Tropical Plant Health Initiative Act

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2897 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

<DOC>






119th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 2897

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 tropical plants, and for other purposes.


_______________________________________________________________________


                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

           September 18 (legislative day, September 16), 2025

Ms. Hirono (for herself and Mr. Schatz) introduced the following bill; 
  which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, 
                        Nutrition, and Forestry

_______________________________________________________________________

                                 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 tropical 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 ``Tropical Plant Health Initiative 
Act''.

SEC. 2. TROPICAL 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) Tropical plant health initiative.--Research and 
        extension grants may be made under this section for the 
        purposes of--
                    ``(A) developing and disseminating science-based 
                tools and treatments to combat plant pests and noxious 
                weeds (as those terms are defined in section 403 of the 
                Plant Protection Act (7 U.S.C. 7702)) that impact 
                tropical plants, including--
                            ``(i) coffee plants;
                            ``(ii) macadamia trees;
                            ``(iii) cacao trees;
                            ``(iv) plantains and bananas;
                            ``(v) mangos;
                            ``(vi) floriculture and nursery crops;
                            ``(vii) vanilla plants; and
                            ``(viii) any other tropical plant, as 
                        determined by the Secretary;
                    ``(B) establishing an areawide integrated pest 
                management program in areas in which those tropical 
                plants are affected by, or are at risk of being 
                affected by, plant pests or noxious weeds (as so 
                defined);
                    ``(C) surveying and collecting data on production 
                and health of those tropical plants;
                    ``(D) investigating biology, immunology, ecology, 
                genomics, and bioinformatics of those tropical plants; 
                and
                    ``(E) conducting research on various factors that 
                may contribute to or be associated with immune systems 
                of those tropical plants and other serious threats to 
                those tropical plants.''.
    (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 ``2030''.
                                 <all>