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.

Bill: 119-hr-3656
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Schrier, Kim [D-WA-8]
Introduced: 2025-05-29
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Latest action: action_date: 2025-05-29
text: Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.

Summaries:
action_date: 2025-05-29
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p>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.</p>

tv_txt: I 119th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 3656 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES May 29, 2025 Ms. Schrier (for herself, Mr. Larsen of Washington , Mr. Newhouse , Mr. Moolenaar , Ms. DelBene , Mr. Tonko , Mr. Thompson of Mississippi , Mr. Khanna , Mr. Takano , Mr. Riley of New York , and Mr. Bergman ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Agriculture A BILL 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.

1. Matching funds waiver under specialty crop research initiative Section 412(g)(3) of the Agricultural Research, Extension, and Education Reform Act of 1998 ( 7 U.S.C. 7632(g)(3) ) is amended— (1) in subparagraph (A), by striking An entity and inserting Subject to subparagraph (C), an entity ; and (2) by adding at the end the following: (C) Waiver With respect to a grant awarded under this section on or after the date of enactment of this subparagraph, the Secretary may waive the matching funds requirement under subparagraph (A). .