3.0.0 3637 2026-08-04T11:03:20Z 2026-08-04T11:03:20Z Senate S S 2026-01-14 119 https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/senate-bill/3637 ssaf00 Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee Senate Standing Referred To 2026-01-14T18:51:38Z 2026-01-14 ssaf00 Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. IntroReferral 2026-01-14 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress M001198 Sen. Marshall, Roger [R-KS] Roger Marshall R KS N B001267 Sen. Bennet, Michael F. [D-CO] Michael Bennet D CO 2026-01-14 True S001208 Sen. Slotkin, Elissa [D-MI] Elissa Slotkin D MI 2026-08-03 False Agriculture and Food Agriculture and Food 2026-02-10T23:08:00Z 00 2026-01-14 Introduced in Senate 2026-04-16T13:10:15Z Advancing Cutting Edge Agriculture Act of 2026 or the ACE Agriculture Act of 2026

This bill reauthorizes the Agriculture Advanced Research and Development Authority (AGARDA) through FY2031 and expands the program's environmental sustainability goals. This Department of Agriculture (USDA) program supports innovative research and development of technology, research tools, and products to address long-term and high-risk challenges related to food and agriculture.

The bill expands the program's goals to include

  • water conservation;
  • responding to greenhouse gas emissions; and
  • resilience to drought, infectious diseases, and plant and animal pathogens and pests.

The bill also expands the program's goals to include undertaking advanced research and development in areas in which industry by itself is not likely to do so because of economic cost.

Further, the bill removes the current pilot program designation and requires USDA to establish and maintain an AGARDA staff.

Finally, the bill allows USDA to use any unobligated USDA funds to implement the program.

]]> ACE Agriculture Act of 2026 Display Title 45 ACE Agriculture Act of 2026 2026-08-04T11:03:20Z Short Title(s) as Introduced 101 ACE Agriculture Act of 2026 2026-02-05T05:53:16Z Introduced in Senate IS Short Title(s) as Introduced 101 Advancing Cutting Edge Agriculture Act of 2026 2026-02-05T05:53:16Z Introduced in Senate IS Official Title as Introduced 6 A bill to amend the National Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 to reauthorize the Agriculture Advanced Research and Development Authority, and for other purposes. 2026-02-05T05:48:38Z Introduced in Senate IS Introduced in Senate 2026-01-14T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-119s3637is/xml/BILLS-119s3637is.xml 2026-01-14 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.