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HR 2659 115th Congress House Agriculture and Food Agricultural research Foreign aid and international relief Israel Middle East Public-private cooperation Research and development

United States-Israel Agriculture Strategic Partnership Act

Introduced: May 25, 2017 Introduced by: Soto, Darren Democratic · Florida See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 4 steps
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Became law
Jun 26, 2017
Referred to the Subcommittee on Livestock and Foreign Agriculture.
May 25, 2017
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H4595)
May 25, 2017
Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, and in addition to the Committees on Foreign Affairs, and Appropriations, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
May 25, 2017
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

United States-Israel Agriculture Strategic Partnership Act

This bill authorizes the Department of Agriculture to establish a program for cooperative research and development in agriculture with the government of Israel.

The purpose of the program is to establish a framework to enhance the collaboration between the United States and Israel in research and development activities relating to agriculture, including between public and private entities.

The bill also authorizes the Department of State to establish a binational task force to provide guidance and oversight with respect to the cooperative research and development program.

What's happening now June 26, 2017

Referred to the Subcommittee on Livestock and Foreign Agriculture.

 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 4
 Cosponsors 13
All 13 Democratic 12
D
Meng, Grace
New York · Feb 14, 2018
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Garamendi, John
California · Jun 26, 2017
ROS-LEHTINEN, ILEANA
· Jun 20, 2017
 D
Wilson, Frederica S.
Florida · Jun 15, 2017
 D
Rosen, Jacky
Nevada · Jun 12, 2017
 D
Espaillat, Adriano
New York · Jun 8, 2017
 D
Gonzalez, Vicente
Texas · Jun 8, 2017
 D
Huffman, Jared
California · Jun 8, 2017
 D
Panetta, Jimmy
California · Jun 8, 2017
 D
Suozzi, Thomas R.
New York · Jun 8, 2017
 D
Frankel, Lois
Florida · May 25, 2017
 D
Vargas, Juan
California · May 25, 2017
 D
Wasserman Schultz, Debbie
Florida · May 25, 2017
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 2659: United States-Israel Agriculture Strategic Partnership Act. 115th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-2659/
MLA
"H.R. 2659: United States-Israel Agriculture Strategic Partnership Act." 115th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-2659/.
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H.R. 2659, 115th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-2659/.
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