Plantain and Banana Plant Health Initiative Act

Plantain and Banana Plant Health Initiative Act

This bill establishes a research and extension grant program for a plantain and banana plant health initiative.

Specifically, the bill authorizes the Department of Agriculture to provide competitive grants for

• studying potential resistance and tolerance to nonnative diseases and insect pests;
• increasing research for treatment of pests that affect plantains and bananas;
• conducting field studies to evaluate plantain and banana cultivars with enhanced resistance to diseases and pests, and adaptability to tropical soils;
• educating growers on best practices to promote safe production of plantains and bananas; and
• establishing area-wide integrated pest management programs in areas affected by, or at risk of being affected by, specified pests.

[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1455 Introduced in House (IH)]

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118th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1455

To amend the Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990 to 
 provide research and extension grants to support the study of insects 
  and pests that impact plantains and bananas, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 8, 2023

    Mrs. Gonzalez-Colon (for herself and Ms. Tokuda) 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 support the study of insects 
  and pests that impact plantains and bananas, 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 ``Plantain and Banana Plant Health 
Initiative Act''.

SEC. 2. PLANTAIN AND BANANA 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 
adding at the end the following:
            ``(21) Plantain and banana health initiative.--Research and 
        extension grants may be made under this section for a term of 
        not less than 5 years for the purposes of--
                    ``(A) studying potential resistance and tolerance 
                to nonnative diseases and insect pests;
                    ``(B) increasing research for treatment of pests 
                that affect plantains and bananas, including Fusarium 
                oxysporum f.sp.cubense, Tropical Race 4;
                    ``(C) conducting field studies to evaluate plantain 
                and banana cultivars with enhanced resistance to 
                diseases and pests, and adaptability to tropical soils;
                    ``(D) disseminating information and educating 
                growers on best practices to promote safe production of 
                plantains and bananas; and
                    ``(E) establishing an areawide integrated pest 
                management program in areas affected by, or areas at 
                risk of being affected by pests such as Fusarium 
                oxysporum f.sp.cubense, Tropical Race 4.''.
    (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 ``2027''.
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