Section 1 Short title
This Act may be cited as the “Land-Grant Research Equity and Accountability Act”.
Land-Grant Research Equity and Accountability Act
A BILL
To amend the Food and Agriculture Act of 1977 and the Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018 to modify provisions relating to matching funds requirements for research and extension activities at eligible institutions and related reporting requirements.
Sec. 2 Matching funds requirement for research and extension activities at eligible institutions
in subsection (b), in the matter preceding paragraph (1)—
by striking “, 1999” and inserting “of each fiscal year”; and
by striking “fiscal year 1999” and inserting “that fiscal year”; and
by striking subsection (c) and inserting the following:
“(c) State matching funds requirement
“(1) In general—Notwithstanding any other provision of this subtitle, for each fiscal year, a State shall provide to each eligible institution located in the State matching funds in an amount equal to the amounts provided to the eligible institution from non-Federal sources for that fiscal year, as described in subsection (b).
“(2) Attestation to Secretary
“(A) In general—Not less frequently than once each fiscal year, a State shall submit to the Secretary an attestation that describes whether the State—
“(i) plans to fulfill the matching funds requirement under paragraph (1) for that fiscal year; or
“(ii) is unable to fulfill that matching funds requirement for the fiscal year.
“(B) Publication—The Secretary shall publish each attestation submitted under subparagraph (A) on an annual basis.”
in the matter preceding paragraph (1)—
by striking “7601)” and inserting “7601))”; and
by striking “Not later” and inserting the following:
“(a) Match reporting—Not later”
by adding at the end the following:
“(b) Outreach
“(1) In general—The Secretary shall provide to the legislature and Governor of each State in which an 1862 Institution or 1890 Institution (as those terms are defined in section 2 of the Agricultural Research, Extension, and Education Reform Act of 1998 (7 U.S.C. 7601)) is located information relating to each matching requirement applicable to the State under the programs referred to in paragraphs (1), (2), and (3) of subsection (a).
“(2) Form—The information under paragraph (1) shall be provided—
“(A) through direct outreach; and
“(B) not later than the February 1 immediately preceding the date on which the award cycle under the applicable program commences.
“(c) Attestations
“(1) In general—Not less frequently than once each year, the Governor of each State described in subsection (b)(1) shall submit to the Secretary an attestation that describes whether the State—
“(A) is able to fulfill each matching requirement regarding which information is provided under that subsection for that year; or
“(B) is unable to fulfill that matching requirement for the year.
“(2) Reports—Not later than December 31 of each calendar year, the Secretary shall submit to Congress, and make publicly available on the website of the Department of Agriculture, an annual report describing the attestations received under paragraph (1) during that calendar year.”