118th Congress · SENATE BILLBILL

S. 2589 — AG RESEARCH Act

“A bill to amend the Research Facilities Act and the Agricultural Research, Extension, and Education Reform Act of 1998 to address deferred maintenance at agricultural research facilities, and for other purposes.”

Agriculture and food

Introduced Jul 27, 2023

Last action Jul 27, 2023

Pipeline · Bill → Law

Step 1

Introduced

Jul 27, 2023

Step 2

Referred

Jul 27, 2023

Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry

Step 3

Committee

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Senate

Step 5

House floor

Step 6

Resolve Changes

Step 7

Signed

SummaryCRS Summary

This bill provides funding for maintenance at agricultural research facilities. The Department of Agriculture (USDA) must (1) revise its review process for evaluating proposals for agricultural research facilities to include consulting with representatives of the National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) peer review panels; and (2) establish a grant program within NIFA to provide agricultural research facilities with a federal share of the cost for the construction, alteration, acquisition, modernization, renovation, or remodeling of the research facilities or the equipment necessary for agricultural research. Additionally, the bill provides funding for the grant program and for US...

Provisions · 3 sectionsIntroduced in Senate

Timeline · 2 actions

Jul 27, 2023

Introduced in Senate

Jul 27, 2023

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