[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5199 Introduced in House (IH)]

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118th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 5199

To amend the Agricultural Research, Extension, and Education Reform Act 
of 1998 to reauthorize the Specialty Crop Research Initiative, and for 
                            other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            August 11, 2023

 Ms. Slotkin introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                        Committee on Agriculture

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend the Agricultural Research, Extension, and Education Reform Act 
of 1998 to reauthorize the Specialty Crop Research Initiative, and for 
                            other purposes.

    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 ``Specialty Crop Research Act of 
2023''.

SEC. 2. REAUTHORIZATION OF SPECIALTY CROP RESEARCH INITIATIVE.

    Section 412 of the Agricultural Research, Extension, and Education 
Reform Act of 1998 (7 U.S.C. 7632) is amended--
            (1) in subsection (j), by striking paragraph (5); and
            (2) in subsection (k), by amending paragraph (1) to read as 
        follows:
            ``(1) Mandatory funding.--Of the funds of the Commodity 
        Credit Corporation, the Secretary shall make available to carry 
        out this section--
                    ``(A) $80,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2014 
                through 2023; and
                    ``(B) $130,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2024 
                through 2028.''.

SEC. 3. FUNDING FOR INTER-REGIONAL RESEARCH PROJECT NUMBER 4.

    Subsection (e) of the Competitive, Special, and Facilities Research 
Grant Act (7 U.S.C. 3157(e)) is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (7), by inserting ``$50,000,000 for each 
        of fiscal years 2024 through 2028,'' after ``1991,''; and
            (2) by adding at the end the following:
            ``(8) Of the funds of the Commodity Credit Corporation, the 
        Secretary shall make available to carry out this subsection 
        $50,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2024 through 2028.''.
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