[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2998 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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118th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 2998

   To amend the Food and Agriculture Act of 1977 and the Agriculture 
Improvement Act of 2018 to modify provisions relating to matching funds 
    requirements for research and extension activities at eligible 
            institutions and related reporting requirements.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

           September 29 (legislative day, September 22), 2023

Mr. Brown (for himself and Mr. Warnock) introduced the following bill; 
  which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, 
                        Nutrition, and Forestry

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                                 A BILL


 
   To amend the Food and Agriculture Act of 1977 and the Agriculture 
Improvement Act of 2018 to modify provisions relating to matching funds 
    requirements for research and extension activities at eligible 
            institutions and related reporting requirements.

    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 ``Land-Grant Research Equity and 
Accountability Act''.

SEC. 2. MATCHING FUNDS REQUIREMENT FOR RESEARCH AND EXTENSION 
              ACTIVITIES AT ELIGIBLE INSTITUTIONS.

    (a) Modification.--Section 1449 of the Food and Agriculture Act of 
1977 (7 U.S.C. 3222d) is amended--
            (1) in subsection (b), in the matter preceding paragraph 
        (1)--
                    (A) by striking ``, 1999'' and inserting ``of each 
                fiscal year''; and
                    (B) by striking ``fiscal year 1999'' and inserting 
                ``that fiscal year''; and
            (2) by striking subsection (c) and inserting the following:
    ``(c) State Matching Funds Requirement.--
            ``(1) In general.--Notwithstanding any other provision of 
        this subtitle, for each fiscal year, a State shall provide to 
        each eligible institution located in the State matching funds 
        in an amount equal to the amounts provided to the eligible 
        institution from non-Federal sources for that fiscal year, as 
        described in subsection (b).
            ``(2) Attestation to secretary.--
                    ``(A) In general.--Not less frequently than once 
                each fiscal year, a State shall submit to the Secretary 
                an attestation that describes whether the State--
                            ``(i) plans to fulfill the matching funds 
                        requirement under paragraph (1) for that fiscal 
                        year; or
                            ``(ii) is unable to fulfill that matching 
                        funds requirement for the fiscal year.
                    ``(B) Publication.--The Secretary shall publish 
                each attestation submitted under subparagraph (A) on an 
                annual basis.''.
    (b) Reports.--Section 7116 of the Agriculture Improvement Act of 
2018 (7 U.S.C. 2207d) is amended--
            (1) in the matter preceding paragraph (1)--
                    (A) by striking ``7601)'' and inserting ``7601))''; 
                and
                    (B) by striking ``Not later'' and inserting the 
                following:
    ``(a) Match Reporting.--Not later''; and
            (2) by adding at the end the following:
    ``(b) Outreach.--
            ``(1) In general.--The Secretary shall provide to the 
        legislature and Governor of each State in which an 1862 
        Institution or 1890 Institution (as those terms are defined in 
        section 2 of the Agricultural Research, Extension, and 
        Education Reform Act of 1998 (7 U.S.C. 7601)) is located 
        information relating to each matching requirement applicable to 
        the State under the programs referred to in paragraphs (1), 
        (2), and (3) of subsection (a).
            ``(2) Form.--The information under paragraph (1) shall be 
        provided--
                    ``(A) through direct outreach; and
                    ``(B) not later than the February 1 immediately 
                preceding the date on which the award cycle under the 
                applicable program commences.
    ``(c) Attestations.--
            ``(1) In general.--Not less frequently than once each year, 
        the Governor of each State described in subsection (b)(1) shall 
        submit to the Secretary an attestation that describes whether 
        the State--
                    ``(A) is able to fulfill each matching requirement 
                regarding which information is provided under that 
                subsection for that year; or
                    ``(B) is unable to fulfill that matching 
                requirement for the year.
            ``(2) Reports.--Not later than December 31 of each calendar 
        year, the Secretary shall submit to Congress, and make publicly 
        available on the website of the Department of Agriculture, an 
        annual report describing the attestations received under 
        paragraph (1) during that calendar year.''.
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