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S. 4347 · 119th CongressAgriculture and Food

America Grows Act of 2026 has not moved since its introduction on Apr 20, 2026, with cosponsors split almost evenly between the parties

Sponsored by Durbin, Richard J. D-IL · 2 cosponsors: 1 Democrat, 1 Republican
IntroducedApr 20, 2026
Reported—
Passed one chamber—
Passed both—
Law—
What it changes · CRS summary

Written by the Congressional Research Service [2]. 102 words.

America Grows Act of 2026 This bill permanently funds several agencies that perform agriculture research. The bill provides specified funding for the following agencies within the Department of Agriculture: the Agricultural Research Service, the Economic Research Service, the National Agricultural Statistics Service, and the National Institute of Food and Agriculture. The bill exempts the funding from sequestration, which is a process of automatic, usually across-the-board spending reductions under which budgetary resources are permanently cancelled to enforce specific budget policy goals. It also exempts the budgetary effects of the funding from the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010 (PAYGO) and the Senate PAYGO rule.

Context
Committees
Senate Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee
Policy area
Agriculture and Food: 14 of 2,036 bills became law, 113th–118th (0.7%)
Sponsor
6 of 577 bills enacted since 2013
Text versions
1: introduced in senate · 455 words
Latest action
Apr 20, 2026: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. (text: CR S1841-1842)
Records
Congress.gov · Bill text
Exhibit 1Passage odds band at each stage, rated when the bill reached it [4]
Related bills · 0

The bill status record lists no related bills.

Exhibit 2Articles naming the bill per day, last 90 days, US sources [3]