H.R. 3656

[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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