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S 2479 115th Congress Senate Agriculture and Food Agricultural equipment and machinery Agricultural research Educational facilities and institutions Infrastructure development

AG RESEARCH Act

Introduced: March 1, 2018 Introduced by: Hirono, Mazie K. Democratic · Hawaii See on congress.gov
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
Mar 1, 2018
Introduced in Senate
 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Augmenting Research and Educational Sites to Ensure Agriculture Remains Cutting-Edge and Helpful Act or the AG RESEARCH Act

This bill amends the Agricultural Research, Extension, and Education Reform Act of 1998 to provide funding for maintenance at agricultural research facilities.

The bill requires the Department of Agriculture to: (1) establish a grant program within the National Institute of Food and Agriculture to provide agricultural research facilities with a federal share of the cost for the alteration, modernization, renovation, or remodeling of the research facilities or the equipment necessary for agricultural research; and (2) use specified Commodity Credit Corporation funds to provide direct payments to research facilities of the Agricultural Research Service for addressing deferred maintenance.

What's happening now March 1, 2018

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.

 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 3
All 3 Democratic 2 Independent 1