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Land Grant Research Prioritization Act of 2026
To amend the Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990 to include additional priorities as research and extension initiatives, and for other purposes.
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Summary
Land Grant Research Prioritization Act of 2026
This bill includes additional priorities as Department of Agriculture (USDA) high-priority research and extension areas.
Under the bill, USDA may award grants for developing and evaluating (1) technologies to mechanize agricultural processes (and may emphasize processes for harvesting specialty crops), and (2) agricultural uses of artificial intelligence (and may emphasize uses for improving specialty crop production).
Further, USDA may award grants to support research projects at land-grant colleges and universities to develop and apply
- methods to manage and eradicate invasive species of plants and animals, including through methods of biocontrol; and
- aquaculture methods, including through the propagation and rearing of economically and ecologically valuable aquatic and marine species.
Summary by the Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress.
Actions
- Mar 20, 2026 Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation, Research, and Biotechnology.
- Feb 26, 2026 Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
- Feb 26, 2026 Introduced in House
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