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S. 4072

Introduced

Agricultural and Food Policy Research Centers Reauthorization Act of 2026

Sponsor
REric Schmitt· Missouri
Introduced
March 12, 2026
Policy area
Agriculture and Food
Latest action
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.March 12, 2026
[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 4072 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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119th CONGRESS
2d Session
S. 4072

To reauthorize Agricultural and Food Policy Research Centers.

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IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

March 12, 2026

Mr. Schmitt introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry

_______________________________________________________________________

A BILL

To reauthorize Agricultural and Food Policy Research Centers.

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 ``Agricultural and Food Policy 
Research Centers Reauthorization Act of 2026''.

SEC. 2. REAUTHORIZATION OF AGRICULTURAL AND FOOD POLICY RESEARCH 
CENTERS.

Section 1419A(e) of the National Agricultural Research, Extension, 
and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C. 3155(e)) is amended by 
striking ``$10,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2014 through 2023'' and 
inserting ``$15,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2027 through 2031''.
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