118 HR 5199 IH: Specialty Crop Research Act of 2023 U.S. House of Representatives 2023-08-11 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.

I118th CONGRESS1st SessionH. R. 5199IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVESAugust 11, 2023Ms. Slotkin introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on AgricultureA BILLTo 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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Short title

This Act may be cited as the Specialty Crop Research Act of 2023.

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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..

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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..