,,ii  #aahth ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #bace  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,june #bb1     
#bjbc,mr4 ,padilla 7for himself1 ,mr4   
,merkley1 ,mrs4 ,feinstein1 and ,mr4    
,wyden7 introduced the following bill2  
which was read twice and referred to the
 ,committee on ,agriculture1 ,nutrition1
 and ,forestry  ,a ,,bill  ,to require  
the ,agricultural ,research ,service to 
conduct research relating to wildfire   
smoke exposure on wine grapes1 and for  
other purposes4  #a4 ,short title ,this 
,act may be cited as the ,smoke         
,exposure ,research ,act of #bjbc4  #b4 
,wildfire smoke exposure research on    
wine grapes  7a7 ,research  7#a7 ,in    
general ,the ,secretary of ,agriculture1
 acting through the ,administrator of   
the ,agricultural ,research ,service1   
shall-- 7,a7 conduct research-- 7i7 to  
identify the compounds responsible for  
smoke taint2 and  7ii7 to establish     
standard methodologies for sampling and 
testing smoke-exposed wine grapes and   

smoke-affected wines1 including fast and
 inexpensive screening methods2  7,b7   
establish a reliable database of        
background levels of smoke taint        
compounds that occur naturally in wine  
grapes2  7,c7 develop risk assessment   
tools or mitigation methods to reduce or
 eliminate smoke taint2 and  7,d7 study 
compounds that can act as a barrier     
between wine grapes and smoke compounds4
  7#b7 ,coordination ,the ,secretary of 
,agriculture1 acting through the        
,administrator of the ,agricultural     
,research ,service1 shall carry out     
paragraph 7#a7 in coordination with     
land-grant colleges and universities 7as
 defined in section #adjd of the        
,national ,agricultural ,research1      
,extension1 and ,teaching ,policy ,act  
of #aigg 7#g ,u4,s4,c4 #cajc77 located  
in the ,states of ,california1 ,oregon1 
and ,washington that have conducted     
research on the effects of smoke        
exposure on viticulture and enology     
operations and practices4  7b7          

,authorization of appropriations ,there 
is authorized to be appropriated to     
carry out this section #f1ejj1jjj for   
each of fiscal years #bjbd through      
#bjbh1 to remain available until        
expended4