Precision Agriculture Workforce Training and Development Act

[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5459 Introduced in House (IH)]

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118th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 5459

To amend the Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990 to 
 include as a high-priority research and extension initiative research 
 and extension on precision agriculture workforce development, and for 
                            other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           September 14, 2023

 Mr. Flood (for himself and Mr. Neguse) 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 as a high-priority research and extension initiative research 
 and extension on precision agriculture workforce development, 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 ``Precision Agriculture Workforce 
Training and Development Act''.

SEC. 2. PRECISION AGRICULTURE WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT.

    (a) High-Priority Research and Extension.--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) Precision agriculture workforce development.--
        Research and extension grants may be made under this section 
        for the purposes of developing programs to support precision 
        agriculture student workforce training and development, in 
        partnership with public or private entities, that enhance the 
        participation of precision agriculture.''.
    (b) Agriculture and Food Research Initiative.--Subsection (b)(6) of 
the Competitive, Special, and Facilities Research Grant Act (7 U.S.C. 
3157(b)(6)) is amended--
            (1) in subparagraph (E), by striking ``and'' at the end;
            (2) in subparagraph (F), by striking the period at the end 
        and inserting ``; and''; and
            (3) by adding at the end the following:
                    ``(G) to an institution that carries out programs 
                of cooperative education (as defined in section 831(b) 
                of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 
                1161n(b))) for the purposes of improving precision 
                agriculture workforce training and development.''.
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