To amend the Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990 to establish seaweed as a high-priority research and extension area, and for other purposes.

Bill: 115-hr-5168
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Soto, Darren [D-FL-9]
Introduced: 2018-03-05
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Agricultural research

Climate change and greenhouse gases

Research administration and funding
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 Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990 to establish seaweed as a high-priority research and extension area for which the Department of Agriculture (USDA) may make competitive grants to support research and extension activities. USDA may make grants for carrying out or enhancing research with respect to the harvesting of seaweed for voluntary use for the livestock, poultry, and food animal production industries for purposes of the reduction of methane emissions.</p> <p>The bill also reauthorizes the USDA high-priority research and extension initiatives through FY2023. </p>

tv_txt: I 115th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 5168 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 Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990 to establish seaweed as a high-priority research and extension area, and for other purposes.

1. Establishing seaweed as a high-priority research and extension area Effective on October 1, 2018, section 1672 of the Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990 ( 7 U.S.C. 5925 ) is amended— (1) in subsection (d), by adding at the end the following new paragraph: (11) Seaweed Research and extension grants may be made under this section for the purpose of carrying out or enhancing research with respect to the harvesting of seaweed for voluntary use for the livestock, poultry, and food animal production industries for purposes of the reduction of methane emissions. ; and (2) in subsection (h), by striking 2018 and inserting 2023 .