[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 144 (Tuesday, September 10, 2019)]
[Senate]
[Pages S5409-S5410]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




          STATEMENTS ON INTRODUCED BILL AND JOINT RESOLUTIONS

      By Mr. DURBIN:
  S. 2458. A bill to prioritize funding for an expanded and sustained 
national investment in agriculture research; to the Committee on the 
Budget.
  Mr. DURBIN Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the text of 
the bill be printed in the Record.
  There being no objection, the text of the bill was ordered to be 
printed in the Record, as follows:

                                S. 2458

       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 2019''.

     SEC. 2. FUNDING.

       (a) In General.--There are authorized to be appropriated to 
     each funding recipient described in subsection (b), as 
     determined by the Director of the Office of Management and 
     Budget--
       (1) for fiscal year 2020, not less than 105 percent of the 
     amount of new budget authority made available in 
     appropriation Acts for that recipient for fiscal year 2019, 
     adjusted for inflation;
       (2) for fiscal year 2021, not less than 105 percent of the 
     amount determined under paragraph (1) for that recipient, 
     adjusted for inflation;
       (3) for fiscal year 2022, not less than 105 percent of the 
     amount determined under paragraph (2) for that recipient, 
     adjusted for inflation;
       (4) for fiscal year 2023, not less than 105 percent of the 
     amount determined under paragraph (3) for that recipient, 
     adjusted for inflation; and
       (5) for fiscal year 2024, not less than 105 percent of the 
     amount determined under paragraph (4) for that recipient, 
     adjusted for inflation.
       (b) Funding Recipients Described.--The funding recipients 
     referred to in subsection (a) 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.

     SEC. 3. BUDGETARY PROVISIONS.

       (a) Cap Adjustments.--Section 251(b)(2) of the Balanced 
     Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (2 U.S.C. 
     901(b)(2)) is amended by adding at the end the following:
       ``(G) Agriculture research.--
       ``(i) Adjustment for additional funding.--If a bill or 
     joint resolution making appropriations for a fiscal year is 
     enacted that specifies amounts for an agricultural research 
     funding recipient, then the adjustments for that fiscal year 
     shall be the amount of additional new budget authority 
     provided in that Act for that agricultural research funding 
     recipient for that fiscal year, but shall not exceed--

       ``(I) for fiscal year 2020, the difference between--

       ``(aa) the amount of new budget authority made available in 
     appropriation Acts for that agricultural research funding 
     recipient for fiscal year 2019; and
       ``(bb) the amount determined by the Director under section 
     2(a)(1) of the America Grows Act of 2019 with respect to that 
     agricultural research funding recipient;

       ``(II) for fiscal year 2021, the difference between--

       ``(aa) the amount of new budget authority made available in 
     appropriation Acts for that agricultural research funding 
     recipient for fiscal year 2019; and
       ``(bb) the amount determined by the Director under section 
     2(a)(2) of the America Grows Act of 2019 with respect to that 
     agricultural research funding recipient;

       ``(III) for fiscal year 2022, the difference between--

       ``(aa) the amount of new budget authority made available in 
     appropriation Acts for that agricultural research funding 
     recipient for fiscal year 2019; and
       ``(bb) the amount determined by the Director under section 
     2(a)(3) of the America Grows Act of 2019 with respect to that 
     agricultural research funding recipient;

       ``(IV) for fiscal year 2023, the difference between--

       ``(aa) the amount of new budget authority made available in 
     appropriation Acts for that agricultural research funding 
     recipient for fiscal year 2019; and
       ``(bb) the amount determined by the Director under section 
     2(a)(4) of the America

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     Grows Act of 2019 with respect to that agricultural research 
     funding recipient; and

       ``(V) for fiscal year 2024, the difference between--

       ``(aa) the amount of new budget authority made available in 
     appropriation Acts for that agricultural research funding 
     recipient for fiscal year 2019; and
       ``(bb) the amount determined by the Director under section 
     2(a)(5) of the America Grows Act of 2019 with respect to that 
     agricultural research funding recipient.
       ``(ii) Definitions.--As used in this subparagraph:

       ``(I) Additional new budget authority.--The term 
     `additional new budget authority' means, with respect to an 
     agricultural research funding recipient, the amount of new 
     budget authority provided for a fiscal year in an 
     appropriation Act for that agricultural research funding 
     recipient that is in excess of the amount of new budget 
     authority provided in fiscal year 2019 in an appropriation 
     Act for that agricultural research funding recipient.
       ``(II) Agricultural research funding recipient.--The term 
     `agricultural research funding recipient' means a funding 
     recipient described in section 2(b) of the America Grows Act 
     of 2019.
       ``(III) Director.--The term `Director' means the Director 
     of the Office of Management and Budget.''.

       (b) Minimum Continued Funding Requirement.--The amount of 
     new budget authority made available in appropriation Acts for 
     a funding recipient described in section 2(b) for each of 
     fiscal years 2020 through 2024, and each subsequent fiscal 
     year, shall not be less than the amount of new budget 
     authority made available in appropriation Acts for that 
     funding recipient for fiscal year 2019.
       (c) Exemption of Certain Appropriations From 
     Sequestration.--
       (1) In general.--Section 255(g)(1)(A) of the Balanced 
     Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act (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 pursuant to section 2(a) of the America 
     Grows Act of 2019.''.
       (2) Applicability.--The amendment made by this section 
     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.

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