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HR7734Referred to Committee

Land Grant Research Prioritization Act of 2026

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Introduced
In Committee
3
Passed One Chamber
4
Passed Both
5
Signed into Law
119th
Congress
2026-02-26
Introduced
1
Cosponsors
HR
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Type

Sponsor

Scott Franklin
Scott Franklin
Republican · FL · Representative
Votes with party: 98.7% (549 recorded votes)

Full profile: /officials/F000472

Source: Congress.gov · FEC

Cosponsors (1)

Members who have signed on to support this bill since introduction. Source: Congress.gov.

  • Sanford D. Bishop, Jr. (D-GA-2)Original· 2026-02-26

Latest Action

The most recent step in the bill's legislative path. Committee Activity below shows referrals and reports; the full action-by-action history including floor proceedings lives at Congress.gov →

Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.

2026-02-26

Source: Congress.gov

Committee Activity

Currently in

  • House Committee on AgricultureReferred To · 2026-02-26

Previously

  • Agriculture CommitteeReferred To · 2026-02-26

Plain-English Summary

Land Grant Research Prioritization Act of 2026 This bill includes additional priorities as Department of Agriculture (USDA) high-priority research and extension areas. Under the bill, USDA may award grants for developing and evaluating (1) technologies to mechanize agricultural processes (and may emphasize processes for harvesting specialty crops), and (2) agricultural uses of artificial intelligence (and may emphasize uses for improving specialty crop production). Further, USDA may award grants to support research projects at land-grant colleges and universities to develop and apply methods to manage and eradicate invasive species of plants and animals, including through methods of biocontrol; and aquaculture methods, including through the propagation and rearing of economically and ecologically valuable aquatic and marine species.

Plain-English rewrite of the Congressional Research Service summary published on Congress.gov. Cached and reviewed.

Subjects

Agriculture and Food
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Bills by the same sponsor or covering overlapping subjects.

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