House Bill 7110
115th Congress(2017-2018)
Specialty Crop Mechanization Prize Challenge of 2018
Introduced
Introduced in House on Oct 30, 2018
Origin Chamber
House
Type
Bill
Bill
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Bill Number
7110
Congress
115
Policy Area
Agriculture and Food
Agriculture and Food
Primary focus of measure is agricultural practices; agricultural prices and marketing; agricultural education; food assistance or nutrition programs; food industry, supply, and safety; aquaculture; horticulture and plants. Measures concerning international trade in agricultural products may fall under Foreign Trade and International Finance policy area.
No House votes have been held for this bill.
Summary
Specialty Crop Mechanization Prize Challenge of 2018
This bill requires the Department of Agriculture (USDA) to establish a Specialty Crop Mechanization Challenges program to carry out prize competitions for the mechanization of specialty crop production. (Specialty crops are fruits and vegetables, tree nuts, dried fruits, and horticulture and nursery crops, including floriculture.)
The program must include at least one prize competition for solutions to automate or alleviate stresses on the workforce during each of the following:
- the planting of specialty crops,
- tasks associated with the management of specialty crops,
- the harvesting of specialty crops, and
- processing and preparing specialty crops for distribution.
USDA must assemble prize committees to determine the scope, details, requirements, judging criteria, and incentives for each competition.
October 30, 2018
12/12/2018
Referred to the Subcommittee on Biotechnology, Horticulture, and Research.
10/30/2018
Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
10/30/2018
Introduced in House
Public Record
Record Updated
Jan 11, 2023 1:41:13 PM