Sec. 8. Reducing single-use plastics in agriculture
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The Secretary of Agriculture shall designate a project to replace the use of on-farm plastic weed barriers and weed mitigants with nonplastic, biodegradable alternatives as an agricultural conservation practice or enhancement that meets the requirement described in section 21001(a)(1)(B)(iii) of Public Law 117–169 (commonly referred to as the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 ). Section 210A of the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946 ( 7 U.S.C. 1627c ) is amended— in subsection (b)— in paragraph (5), by striking and at the end; by redesignating paragraph
(6)as paragraph (7); and by inserting after paragraph
(5)the following: supports the reduction of single-use plastics from the post-production distribution packaging of agricultural producers; and ; by redesignating subsections
(f)through
(i)as subsections
(g)through (j), respectively; by striking subsection
(i)each place it appears and inserting subsection
(j); by inserting after subsection
(e)the following: The Secretary shall provide grants to entities described in paragraph
(3)to significantly reduce or eliminate single-use plastics from the post-production distribution packaging of the entities. The Secretary shall carry out this subsection through the Administrator of the Agricultural Marketing Service, in coordination with the Administrator of the Rural Business-Cooperative Service. An entity shall be eligible for a grant under paragraph
(1)if the entity is— an independent producer (as determined by the Secretary) of a value-added agricultural product; or an agricultural producer group, farmer or rancher cooperative, or majority-controlled producer-based business venture (as determined by the Secretary). The amount of a grant provided under paragraph
(1)shall be not more than $250,000. The term of a grant provided under paragraph
(1)shall be 3 years. In providing grants under paragraph (1), the Secretary shall give priority to— beginning farmers or ranchers; veteran farmers or ranchers; organic and regenerative farmers; and socially disadvantaged farmers or ranchers. There is authorized to be appropriated to carry out this subsection $25,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2023 through 2032. ; and in subsection (i)(1) (as so redesignated), in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by striking subsection (i)(3)(E) and inserting subsection (j)(3)(E) .
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