3.0.0 2479 2023-01-11T13:40:02Z 2023-01-11T13:40:02Z Senate S 2018-03-01 115 ssaf00 Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2018-03-01T16:40:45Z AG RESEARCH Act 115 6474 HR 2018-08-16 Referred to the Subcommittee on Biotechnology, Horticulture, and Research. Related bill CRS 2018-03-01 ssaf00 Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. IntroReferral 2018-03-01 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress H001042 Sen. Hirono, Mazie K. [D-HI] Mazie Hirono D HI K. N V000128 Sen. Van Hollen, Chris [D-MD] Chris Van Hollen D MD 2018-03-01 True K000383 Sen. King, Angus S., Jr. [I-ME] Angus King I ME S. 2018-03-01 True W000817 Sen. Warren, Elizabeth [D-MA] Elizabeth Warren D MA A. 2018-03-01 True Agriculture and Food Agricultural equipment and machinery Agricultural research Educational facilities and institutions Infrastructure development Agriculture and Food 00 2018-03-01 Introduced in Senate 2018-08-03T18:56:40Z Augmenting Research and Educational Sites to Ensure Agriculture Remains Cutting-Edge and Helpful Act or the AG RESEARCH Act

This bill amends the Agricultural Research, Extension, and Education Reform Act of 1998 to provide funding for maintenance at agricultural research facilities.

The bill requires the Department of Agriculture to: (1) establish a grant program within the National Institute of Food and Agriculture to provide agricultural research facilities with a federal share of the cost for the alteration, modernization, renovation, or remodeling of the research facilities or the equipment necessary for agricultural research; and (2) use specified Commodity Credit Corporation funds to provide direct payments to research facilities of the Agricultural Research Service for addressing deferred maintenance.

]]> AG RESEARCH Act Display Title AG RESEARCH Act Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend the Agricultural Research, Extension, and Education Reform Act of 1998 to address deferred maintenance at agricultural research facilities, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced AG RESEARCH Act Short Titles as Introduced Augmenting Research and Educational Sites to Ensure Agriculture Remains Cutting-Edge and Helpful Act Introduced in Senate 2018-03-01T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-115s2479is/xml/BILLS-115s2479is.xml 2018-03-01 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.