Botanical Sciences and Native Plant Materials Research, Restoration, and Promotion Act This bill requires the Department of the Interior to establish a botanical science research program, hire botanical scientists, and establish a student loan repayment program for botanical scientists. The bill also (1) requires certain federal agencies and states to establish a preference for using locally adapted native plant materials in various federally funded projects and activities, (2) authorizes federal agencies to carry out specified activities related to native plant materials, and (3) establishes a grant program for projects to prevent rare plants species from becoming endangered species and encourage the recovery of endangered plant species.
Biological and life sciencesDepartment of the InteriorEmployee hiringEndangered and threatened speciesGovernment employee pay, benefits, personnel managementGovernment studies and investigationsHigher educationHorticulture and plantsLand use and conservationNatural disastersStudent aid and college costsWilderness and natural areas, wildlife refuges, wild rivers, habitatsWildlife conservation and habitat protection
A bill to promote botanical research and botanical sciences capacity, and for other purposes.
USA115th CongressS-3240| Senate
| Updated: 7/18/2018
Botanical Sciences and Native Plant Materials Research, Restoration, and Promotion Act This bill requires the Department of the Interior to establish a botanical science research program, hire botanical scientists, and establish a student loan repayment program for botanical scientists. The bill also (1) requires certain federal agencies and states to establish a preference for using locally adapted native plant materials in various federally funded projects and activities, (2) authorizes federal agencies to carry out specified activities related to native plant materials, and (3) establishes a grant program for projects to prevent rare plants species from becoming endangered species and encourage the recovery of endangered plant species.
Biological and life sciencesDepartment of the InteriorEmployee hiringEndangered and threatened speciesGovernment employee pay, benefits, personnel managementGovernment studies and investigationsHigher educationHorticulture and plantsLand use and conservationNatural disastersStudent aid and college costsWilderness and natural areas, wildlife refuges, wild rivers, habitatsWildlife conservation and habitat protection