I 
118TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 5268 
To prioritize funding for an expanded and sustained national investment 
in agriculture research. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
AUGUST 25, 2023 
Ms. BUDZINSKI introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Com-
mittee on Appropriations, and in addition to the Committee on the Budg-
et, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each 
case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of 
the committee concerned 
A BILL 
To prioritize funding for an expanded and sustained national 
investment in agriculture research. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘America Grows Act 
of 2023’’. 
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 pro-
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grams, projects, and activities of such funding recipient, 
the following amounts: 
(1) For fiscal year 2024, the amount equal to 
105 percent of the amount of new budget authority 
made available in appropriation Acts for that fund-
ing recipient for fiscal year 2023, increased by the 
percentage increase (if any), during fiscal year 2023, 
in the Consumer Price Index for all urban con-
sumers published by the Bureau of Labor Statistics. 
(2) For each of fiscal years 2025 through 2033, 
the amount equal to 105 percent of the amount ap-
propriated to that funding recipient under this sub-
section 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 2034, and each fiscal year 
thereafter, the amount appropriated under this para-
graph 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. 
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(b) FUNDING RECIPIENTS DESCRIBED.—The fund-
ing 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 Agri-
culture. 
(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 Bal-
anced 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 
2023.’’. 
(b) APPLICABILITY.—The amendment made by sub-
section (a) shall apply to any sequestration order issued 
under the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Con-
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trol 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 budg-
etary 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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