[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2436 Introduced in House (IH)]

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115th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2436

To amend the Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990 to 
 reauthorize the organic agriculture research and extension initiative.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 16, 2017

Ms. Pingree (for herself, Mr. Newhouse, and Mr. Panetta) introduced the 
   following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Agriculture

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend the Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990 to 
 reauthorize the organic agriculture research and extension initiative.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Organic Agriculture Research Act of 
2017''.

SEC. 2. ORGANIC AGRICULTURE RESEARCH AND EXTENSION INITIATIVE 
              REAUTHORIZED.

    Section 1672B(e) of the Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade 
Act of 1990 (7 U.S.C. 5925b(e)) is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (1)--
                    (A) in subparagraph (B), by striking ``2012'' and 
                inserting ``2018''; and
                    (B) by amending subparagraph (C) to read as 
                follows:
                    ``(C) $50,000,000 for each fiscal year 
                thereafter.''; and
            (2) in paragraph (2), by striking ``2018'' and inserting 
        ``2023''.
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