S. 4067
Land Grant Research Prioritization Act of 2026
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
Sponsor
Sen. Ossoff, Jon [D-GA]
Bill Details
- Update Date
- Apr 6, 2026
- Origin Chamber
- Senate
- Bill Type
- S
- Bill Number
- 4,067
- Congress
- 119
- Introduced Date
- Mar 11, 2026
- Policy Area
- Agriculture and Food
- Is Law
- No
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
Source: Senate
Introduced in Senate
Source: Library of Congress
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.
Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee
Introduced in Senate
Mar 11, 2026