US Congress House Bill 7110 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Sponsorship: Bipartisan Bill
Status: Introduced on October 30 2018 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2018-12-12 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Biotechnology, Horticulture, and Research.
Pending: House Biotechnology, Horticulture, and Research Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Specialty Crop Mechanization Prize Challenge of 2018 This bill requires the Department of Agriculture (USDA) to establish a Specialty Crop Mechanization Challenges program to carry out prize competitions for the mechanization of specialty crop production. (Specialty crops are fruits and vegetables, tree nuts, dried fruits, and horticulture and nursery crops, including floriculture.) The program must include at least one prize competition for solutions to automate or alleviate stresses on the workforce during each of the following: the planting of specialty crops, tasks associated with the management of specialty crops, the harvesting of specialty crops, and processing and preparing specialty crops for distribution. USDA must assemble prize committees to determine the scope, details, requirements, judging criteria, and incentives for each competition.

Specialty Crop Mechanization Prize Challenge of 2018

Rep. Jimmy Panetta [D-CA]

Rep. David Valadao [R-CA]

Date	Chamber	Action
2018-12-12	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Biotechnology, Horticulture, and Research.
2018-10-30	House	Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
2018-10-30	House	Introduced in House

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/house-bill/7110/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/115/bills/hr7110/BILLS-115hr7110ih.pdf