H.R. 1455: Plantain and Banana Plant Health Initiative Act

118th Congress · introduced 2023-03-08 · Agriculture and Food · Latest: Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation, Research, and Biotechnology.

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Where it came from: introduced 2023-03-08 · official record
Who proposed it: Rescom. González-Colón, Jenniffer [R-PR-At Large] · what a sponsor is
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Official title

Plantain and Banana Plant Health Initiative Act

Plain summary

Plantain and Banana Plant Health Initiative Act This bill establishes a research and extension grant program for a plantain and banana plant health initiative. Specifically, the bill authorizes the Department of Agriculture to provide competitive grants for studying potential resistance and tolerance to nonnative diseases and insect pests; increasing research for treatment of pests that affect plantains and bananas; conducting field studies to evaluate plantain and banana cultivars with enhanced resistance to diseases and pests, and adaptability to tropical soils; educating growers on best practices to promote safe production of plantains and bananas; and establishing area-wide integrated pest management programs in areas affected by, or at risk of being affected by, specified pests.

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Official text

Plantain and Banana Plant Health Initiative Act

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Sponsor: Rescom. González-Colón, Jenniffer [R-PR-At Large] · 2 cosponsors

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Jill N. Tokuda (D-HI), Monica De La Cruz (R-TX)

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Words on this page, explained (2)

Ballot initiative: A proposed law or constitutional amendment that citizens place on the ballot by gathering enough voter signatures, so voters decide it directly. About half the states allow some form of it.
Bill: A proposed law. It becomes law only if it passes the legislature and is signed by the president or governor (or a veto is overridden).

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Sources

Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)
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Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-118hr1455.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/118/hr>

Record fed-us-cong118-hr1455 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong118 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong118