Coffee Plant Health Initiative Amendments Act

Coffee Plant Health Initiative Amendments Act

This bill expands the research and extension grant program for the coffee plant health initiative. Under current law, the Department of Agriculture (USDA) may provide competitive grants under the initiative to support research and extension activities to combat the insect known as the coffee berry borer (Hypothenemus hampei).

Specifically, the bill authorizes USDA to provide competitive grants for

• developing and disseminating science-based tools and treatments to combat plant pests and noxious weeds that impact coffee plants;
• establishing an area-wide integrated pest management program in areas affected by, or at risk of being affected by, plant pests or noxious weeds that impact coffee plants;
• surveying and collecting data on coffee plant production and health;
• investigating coffee plant biology, immunology, ecology, genomics, and bioinformatics; and
• conducting research on various factors that may contribute to or be associated with coffee plant immune systems and other serious threats to coffee plants.

[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5421 Introduced in House (IH)]

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117th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 5421

To amend the Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990 to 
provide research and extension grants to combat plant pests and noxious 
        weeds that impact coffee plants, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           September 29, 2021

  Mr. Kahele (for himself, Mr. Case, Miss Gonzalez-Colon, Ms. Lee of 
California, Mr. San Nicolas, Mr. Sablan, and Mrs. Radewagen) introduced 
 the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Agriculture

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend the Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990 to 
provide research and extension grants to combat plant pests and noxious 
        weeds that impact coffee plants, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Coffee Plant Health Initiative 
Amendments Act''.

SEC. 2. COFFEE PLANT HEALTH INITIATIVE.

    (a) In General.--Section 1672(d) of the Food, Agriculture, 
Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990 (7 U.S.C. 5925(d)) is amended by 
striking paragraph (9) and inserting the following:
            ``(9) Coffee plant health initiative.--
                    ``(A) In general.--Research and extension grants 
                may be made under this section for the purposes of--
                            ``(i) developing and disseminating science-
                        based tools and treatments to combat plant 
                        pests and noxious weeds that impact coffee 
                        plants;
                            ``(ii) establishing an areawide integrated 
                        pest management program in areas affected by, 
                        or areas at risk of being affected by, plant 
                        pests or noxious weeds that impact coffee 
                        plants;
                            ``(iii) surveying and collecting data on 
                        coffee plant production and health;
                            ``(iv) investigating coffee plant biology, 
                        immunology, ecology, genomics, and 
                        bioinformatics; and
                            ``(v) conducting research on--
                                    ``(I) factors that may contribute 
                                to or be associated with coffee plant 
                                immune systems;
                                    ``(II) other serious threats to 
                                coffee plants, including the sublethal 
                                effects of insecticides, herbicides, 
                                and fungicides on insects and plants 
                                beneficial to coffee plant growth; and
                                    ``(III) the development of 
                                mitigating and preventative measures to 
                                improve habitat conservation and best 
                                management practices in coffee-growing 
                                regions.
                    ``(B) Definition of noxious weed; plant pest.--In 
                this paragraph, the terms `noxious weed' and `plant 
                pest' have the meanings given those terms in section 
                403 of the Plant Protection Act (7 U.S.C. 7702).''.
    (b) Authorization of Appropriations.--Section 1672(h) of the Food, 
Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990 (7 U.S.C. 5925(h)) is 
amended by striking ``2023'' and inserting ``2033''.
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