[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 834 Introduced in Senate (IS)]
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118th CONGRESS
1st Session
S. 834
To amend the National Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching
Policy Act of 1977 to reauthorize the Agriculture Advanced Research and
Development Authority, and for other purposes.
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IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
March 16, 2023
Mr. Bennet (for himself and Mr. Marshall) 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 National Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching
Policy Act of 1977 to reauthorize the Agriculture Advanced Research and
Development Authority, 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 ``Advancing Cutting Edge Agriculture
Act of 2023'' or the ``ACE Agriculture Act of 2023''.
SEC. 2. AGRICULTURE ADVANCED RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY.
Section 1473H of the National Agricultural Research, Extension, and
Teaching Policy Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C. 3319k) is amended--
(1) in the section heading, by striking ``pilot'';
(2) in subsection (a)(6)(A), by striking ``growing,'' and
inserting ``growing (including water conservation technologies
and innovation),'';
(3) in subsection (b)--
(A) by striking ``pilot program'' each place it
appears and inserting ``program'';
(B) in paragraph (2)--
(i) in subparagraph (B)--
(I) by inserting ``the long-term
and high-risk technological'' before
``barriers''; and
(II) by striking ``and resilience
to extreme weather;'' and inserting
``water conservation, the reduction,
avoidance, sequestration, or mitigation
of greenhouse gas emissions from the
agriculture sector, and resilience to
extreme weather, drought, infectious
diseases, plant and animal pathogens,
and plant and animal pests;''; and
(ii) in subparagraph (D), by inserting ``or
economic cost'' before the period at the end;
(C) in paragraph (3)(B)--
(i) in clause (ii), in the matter preceding
subclause (I), by striking ``advise the Chief
Scientist on, and''; and
(ii) by striking clause (iii) and inserting
the following:
``(iii) Relationship within the department
of agriculture.--
``(I) Chief scientist.--The
Director shall work in close
collaboration with the Office of the
Chief Scientist.
``(II) Other programs.--No other
official who is the head of any other
program of the Department of
Agriculture shall report to the
Director.''; and
(D) in paragraph (9), by striking the paragraph
designation and heading and all that follows through
``In carrying out'' and inserting the following:
``(9) Personnel matters.--
``(A) In general.--The Director shall establish and
maintain within the AGARDA a staff with sufficient
qualifications and expertise to enable the AGARDA to
carry out the responsibilities of the AGARDA under this
section in conjunction with other operations of the
Department of Agriculture.
``(B) Use of existing personnel authorities.--In
carrying out'';
(4) in subsection (c), by adding at the end the following:
``(4) Use of strategic plan.--The Secretary shall use the
strategic plan developed under paragraph (1) and dated 2022 to
inform the administration of the AGARDA under this section.'';
(5) in subsection (d)--
(A) by redesignating subparagraph (C) of paragraph
(2) as paragraph (5), indenting appropriately, and
moving the paragraph so as to appear after paragraph
(3);
(B) in paragraph (3), by striking ``$50,000,000 for
each of fiscal years 2019 through 2023'' and inserting
``$100,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2024 through
2029'';
(C) by inserting after paragraph (3) the following:
``(4) Other funding.--In addition to amounts otherwise made
available to carry out this section, the Secretary may use to
carry out this section other unobligated funds available to the
Secretary for any other purpose.''; and
(D) in paragraph (5) (as redesignated by
subparagraph (A)), by striking ``this paragraph'' and
inserting ``paragraph (2) or (4)''; and
(6) by striking subsection (e).
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