# 119-s-2897: Tropical Plant Health Initiative Act

119-s-2897, Tropical Plant Health Initiative Act, is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Sen. Hirono, Mazie K. [D-HI] (D-HI); status introduced; PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-06-24).

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## Facts
- Bill: 119-s-2897
- Congress: 119
- Title: Tropical Plant Health Initiative Act
- Status: introduced
- Introduced: 2025-09-18
- Sponsor: Sen. Hirono, Mazie K. [D-HI] (D-HI)
- Cosponsors: 1
- Policy area: Agriculture and Food
- Touches household money: yes
- Last recorded action: 2026-06-24

## Summary

**Dedicated grant program for tropical plant health.** This bill would create a Tropical Plant Health Initiative inside the 1990 Farm Act to fund research, extension, surveys, and areawide pest management for tropical crops. - Farmers and growers: Targets pests and noxious weeds that threaten coffee, cacao, bananas and plantains, mango, macadamia, vanilla, floriculture and nursery crops. Grants would support on-the-ground tools, treatments, and areawide pest management. - Researchers and extension services: Funds research on biology, immunology, ecology, genomics, bioinformatics, and plant immune factors. It also supports surveys and data collection on production and plant health. - USDA and program administration: Gives the Secretary authority to add other tropical plants to the list and extends the program's authorized funding window through 2030 under the existing 1990 Act framework. *It authorizes grants under the 1990 Act and extends the initiative's authorization to 2030.*

## Cosponsors (1)

- Sen. Schatz, Brian [D-HI] (D-HI), 2025-09-18T00:00:00.000Z

## Provisions PRIA read

- Grants to protect tropical crops: benefit, low. If enacted, this bill would create a Tropical Plant Health Initiative to fund research and extension grants. The grants would help develop and share science-based tools and treatments for pests and noxious weeds affecting listed tropical crops (coffee, macadamia, cacao, plantains and bananas, mango…

## Related bills

- 119-s-5066: Health Equity and Accountability Act of 2026
- 119-s-5071: Children's Safe Welcome Act of 2026
- 119-s-5283: Momnibus Act
- 119-s-2823: FAMILY Act
- 119-s-3869: Healthy Families Act
- 119-s-2231: GLOBE Act of 2025

## Sources
- [119-s-2897 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/senate-bill/2897)

## Related
- [119-s-5066: Health Equity and Accountability Act of 2026](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-5066)
- [119-s-5071: Children's Safe Welcome Act of 2026](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-5071)
- [119-s-5283: Momnibus Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-5283)
- [119-s-2823: FAMILY Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-2823)
- [119-s-3869: Healthy Families Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-3869)
- [119-s-2231: GLOBE Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-2231)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-2897 (as of 2026-06-24).