,i  #aagth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #edba  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,september #bi1      
#bjba,mr4 ,kahele 7for himself1 ,mr4    
,case1 ,miss ,gonzlez-,coln1 ,ms4 ,lee  
of ,california1 ,mr4 ,san ,nicolas1 ,mr4
 ,sablan1 and ,mrs4 ,radewagen7         
introduced the following bill2 which was
 referred to the ,committee on          
,agriculture  ,a ,,bill  ,to amend the  
,food1 ,agriculture1 ,conservation1 and 
,trade ,act of #aiij to provide research
 and extension grants to combat plant   
pests and noxious weeds that impact     
coffee plants1 and for other purposes4  
#a4 ,short title ,this ,act may be cited
 as the ,coffee ,plant ,health          
,initiative ,amendments ,act4  #b4      
,coffee plant health initiative  7a7 ,in
 general ,section #afgb7;d7 of the      
,food1 ,agriculture1 ,conservation1 and 
,trade ,act of #aiij 7#g ,u4,s4,c4      
#eibe7;d77 is amended by striking       
paragraph 7#i7 and inserting the        
following3  7#i7 ,coffee plant health   

initiative  7,a7 ,in general ,research  
and extension grants may be made under  
this section for the purposes of-- 7i7  
developing and disseminating            
science-based tools and treatments to   
combat plant pests and noxious weeds    
that impact coffee plants2  7ii7        
establishing an areawide integrated pest
 management program in areas affected   
by1 or areas at risk of being affected  
by1 plant pests or noxious weeds that   
impact coffee plants2  7iii7 surveying  
and collecting data on coffee plant     
production and health2  7iv7            
investigating coffee plant biology1     
immunology1 ecology1 genomics1 and      
bioinformatics2 and  7v7 conducting     
research on-- 7,i7 factors that may     
contribute to or be associated with     
coffee plant immune systems2  7,,ii7    
other serious threats to coffee plants1 
including the sublethal effects of      
insecticides1 herbicides1 and fungicides
 on insects and plants beneficial to    
coffee plant growth2 and  7,,iii7 the   

development of mitigating and           
preventative measures to improve habitat
 conservation and best management       
practices in coffee-growing regions4    
7,b7 ,definition of noxious weed2 plant 
pest ,in this paragraph1 the terms      
noxious weed and plant pest have the    
meanings given those terms in section   
#djc of the ,plant ,protection ,act 7#g 
,u4,s4,c4 #ggjb74  4  7b7 ,authorization
 of appropriations ,section #afgb7;h7 of
 the ,food1 ,agriculture1 ,conservation1
 and ,trade ,act of #aiij 7#g ,u4,s4,c4 
#eibe7;h77 is amended by striking #bjbc 
and inserting #bjcc4