H.R. 8507

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 8507 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
2d Session
H. R. 8507

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

April 27, 2026

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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