118th Congress · SENATE BILLBILL

S. 2317Organic Science and Research Investment Act of 2023

A bill to amend the Agricultural Research, Extension, and Education Reform Act of 1998 and the Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990 to direct the Agricultural Research Service to expand organic research, and for other purposes.

Agriculture and food
Introduced Jul 13, 2023
Last action Jul 13, 2023
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Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry
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SummaryCRS Summary

This bill expands Department of Agriculture (USDA) support for organic agricultural research. USDA must establish the Coordinating and Expanding Organic Research Initiative for USDA resources dedicated to organic agricultural research. Every five years, the initiative must survey USDA's organic agricultural research and produce a report, including findings and recommendations on expanding research and increasing coordination. USDA must take the findings and recommendations into consideration when preparing USDA's annual budget recommendations. The bill also reauthorizes, and increases funding for, the National Institute of Food and Agriculture’s Organic Agriculture Research and Extension I...

Provisions · 6 sectionsIntroduced in Senate
Timeline · 2 actions
Jul 13, 2023
Introduced in Senate
Jul 13, 2023
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.