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Code · BILL · 115th Congress · H.R. 2722 (Introduced in House) — To encourage the development, certification, and adoption of environmentally sustainable swine waste disposal technol... · Sec. 5

Sec. 5. Swine Waste Management Research and Extension Initiative

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Title XVI of the Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990 ( 7 U.S.C. 5801 et seq.) is amended by inserting after section 1672 ( 7 U.S.C. 5925 ) the following new section: The Secretary shall make competitive grants to support research and extension activities specified in subsection (c). The Secretary shall make the grants in consultation with the National Agricultural Research, Extension, Education, and Economics Advisory Board and the task force appointed under subsection (b)(2)(A). Paragraphs
(4)and
(7)of subsection
(b)of the Competitive, Special, and Facilities Research Grant Act ( 7 U.S.C. 450i ) shall apply with respect to the making of grants under this section. To facilitate the making of research and extension grants under this section for the purpose specified in subsection (c), the Secretary shall appoint a task force to make recommendations to the Secretary. A task force established under subparagraph
(A)shall be composed of representatives of each of the following entities: Colleges and universities. The Department of Agriculture. The Environmental Protection Agency. The swine production industry. A nonprofit organization focused on the environmental effects of swine farm operations. A nonprofit organization focused on the social effects of swine farm operations. A nonprofit organization focused on the interests of swine growers and farmers. Research and extension grants may be made under this section, with respect to swine waste management technologies certified under section 3(c) of the SWINE Act, for the purpose of identifying, evaluating, and demonstrating environmentally superior waste management technologies for the processing of swine waste. Following the completion of a peer review process for grant proposals received under this section, the Secretary shall give priority to those grant proposals that involve one or more of the following: The cooperation of multiple entities. States or regions with a high concentration of spray field and lagoon operations . A reduction in water usage. The reduction of ammonia and odor emissions, disease-transmitting vectors, airborne pathogens, and nutrient and heavy metal contamination that exceed the standards established for swine waste management technologies certified under section 3(c) of the SWINE Act with respect to such reduction. Significant improvement of the health of swine. The generation of electricity. Significant increases in nutrient recovery and fertilizer production. Alternative uses of swine waste and the generation of renewable energy using such waste, including innovative methods and technologies to allow agricultural operators to make use of swine waste, such as use as fertilizer, methane digestion, composting, and other useful byproducts. Maximizing nutrition management for swine while limiting the risks associated with swine feeding practices (such as mineral bypass). Improvements to water quality and aquatic ecosystems, including with respect to mitigating the impact of microorganisms of the genus Pfiesteria and other microorganisms that are a threat to human or animal health on aquatic food webs, especially commercially important aquatic species and their habitats . The advancement of efforts of the Department of Agriculture to reduce and eliminate antibiotics in livestock. There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section such sums as may be necessary for each of fiscal years 2018 through 2028. . Section 1620(c)(3)(B)(i) of the Pork Promotion, Research, and Consumer Information Act of 1985 ( 7 U.S.C. 4809(c)(3)(B)(i) ) is amended by inserting before the semicolon the following: , including grants awarded under section 1672A of the Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990 .
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Sec. 5
Swine Waste Management Research and Extension Initiative
U.S.C.§ 5801
U.S.C.§ 5925
U.S.C.§ 450i
U.S.C.§ 4809
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