119-hr3656

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3656 Introduced in House

    (IH) ]

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119th CONGRESS
 1st Session
 H. R. 3656

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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 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

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 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.

 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 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) .''.
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