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HR 4714 116th Congress House Agriculture and Food Agricultural research Appropriations Budget process Department of Agriculture Executive agency funding and structure Research administration and funding

America Grows Act of 2019

Introduced: October 17, 2019 See on congress.gov
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Nov 8, 2019
Referred to the Subcommittee on Biotechnology, Horticulture, and Research.
Oct 17, 2019
Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, and in addition to the Committee on the Budget, 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.
Oct 17, 2019
Introduced in House
 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

America Grows Act of 2019

This bill require certain adjustments to the discretionary spending limits for FY2020-FY2024 to accommodate increases in appropriations for agencies that conduct agricultural research.

The bill requires adjustments for the following agencies within the Department of Agriculture:

  • the Agricultural Research Service,
  • the Economic Research Service,
  • the National Agricultural Statistics Service, and
  • the National Institute of Food and Agriculture.

The bill also requires annual appropriations for each of these agencies to be at least the amount appropriated for FY2019.

The bill exempts appropriations provided pursuant to this bill from sequestration. Sequestration is a process of automatic, usually across-the-board spending reductions under which budgetary resources are permanently cancelled to enforce specific budget policy goals.

What's happening now November 8, 2019

Referred to the Subcommittee on Biotechnology, Horticulture, and Research.

 Committees of jurisdiction 3
 Cosponsors 4
All 4 Democratic 2 Republican 2