Future FARMER Act

Bill: 119-hr-1952
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Riley, Josh [D-NY-19]
Introduced: 2025-03-06
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Latest action: action_date: 2025-04-04
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation, Research, and Biotechnology.

Summaries:
action_date: 2025-03-06
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><strong>Future Funding for Agricultural Research, Mentorship, and Education Reauthorization Act or the Future FARMER Act</strong></p><p>This bill reauthorizes&nbsp;through FY2029 National Institute of Food and Agriculture grants and fellowships for food and agriculture science education. This includes programs such as the (1) Higher Education Challenge Grants Program,&nbsp;(2)&nbsp;Agriculture in the Classroom Program, and (3) National Awards Program for Excellence in College and University Teaching in the Food and Agricultural Sciences.</p>

tv_txt: I 119th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 1952 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES March 6, 2025 Mr. Riley of New York (for himself and Mr. Feenstra ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Agriculture A BILL To amend the National Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 to extend grants and fellowships for food and agricultural sciences education.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Future Funding for Agricultural Research, Mentorship, and Education Reauthorization Act or the Future FARMER Act . 2. Extension of grants and fellowships for food and agricultural sciences education Section 1417(m) of the National Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 ( 7 U.S.C. 3152(m) ) is amended— (1) in paragraph (1), by striking and at the end; (2) in paragraph (2), by striking the period at the end and adding ; and ; and (3) by adding at the end the following: (3) $40,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2025 through 2029. .