AG RESEARCH Act

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H.R. 3568 Introduced in House (IH)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 3568 To amend the Research Facilities Act and the Agricultural Research, Extension, and Education Reform Act of 1998 to address deferred maintenance at agricultural research facilities, and for other purposes. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES May 21, 2025 Ms. Schrier (for herself and Mr. Mann) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Agriculture _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To amend the Research Facilities Act and the Agricultural Research, Extension, and Education Reform Act of 1998 to address deferred maintenance at agricultural research facilities, 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 ``Augmenting Research and Educational Sites to Ensure Agriculture Remains Cutting-edge and Helpful Act'' or the ``AG RESEARCH Act''. SEC. 2. AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH FACILITIES. (a) Findings.--Congress finds that-- (1) in 2019, agriculture and related industries-- (A) contributed $1,109,000,000,000 to the gross domestic product of the United States (5.2 percent of the total gross domestic product of the United States); and (B) provided 22,200,000 jobs domestically (10.9 percent of total employment in the United States); (2) the National Institute of Food and Agriculture provides more than $1,700,000,000 in research funding each year to schools of agriculture; (3) a study published in 2015 found that deferred maintenance needs at 91 schools of agriculture across the United States totaled $8,400,000,000, with a total replacement cost of $29,000,000,000; (4) a study published in 2021 found that deferred maintenance needs at schools of ag