Land Grant Research Prioritization Act of 2026 has not moved since its introduction on Mar 11, 2026, with cosponsors from both parties
Written by the Congressional Research Service [2]. 115 words.
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.
- Committees
- Senate Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee
- Policy area
- Agriculture and Food: 14 of 2,036 bills became law, 113th–118th (0.7%)
- Sponsor
- 4 of 132 bills enacted since 2013
- Text versions
- 1: introduced in senate · 301 words
- Latest action
- Mar 11, 2026: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
- Records
- Congress.gov · Bill text
Each bill appears once, under its strongest link. 1 in all.
Identical or companion · 1
- 119th H.R. 7734 Land Grant Research Prioritization Act of 2026 R · Introduced