S.Amdt. 3089

SA 3089. Mr. WHITEHOUSE (for himself, Ms. Murkowski, and Ms. Collins)
submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill H.R.
2, to provide for the reform and continuation of agricultural and other
programs of the Department of Agriculture through fiscal year 2023, and
for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

At the end of subtitle D of title VII, add the following:

SEC. 74__. RESEARCH ON OCEAN AGRICULTURE.

(a) In General.--The Secretary, in coordination with the
Administrator of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration, shall establish a working group (referred to
in this section as the ``working group'')--
(1) to study how mangroves, kelp forests, tidal marshes,
and seagrass meadows could help deacidify the oceans;
(2) to study emerging ocean farming practices that use kelp
and seagrass to deacidify the oceans while providing
feedstock for agriculture and other commercial and industrial
inputs; and
(3) to coordinate and conduct research to develop and
enhance pilot-scale research for farming of kelp and seagrass
in order--
(A) to deacidify ocean environments;
(B) to produce a feedstock for agriculture; and
(C) to develop other scalable commercial applications for
kelp, seagrass, or products derived from kelp or seagrass.
(b) Membership.--The working group shall include--
(1) the Secretary;
(2) the Administrator of the National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration; and
(3) representatives of any relevant offices within the
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
(c) Report.--Not later than 2 years after the date of
enactment of this Act, the working group shall submit to
Congress a report that includes--
(1) the findings of the research described in subsection
(a);
(2) the results of the pilot-scale research described in
subsection (a)(3); and
(3) any policy recommendations based on those findings and
results.
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