Land Grant Research Prioritization Act of 2026
Introduced Feb 26, 2026 by Rep. Scott Franklin
It's waiting on a committee vote to reach the full chamber. Most bills never leave this stage.
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
Read the full summary on Congress.govSummary by the Congressional Research Service.
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