H.R. 3656: To amend the Agricultural Research, Extension, and Education Reform Act of 1998 to authorize the Secretary of Agriculture to waive the matching funds requirement under the specialty crop research initiative, and for other purposes.

119th Congress · introduced 2025-05-29 · Agriculture and Food · Latest: Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.

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Official title

To amend the Agricultural Research, Extension, and Education Reform Act of 1998 to authorize the Secretary of Agriculture to waive the matching funds requirement under the specialty crop research initiative, and for other purposes.

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This bill authorizes the Department of Agriculture to waive the matching funds requirement for grants under the Specialty Crop Research Initiative. Currently, entities that receive grants under the initiative must provide nonfederal matching funds (including funds from an agricultural promotion, research, and information program) equal to not less than the amount of the grant.

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To amend the Agricultural Research, Extension, and Education Reform Act of 1998 to authorize the Secretary of Agriculture to waive the matching funds requirement under the specialty crop research initiative, and for other purposes.

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)

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Sponsor: Rep. Schrier, Kim [D-WA-8] · 14 cosponsors

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Rick Larsen (D-WA), Dan Newhouse (R-WA), John R. Moolenaar (R-MI), Suzan K. DelBene (D-WA), Paul Tonko (D-NY), Bennie G. Thompson (D-MS), Ro Khanna (D-CA), Mark Takano (D-CA), Josh Riley (D-NY), Jack Bergman (R-MI), Elise M. Stefanik (R-NY), Chellie Pingree (D-ME), Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR), Kathy Castor (D-FL)

Sponsor's campaign money: Rep. Schrier, Kim [D-WA-8] reported raising $3.8 million (2025–2026). Details. Shown for context only; it does not mean any donor supported this bill.

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Authorization: A law that creates or continues a government program and says what it may do, often with a suggested spending ceiling. An authorization alone does not provide money; a separate appropriation does.
Ballot initiative: A proposed law or constitutional amendment that citizens place on the ballot by gathering enough voter signatures, so voters decide it directly. About half the states allow some form of it.
Bill: A proposed law. It becomes law only if it passes the legislature and is signed by the president or governor (or a veto is overridden).

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Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)
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Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-119hr3656.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/119/hr>

Record fed-us-cong119-hr3656 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong119 · updated 2026-11-03 by psicol fed-bills