Mango Plant Health Initiative Act

Mango Plant Health Initiative Act

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

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

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

The bill also extends the authority for several existing USDA high-priority research and extension initiatives through FY2028.

[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3856 Introduced in House (IH)]

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118th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3856

To amend the Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990 to 
    include in the high-priority research and extension initiatives 
        research on mango plant health, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              June 6, 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 
    include in the high-priority research and extension initiatives 
        research on mango plant health, 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 ``Mango Plant Health Initiative Act''.

SEC. 2. MANGO 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) Mango plant health initiative act.--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 
                of mangos to native and nonnative disease and insect 
                pests;
                    ``(B) conducting research for treatment of pests 
                that affect mangos, including Colletotrichum spp;
                    ``(C) conducting field studies to evaluate 
                cultivars of mangos with enhanced resistance to 
                diseases and pests;
                    ``(D) disseminating information and educating 
                growers on best practices to promote the safe 
                production of mangos; and
                    ``(E) establishing an areawide integrated pest 
                management program in areas affected by, or areas at 
                risk of being affected by, pathogens such as 
                Colletotrichum spp or insect pests, such as thrips.''.
    (b) Extension.--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 ``2028''.
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