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Promoting American Competition in Aquaculture Research Act
To amend the National Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 to eliminate the prohibition on indirect costs with respect to aquaculture assistance, and for other purposes.
Summary
This bill amends federal agricultural research law to increase funding for aquaculture assistance programs to $15 million per year for fiscal years 2025 through 2029. The bill also changes rules governing indirect costs for aquaculture research awards, eliminating a previous prohibition that prevented recipients from charging indirect costs and instead allowing them to charge indirect costs up to the standard limit applied to other federal research awards. This change allows universities and research institutions receiving aquaculture grants to recover a portion of their overhead expenses associated with administering the grants, bringing aquaculture research funding in line with how other agricultural research programs operate.
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Sponsor (1)
- Sen. Wicker, Roger F. [R-MS] (R-MS)
1 cosponsor
- Sen. Hirono, Mazie K. [D-HI] (D-HI)
Actions (2)
- Jul 31, 2025 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. · senate
- Jul 31, 2025 Introduced in Senate
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Full text
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
July 31, 2025
Mr. Wicker (for himself and Ms. Hirono) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry
A BILL
To amend the National Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 to eliminate the prohibition on indirect costs with respect to aquaculture assistance, 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. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the “Promoting American Competition in Aquaculture Research Act”.
SEC. 2. REAUTHORIZING AQUACULTURE ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS; TREATMENT OF INDIRECT COSTS.
(a) In General.—Section 1477(a) of the National Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C. 3324(a)) is amended—
(1) in paragraph (1), by striking “and” at the end;
(2) in paragraph (2), by striking the period at the end and inserting “; and”; and
(3) by adding at the end the following:
“(3) $15,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2025 through 2029.”.
(b) Indirect Costs.—Section 1477 of the National Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C. 3324) is amended by adding at the end the following:
“(c) Indirect Costs.—Effective beginning on the date of enactment of this subsection—
“(1) the limitation with respect to indirect costs under section 1462 shall apply with respect to awards made under this subtitle; and
“(2) the limitation with respect to indirect costs under section 1473 shall not apply with respect to those awards.”. <all>
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