119th Congress Agriculture and Food
H.R. 7142: ACE Agriculture Act
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Summary
This bill reauthorizes the Agriculture Advanced Research and Development Authority (AGARDA) through FY2032 and expands the program's environmental sustainability goals. This Department of Agriculture (USDA) program supports innovative research and development of technology, research tools, and products to address long-term and high-risk challenges related to food and agriculture.
The bill expands the program's goals to include
- water conservation;
- responding to greenhouse gas emissions; and
- resilience to drought, infectious diseases, and plant and animal pathogens and pests.
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The bill also expands the program's goals to include undertaking advanced research and development in areas in which industry by itself is not likely to do so because of economic cost.
Further, the bill removes the current pilot program designation and requires USDA to establish and maintain an AGARDA staff.
Finally, the bill allows USDA to use any unobligated USDA funds to implement the program.
Written by the Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress.
Roll calls
No roll call votes have been held on this bill.
Amendments
No amendments were offered to this bill.
Cosponsors
- Randy Feenstra R-IAOriginal
- Brian Fitzpatrick R-PA
- Andrea Salinas D-OR
Who scored on this bill
- 1Jimmy Panetta SponsorDrew cross-party cosponsors, introduced2 events+6
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History
- Introduced in the House by Jimmy Panetta.
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- Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation, Research, and Biotechnology.
- Introduced in House
- Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.