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To amend the Agricultural Research, Extension, and Education Reform Act of 1998 to authorize the Secretary of Agriculture to waive the matching funds requirement under the specialty crop research initiative, and for other purposes.
To amend the Agricultural Research, Extension, and Education Reform Act of 1998 to authorize the Secretary of Agriculture to waive the matching funds requirement under the specialty crop research initiative, and for other purposes.
Summary
This bill amends the Agricultural Research, Extension, and Education Reform Act of 1998 to authorize the Secretary of Agriculture to waive the matching funds requirement for grants awarded under the specialty crop research initiative. Under current law, entities that receive grants for specialty crop research must provide matching funds to help support the research projects. The bill allows the Secretary to waive this matching funds requirement for grants awarded after the bill becomes law, providing the Secretary with greater flexibility in distributing specialty crop research funding. This change may help entities with limited resources access specialty crop research funding.
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Sponsor (1)
- Rep. Schrier, Kim [D-WA-8] (D-WA)
14 cosponsors
- Rep. Bergman, Jack [R-MI-1] (R-MI)
- Rep. Bonamici, Suzanne [D-OR-1] (D-OR)
- Rep. Castor, Kathy [D-FL-14] (D-FL)
- Rep. DelBene, Suzan K. [D-WA-1] (D-WA)
- Rep. Khanna, Ro [D-CA-17] (D-CA)
- Rep. Larsen, Rick [D-WA-2] (D-WA)
- Rep. Moolenaar, John R. [R-MI-2] (R-MI)
- Rep. Newhouse, Dan [R-WA-4] (R-WA)
- Rep. Pingree, Chellie [D-ME-1] (D-ME)
- Rep. Riley, Josh [D-NY-19] (D-NY)
- Rep. Stefanik, Elise M. [R-NY-21] (R-NY)
- Rep. Takano, Mark [D-CA-39] (D-CA)
- Rep. Thompson, Bennie G. [D-MS-2] (D-MS)
- Rep. Tonko, Paul [D-NY-20] (D-NY)
Actions (2)
- May 29, 2025 Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture. · house
- May 29, 2025 Introduced in House
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
May 29, 2025
Ms. Schrier (for herself, Mr. Larsen of Washington, Mr. Newhouse, Mr. Moolenaar, Ms. DelBene, Mr. Tonko, Mr. Thompson of Mississippi, Mr. Khanna, Mr. Takano, Mr. Riley of New York, and Mr. Bergman) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Agriculture
A BILL
To amend the Agricultural Research, Extension, and Education Reform Act of 1998 to authorize the Secretary of Agriculture to waive the matching funds requirement under the specialty crop research initiative, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. MATCHING FUNDS WAIVER UNDER SPECIALTY CROP RESEARCH INITIATIVE.
Section 412(g)(3) of the Agricultural Research, Extension, and Education Reform Act of 1998 (7 U.S.C. 7632(g)(3)) is amended—
(1) in subparagraph (A), by striking “An entity” and inserting “Subject to subparagraph (C), an entity”; and
(2) by adding at the end the following:
“(C) Waiver.—With respect to a grant awarded under this section on or after the date of enactment of this subparagraph, the Secretary may waive the matching funds requirement under subparagraph (A).”. <all>
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