Georgia Citrus Development Act of 2023

Bill: 118-s-2192
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Ossoff, Jon [D-GA]
Introduced: 2023-06-22
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Latest action: action_date: 2023-06-22
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.

Summaries:
action_date: 2023-06-22
action_desc: Introduced in Senate
text: <p><b>Georgia Citrus Development Act of 2023</b></p> <p>This bill modifies the membership of the Citrus Disease Subcommittee of the Department of Agriculture's Specialty Crop Committee and reauthorizes the subcommittee through FY2028. Specifically, the bill increases the subcommittee membership (domestic producers of citrus in a state) to 12 members and requires one of the members to represent Georgia.</p> <p>Currently, the subcommittee must include 11 members, with 5 members representing Arizona or California, 5 representing Florida, and 1 member representing Texas. </p>

tv_txt: II 118th CONGRESS 1st Session S. 2192 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES June 22, 2023 Mr. Ossoff introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry A BILL To amend the National Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 to include representation of the State of Georgia on the Citrus Disease Subcommittee of the Specialty Crops Committee, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Georgia Citrus Development Act of 2023 . 2. Representation of Georgia on Citrus Disease Subcommittee Section 1408A(a)(2) of the National Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 ( 7 U.S.C. 3123a(a)(2) ) is amended— (1) in subparagraph (B)— (A) in the matter preceding clause (i), by striking 11 and inserting 12 ; and (B) by adding at the end the following: (iv) One of such members shall represent Georgia. ; and (2) in subparagraph (D), by striking 2023 and inserting 2028 .