[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5362 Introduced in House (IH)]

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116th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 5362

To amend the Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990 to 
   authorize spittlebug research and extension grants, and for other 
                               purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            December 9, 2019

 Ms. Gabbard (for herself and Mr. Case) introduced the following bill; 
           which was referred to the Committee on Agriculture

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend the Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990 to 
   authorize spittlebug research and extension grants, and for other 
                               purposes.

    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 ``Spittlebug Act''.

SEC. 2. SPITTLEBUG RESEARCH AND EXTENSION.

    (a) In General.--Section 1672(d) of the Food, Agriculture, 
Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990 (7 U.S.C. 5925(d)) is amended by 
adding at the end the following new paragraph:
            ``(21) Spittlebug research and extension.--Research and 
        extension grants may be made under this section for the 
        purposes of--
                    ``(A) developing and disseminating science-based 
                tools and treatments to combat the spittlebug 
                (Cercopoidea); and
                    ``(B) establishing an areawide integrated pest 
                management program in areas affected by, or areas at 
                risk of being affected by, the spittlebug.''.
    (b) Technical Amendment.--Section 1672(d)(9)(B) of the Food, 
Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990 (7 U.S.C. 
5925(d)(9)(B)) is amended by striking the comma after ``at risk of'' 
and inserting a comma after ``being affected by''.
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