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      <constitutionalAuthorityStatementText>&lt;pre&gt;[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 104 (Wednesday, June 14, 2023)][House]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [&lt;a href="https://www.gpo.gov"&gt;www.gpo.gov&lt;/a&gt;]By Ms. SCHRIER:H.R. 4135.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article I of the United States Constitution.The single subject of this legislation is:Agriculture[Page H2934]&lt;/pre&gt;</constitutionalAuthorityStatementText>
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          <text>&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Augmenting Research and Educational Sites to Ensure Agriculture Remains Cutting-edge and Helpful Act or the&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;strong&gt;AG RESEARCH Act &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;This bill provides funding for maintenance at agricultural research facilities.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;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.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Additionally, the bill provides funding for the grant program and for USDA to provide direct payments to research facilities of the Agricultural Research Service for addressing deferred maintenance. USDA must give priority to the most critical structures in accordance with the Agricultural Research Service Capital Investment Strategy (April 2012).&lt;/p&gt;</text>
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