ACE Agriculture Act

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H.R. 7142 Introduced in House (IH)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 7142 To amend the National Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 to extend and permanently authorize the Agriculture Advanced Research and Development Authority, and for other purposes. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES January 16, 2026 Mr. Panetta (for himself and Mr. Feenstra) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Agriculture _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To amend the National Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 to extend and permanently authorize the Agriculture Advanced Research and Development Authority, 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. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Advancing Cutting Edge Agriculture Act'' or the ``ACE Agriculture Act''. SEC. 2. REAUTHORIZATION OF AGARDA. Section 1473H of the National Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C. 3319k) is amended-- (1) in the section heading, by striking ``pilot''; (2) in subsection (a)(6), by striking ``growing,'' and inserting ``growing (including water conservation technologies and innovation),''; (3) in subsection (b)-- (A) in paragraph (1), by striking ``pilot''; (B) in paragraph (2)-- (i) by amending subparagraph (B) to read as follows: ``(B) to overcome the long term and high-risk technological barriers in the development of agricultural technologies, research tools, and qualified products and projects that enhance export competitiveness, environmental sustainability, water conservation, the reduction, avoidance, sequestration, or mitigation of greenhouse gas emissions, and resilience to e