Improving Pest and Disease Preparedness for Specialty Crops Act

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 4650 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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119th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 4650

  To amend the Plant Protection Act to improve plant pest and disease 
                   preparedness for specialty crops.

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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                              June 2, 2026

  Mr. Schiff introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
   referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry

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                                 A BILL

 
  To amend the Plant Protection Act to improve plant pest and disease 
                   preparedness for specialty crops.

    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 ``Improving Pest and Disease 
Preparedness for Specialty Crops Act''.

SEC. 2. PLANT PEST AND DISEASE MANAGEMENT AND DISASTER PREVENTION.

    Section 420 of the Plant Protection Act (7 U.S.C. 7721) is 
amended--
            (1) in subsection (b), by adding at the end the following:
            ``(8) Priority.--In using funds made available to carry out 
        this section, the Secretary shall prioritize cooperative 
        agreements under this subsection to carry out activities under 
        this subsection in high-risk States.'';
            (2) in subsection (f)--
                    (A) in paragraph (6), by striking ``and'' at the 
                end;
                    (B) in paragraph (7), by striking ``and each fiscal 
                year thereafter.'' and inserting ``; and''; and
                    (C) by adding at the end the following:
            ``(8) $150,000,000 for fiscal year 2027 and each fiscal 
        year thereafter.''; and
            (3) in subsection (g), by striking ``$5,000,000'' and 
        inserting ``$12,000,000''.
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