[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3844 Introduced in House (IH)]

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118th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3844

 To amend the National Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching 
Policy Act of 1977 to provide for an additional goal of the Agriculture 
  Advanced Research and Development Authority (AGARDA) to enhance the 
      role of agriculture in innovative sustainability solutions.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              June 6, 2023

Mr. Neguse (for himself, Mr. Flood, Mr. Bacon, Mr. Guest, Mr. Vasquez, 
and Ms. Bonamici) introduced the following bill; which was referred to 
                      the Committee on Agriculture

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend the National Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching 
Policy Act of 1977 to provide for an additional goal of the Agriculture 
  Advanced Research and Development Authority (AGARDA) to enhance the 
      role of agriculture in innovative sustainability solutions.

    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 ``Sustainable Agriculture Research 
Act''.

SEC. 2. ADDITIONAL GOAL OF AGARDA TO ENHANCE ROLE OF AGRICULTURE IN 
              INNOVATIVE SUSTAINABILITY SOLUTIONS.

    Section 1473H of the National Agricultural Research, Extension, and 
Teaching Policy Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C. 3319k) is amended--
            (1) in subsection (a), by adding at the end the following:
            ``(8) Precision agriculture.--The term `precision 
        agriculture' means managing, tracking, or reducing crop or 
        livestock production inputs (including seed, feed, fertilizer, 
        chemicals, water, and time) at a heightened level of spatial 
        and temporal granularity to improve efficiencies, reduce waste, 
        and maintain environmental quality.''; and
            (2) in subsection (b)(2)--
                    (A) in subparagraph (C), by striking ``and'' at the 
                end;
                    (B) by redesignating subparagraph (D) as 
                subparagraph (E); and
                    (C) by inserting after subparagraph (C) the 
                following:
                    ``(D) to enhance the role of sustainable 
                agriculture (as defined in section 1404) in innovative 
                voluntary resilience solutions in the United States 
                through the development of agricultural technologies 
                that may address--
                            ``(i) the impact of extreme weather on crop 
                        production;
                            ``(ii) the effects of drought and the 
                        potential of building water holding capacity in 
                        soils on crop and rangelands;
                            ``(iii) the expansion of the potential for 
                        long-term carbon storage through sustainable 
                        agriculture;
                            ``(iv) increased economic and practical 
                        feasibility for renewable and sustainable 
                        energy, including conventional and advanced 
                        biofuels, on farms and in the agriculture 
                        industry;
                            ``(v) increased voluntary adoption of 
                        conservation practices that sequester carbon 
                        and build on-farm climate resilience; and
                            ``(vi) increased economic and practical 
                        feasibility for, and voluntary adoption of, 
                        precision agriculture technology; and''.
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