To amend the Agricultural Research, Extension, and Education Reform Act of 1998 to authorize the Secretary of Agriculture to waive the matching funds requirement under the specialty crop research initiative, and for other purposes.

H.R. 3656 · 119th Congress · May 29, 2025 · Lineage

A BILL

Section 1 Matching funds waiver under specialty crop research initiative

Section 412(g)(3) of the Agricultural Research, Extension, and Education Reform Act of 1998 (7 U.S.C. 7632(g)(3)) is amended—

(1)

in subparagraph (A), by striking “An entity” and inserting “Subject to subparagraph (C), an entity”; and

(2)

by adding at the end the following:

“(C) Waiver—With respect to a grant awarded under this section on or after the date of enactment of this subparagraph, the Secretary may waive the matching funds requirement under subparagraph (A).”

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May 29, 2025viewing Introduced in House Ms. Schrier (for herself, Mr. Larsen of Washington, Mr. Newhouse, Mr. Moolenaar, Ms. DelBene, Mr. Tonko, Mr. Thompson of Mississippi, Mr. Khanna, Mr. Takano, Mr. Riley of New York, and Mr. Bergman) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Agriculture

To amend the Agricultural Research, Extension, and Education Reform Act of 1998 to authorize the Secretary of Agriculture to waive the matching funds requirement under the specialty crop research initiative, and for other purposes.

Section 1 Matching funds waiver under specialty crop research initiative

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