[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 4347 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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119th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 4347

To prioritize funding for an expanded and sustained national investment 
                        in agriculture research.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             April 20, 2026

 Mr. Durbin (for himself and Mr. Moran) 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 prioritize funding for an expanded and sustained national investment 
                        in agriculture research.

    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 ``America Grows Act of 2026''.

SEC. 2. FUNDING.

    (a) In General.--There is appropriated, out of any money in the 
Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to each funding recipient 
described in subsection (b) for the programs, projects, and activities 
of such funding recipient, the following amounts:
            (1) For fiscal year 2027, the amount equal to 105 percent 
        of the amount of new budget authority made available in 
        appropriation Acts for that funding recipient for fiscal year 
        2026, increased by the percentage increase (if any), during 
        fiscal year 2026, in the Consumer Price Index for all urban 
        consumers published by the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
            (2) For each of fiscal years 2028 through 2036, the amount 
        equal to 105 percent of the amount appropriated to that funding 
        recipient under this subsection for the previous fiscal year, 
        increased by the percentage increase (if any), during such 
        previous fiscal year, in the Consumer Price Index for all urban 
        consumers published by the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
            (3) For fiscal year 2037, and each fiscal year thereafter, 
        the amount appropriated under this paragraph for the previous 
        fiscal year, increased by the percentage increase (if any), 
        during such previous fiscal year, in the Consumer Price Index 
        for all urban consumers published by the Bureau of Labor 
        Statistics.
    (b) Funding Recipients Described.--The funding recipients described 
in this subsection are--
            (1) the Agricultural Research Service;
            (2) the Economic Research Service;
            (3) the National Agricultural Statistics Service; and
            (4) the National Institute of Food and Agriculture.
    (c) Availability.--Each amount appropriated under subsection (a) 
shall remain available for obligation through the last day of the 
fiscal year for which such amount is appropriated.

SEC. 3. EXEMPTION FROM SEQUESTRATION.

    (a) In General.--Section 255(g)(1)(A) of the Balanced Budget and 
Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (2 U.S.C. 905(g)(1)(A)) is 
amended by inserting after ``Advances to the Unemployment Trust Fund 
and Other Funds (16-0327-0-1-600).'' the following:
    ``Appropriations made available under section 2(a) of the America 
Grows Act of 2026.''.
    (b) Applicability.--The amendment made by subsection (a) shall 
apply to any sequestration order issued under the Balanced Budget and 
Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (2 U.S.C. 900 et seq.) on or 
after the date of enactment of this Act.

SEC. 4. BUDGETARY EFFECTS.

    (a) Statutory PAYGO Scorecards.--The budgetary effects of this Act 
shall not be entered on either PAYGO scorecard maintained pursuant to 
section 4(d) of the Statutory Pay As-You-Go Act of 2010 (2 U.S.C. 
933(d)).
    (b) Senate PAYGO Scorecards.--The budgetary effects of this Act 
shall not be entered on any PAYGO scorecard maintained for purposes of 
section 4106 of H. Con. Res. 71 (115th Congress).
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