H.R. 3656 has not moved since its introduction on May 29, 2025, with cosponsors from both parties
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.
IntroducedMay 29, 2025
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What it changes · CRS summary
Written by the Congressional Research Service [2]. 54 words.
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.
Context
- Committees
- House Agriculture Committee
- Policy area
- Agriculture and Food: 14 of 2,036 bills became law, 113th–118th (0.7%)
- Sponsor
- 1 of 97 bills enacted since 2013
- Text versions
- 1: introduced in house · 88 words
- Latest action
- May 29, 2025: Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
- Records
- Congress.gov · Bill text
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