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HR 2866 117th Congress House Agriculture and Food Agricultural research Appropriations Budget deficits and national debt Census and government statistics Department of Agriculture Executive agency funding and structure Inflation and prices

America Grows Act of 2021

Introduced: April 28, 2021 See on congress.gov
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Apr 28, 2021
Referred to the Committee on Appropriations, 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.
Apr 28, 2021
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America Grows Act of 2021

This bill permanently funds several agencies that perform agriculture research.

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

It also exempts the budgetary effects of the funding from the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010 (PAYGO) and the Senate PAYGO rule.

What's happening now April 28, 2021

Referred to the Committee on Appropriations, 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.

 Related & companion bills 1
  • S 1371 Identical bill America Grows Act of 2021
 Bill text 1 version

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All 2 Democratic 2
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Panetta, Jimmy
California · Apr 28, 2021
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Schrier, Kim
Washington · Apr 28, 2021
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 2866: America Grows Act of 2021. 117th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-2866/
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"H.R. 2866: America Grows Act of 2021." 117th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-2866/.
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H.R. 2866, 117th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-2866/.
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