119-hr5854

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5854 Introduced in House

    (IH) ]

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119th CONGRESS
 1st Session
 H. R. 5854

 To amend the National Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching 
Policy Act of 1977 to provide for an additional goal of the Agriculture 
 Advanced Research and Development Authority

    (AGARDA) to enhance the 
 role of agriculture in innovative sustainability solutions.

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 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

 October 28, 2025

 Mr. Neguse (for himself and Mr. Flood) introduced the following bill; 
 which was referred to the Committee on Agriculture

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 A BILL

 To amend the National Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching 
Policy Act of 1977 to provide for an additional goal of the Agriculture 
 Advanced Research and Development Authority

    (AGARDA) to enhance the 
 role of agriculture in innovative sustainability solutions.

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

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

 This Act may be cited as the ``Sustainable Agriculture Research 
Act''.

SEC. 2. ADDITIONAL GOAL OF AGARDA TO ENHANCE ROLE OF AGRICULTURE IN 
 INNOVATIVE SUSTAINABILITY SOLUTIONS.

 

Section 1473H of the National Agricultural Research, Extension, and 
Teaching Policy Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C. 3319k) is amended--

    (1) in subsection

    (a) , by adding at the end the following:
 ``

    (8) Precision agriculture.--The term `precision 
 agriculture' means managing, tracking, or reducing crop or 
 livestock production inputs (including seed, feed, fertilizer, 
 chemicals, water, and time) at a heightened level of spatial 
 and temporal granularity to improve efficiencies, reduce waste, 
 and maintain environmental quality.''; and

    (2) in subsection

    (b)

    (2) --
        (A) in subparagraph
            (C) , by striking ``and'' at the 
 end;
        (B) by redesignating subparagraph
            (D) as 
 subparagraph
        (E) ; and
            (C) by inserting after subparagraph
            (C) the 
 following:
 ``
            (D) to enhance the role of sustainable 
 agriculture (as defined in 

section 1404) in innovative 
 voluntary resilience solutions in the United States 
 through the development of agricultural technologies 
 that may address--
 ``
            (i) the impact of extreme weather on crop 
 production;
 ``
            (ii) the effects of drought and the 
 potential of building water holding capacity in 
 soils on crop and rangelands;
 ``
            (iii) the expansion of the potential for 
 long-term carbon storage through sustainable 
 agriculture;
 ``
            (iv) increased economic and practical 
 feasibility for sustainable energy, including 
 conventional and advanced biofuels, on farms 
 and in the agriculture industry;
 ``
            (v) increased voluntary adoption of 
 conservation practices that sequester carbon 
 and build on-farm climate resilience; and
 ``
            (vi) increased economic and practical 
 feasibility for, and voluntary adoption of, 
 precision agriculture technology; and''.
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