Title: Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018
Policy area: Agriculture and Food

Summary:
This bill amends the National Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 to reauthorize through FY2023 the Department of Agriculture (USDA) extension programs, which are informal education programs conducted in the states in cooperation with USDA.
The bill also allows 1890 land-grant colleges and universities (historically black colleges and universities that were established under the Second Morrill Act of 1890 and receive funding from USDA) to carry over all extension funding into the succeeding fiscal year. (Under current law, the institutions are prohibited from carrying over more than 20% of the funds received in any fiscal year.)
USDA must report to Congress regarding extension and agricultural research funding for 1890 land-grant colleges and universities, including allocations made and matching funds received.

[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 3042 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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115th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 3042

 To provide for the reform and continuation of agricultural and other 
programs of the Department of Agriculture through fiscal year 2023, and 
                          for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             June 11, 2018

  Mr. Roberts 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 provide for the reform and continuation of agricultural and other 
programs of the Department of Agriculture through fiscal year 2023, 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. EXTENSION SERVICE.

    Section 1464 of the National Agricultural Research, Extension, and 
Teaching Policy Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C. 3312) is amended by striking 
``2018'' and inserting ``2023''.

SEC. 2. EXTENSION AT 1890 LAND-GRANT COLLEGES, INCLUDING TUSKEGEE 
              UNIVERSITY; REPORT.

    Section 1444 of the National Agricultural Research, Extension, and 
Teaching Policy Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C. 3221) is amended--
            (1) in subsection (a), by striking paragraph (4); and
            (2) by adding at the end the following:
    ``(g) Report.--The Secretary shall annually submit to Congress a 
report describing the allocations made to, and matching funds received 
by, eligible institutions under this section.''.

SEC. 3. REPORT ON AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH AT 1890 LAND-GRANT COLLEGES, 
              INCLUDING TUSKEGEE UNIVERSITY.

    Section 1445 of the National Agricultural Research, Extension, and 
Teaching Policy Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C. 3222) is amended by adding at the 
end the following:
    ``(i) Report.--The Secretary shall annually submit to Congress a 
report describing the allocations made to, and matching funds received 
by, eligible institutions under this section.''.
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