ACE Agriculture Act of 2026

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [S. 3637 Introduced in Senate (IS)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 2d Session S. 3637 To amend the National Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 to reauthorize the Agriculture Advanced Research and Development Authority, and for other purposes. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES January 14, 2026 Mr. Marshall (for himself and Mr. Bennet) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To amend the National Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 to reauthorize 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 of 2026'' or the ``ACE Agriculture Act of 2026''. SEC. 2. AGRICULTURE ADVANCED RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY. 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)(A), by striking ``growing,'' and inserting ``growing (including water conservation technologies and innovation),''; (3) in subsection (b)-- (A) by striking ``pilot program'' each place it appears and inserting ``program''; (B) in paragraph (2)-- (i) in subparagraph (B)-- (I) by inserting ``the long-term and high-risk technological'' before ``barriers''; and (II) by striking ``and resilience to extreme weather;'' and inserting ``water conservation, the reduction, avoidance, sequestration, or mitigation of greenhouse gas emissions from the agriculture sector, and resilien