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HR3656Referred to Committee

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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Introduced
In Committee
3
Passed One Chamber
4
Passed Both
5
Signed into Law
119th
Congress
2025-05-29
Introduced
14
Cosponsors
HR
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Type

Sponsor

Kim Schrier
Kim Schrier
Democrat · WA · Representative
Votes with party: 93.9% (603 recorded votes)

Full profile: /officials/S001216

Source: Congress.gov · FEC

Cosponsors (14)

Members who have signed on to support this bill since introduction. Source: Congress.gov.

14 cosponsors on record at Congress.gov. The named list is syncing into Govwatch and will appear here shortly — view on Congress.gov in the meantime.

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Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.

2025-05-29

Source: Congress.gov

Committee Activity

Currently in

  • House Committee on AgricultureReferred To · 2025-05-29

Plain-English Summary

This bill authorizes the Department of Agriculture to waive the matching funds requirement for grants under the Specialty Crop Research Initiative. Currently, entities that receive grants under the initiative must provide nonfederal matching funds (including funds from an agricultural promotion, research, and information program) equal to not less than the amount of the grant.

Plain-English rewrite of the Congressional Research Service summary published on Congress.gov. Cached and reviewed.

Subjects

Agriculture and Food
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