H.R. 5562House119th Congress (2025-2027)In Committee

Tropical Plant Health Initiative Act

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The Tropical Plant Health Initiative Act amends the 1990 Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act to create a grant program that supports research and outreach on pests and weeds threatening tropical crops. It targets major tropical commodities—like coffee, cacao, bananas, and mangoes—and any other tropical plants the Secretary designates. The bill also updates the funding authorization window to run through 2030.

Key Provisions

Adds a new grant program under the 1990 Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act to fund research and extension work on insects, pests, and noxious weeds that affect tropical plants.
Specifies that grants can be used to develop science‑based tools and treatments for crops such as coffee, macadamia, cacao, bananas, mangoes, floriculture and nursery plants, vanilla, and any other tropical plant the Secretary identifies.
Allows funding for area‑wide integrated pest‑management programs, data collection on production and plant health, and scientific studies of plant biology, immunity, ecology, genomics, and bioinformatics.
Changes the authorized fiscal year for these grant appropriations from 2023 to 2030.

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Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation, Research, and Biotechnology.

Conservation, Research, and Biotechnology Subcommittee

December 2, 2025

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Introduced in House

September 23, 2025

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Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.

Agriculture Committee

September 23, 2025

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Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation, Research, and Biotechnology.

Conservation, Research, and Biotechnology Subcommittee

December 2, 2025

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Introduced in HouseIssued September 23, 2025

119th CONGRESS

1st Session

H. R. 5562

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

September 23, 2025

Ms. Tokuda (for herself and Mr. Case) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Agriculture

A BILL

To amend the Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990 to provide research and extension grants to support the study of insects and pests that impact tropical plants, and for other purposes.

Short title

This Act may be cited as the Tropical Plant Health Initiative Act.

Tropical plant health initiative

(a)

In general

Section 1672(d) of the Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990 (7 U.S.C. 5925(d)) is amended by adding at the end the following:

(21)

Tropical plant health initiative

Research and extension grants may be made under this section for the purposes of—

(A)

developing and disseminating science-based tools and treatments to combat plant pests and noxious weeds (as those terms are defined in section 403 of the Plant Protection Act (7 U.S.C. 7702)) that impact tropical plants, including—

(i)

coffee plants;

(ii)

macadamia trees;

(iii)

cacao trees;

(iv)

plantains and bananas;

(v)

mangos;

(vi)

floriculture and nursery crops;

(vii)

vanilla plants; and

(viii)

any other tropical plant, as determined by the Secretary;

(B)

establishing an areawide integrated pest management program in areas in which those tropical plants are affected by, or are at risk of being affected by, plant pests or noxious weeds (as so defined);

(C)

surveying and collecting data on production and health of those tropical plants;

(D)

investigating biology, immunology, ecology, genomics, and bioinformatics of those tropical plants; and

(E)

conducting research on various factors that may contribute to or be associated with immune systems of those tropical plants and other serious threats to those tropical plants.

(b)

Authorization of appropriations

Section 1672(h) of the Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990 (7 U.S.C. 5925(h)) is amended by striking 2023 and inserting 2030.