H.R. 5854

[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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