H.R. 4173 · 118th Congress
Advancing Automation Research and Development in Agriculture Act
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Brownley3 signed on when it was introduced; the rest joined later. Cosponsors who withdrew aren't shown.
Advancing Automation Research and Development in Agriculture Act
What it does: CRS summary · Introduced in House · Jun 15, 2023
Advancing Automation Research and Development in Agriculture Act
This bill directs the Department of Agriculture (USDA) to establish within USDA a stand-alone competitive research and extension grant program to increase the competitiveness of specialty crops in the United States through the advancement and acceleration of mechanization and automation. Specialty crops are fruits and vegetables, tree nuts, dried fruits, and horticulture and nursery crops (including floriculture).
The bill provides specified funds for FY2024 and each succeeding year to carry out the program.
The grant program includes projects that
- create or improve cost-effective technologies to reduce a specialty crop grower's manual labor requirements and increase the efficiency of crop production, resource management, harvesting, processing, post-harvest technologies, and packaging;
- increase adoption of mechanization and automation technologies; and
- accelerate automation and mechanization through prototype development, in-field trial testing, ongoing industry engagement, and rapid commercialization.
Entities eligible for the grant program are federal agencies, national laboratories, colleges and universities, research institutions and organizations, private organizations and corporations, state agricultural experiment stations, individuals, and organizations representing specialty crop growers.
Written by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service. All summary versions on Congress.gov
About this bill and sources
Official title: Advancing Automation Research and Development in Agriculture Act
Latest action (Aug 21, 2023): Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation, Research, and Biotechnology.
Policy area: Agriculture and Food · Origin: House · Introduced: Jun 15, 2023
Official page on Congress.gov · Bill text (GovInfo) · Status record (XML)
No recorded floor vote found.