HR 5208 · 115th Congress · Agriculture and Food

Seeds for the Future Act

Introduced 2018-03-07· Sponsored by Rep. Pocan, Mark [D-WI-2]· House

Bill Progress

Introduced
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Committee
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House Vote
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Senate
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Enacted
Latest: Referred to the Subcommittee on Biotechnology, Horticulture, and Research.(2018-03-28)

Plain Language Summary

[AI summary unavailable — showing source text] Seeds for the Future Act This bill amends the Competitive, Special, and Facilities Research Grant Act to require the Department of Agriculture (USDA) to ensure that at least $50 million of USDA grant funding is used each year for competitive research grants that support the development of public cultivars. A "cultivar" is a variety of plant that has been intentionally selected for use in cultivation because of its improved characteristics. A "public cultivar" is the commercially available uniform end product of a publicly funded breeding program that has been sufficiently tested to demonstrate improved characteristics and stable performance. The bill also amends the Department of Agriculture Reorganization Act of 1994 to establish a public cultivar research activities coordinator within USDA to coordinate research activities relating to the breeding of public cultivars.…

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Cosponsors (4)

4 Democrats