii) the following new clause: (iii) sensor and imager technology; . (b) Specialty crop research initiative Paragraph (4) of section 412(b) of the Agricultural Research, Extension, and Education Reform Act of 1998 ( 7 U.S.C. 7632(b) ) is amended to read as follows: (4) new innovations and technology, including— (A) improved mechanization and technologies that delay or inhibit ripening; and (B) sensor and imager technology. .