[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 679 Introduced in House (IH)]

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118th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 679

To amend the Agricultural Research, Extension, and Education Reform Act 
of 1998 to authorize the Secretary of Agriculture to waive the matching 
funds requirement under the specialty crop research initiative, and for 
                            other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 31, 2023

Ms. Schrier (for herself, Mr. Newhouse, Mr. Larsen of Washington, Mrs. 
Rodgers of Washington, Ms. Lee of California, Ms. Perez, Ms. Bonamici, 
  Ms. DelBene, Ms. Slotkin, Mr. Khanna, Mr. Harder of California, Mr. 
 Carbajal, Mr. Moolenaar, Mr. Bergman, Mr. Thompson of California, Ms. 
Brownley, Mr. Ryan, Ms. Stefanik, Mr. Huizenga, Mr. Kilmer, Mr. Costa, 
 and Mr. Takano) 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 authorize the Secretary of Agriculture to waive the matching 
funds requirement under 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. MATCHING FUNDS WAIVER UNDER SPECIALTY CROP RESEARCH 
              INITIATIVE.

    Section 412(g)(3) of the Agricultural Research, Extension, and 
Education Reform Act of 1998 (7 U.S.C. 7632(g)(3)) is amended by adding 
at the end the following:
                    ``(C) Waiver.--With respect to a grant awarded 
                under this section on or after the date of enactment of 
                this subparagraph, the Secretary may waive the matching 
                funds requirement under subparagraph (A).''.
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