S 4347
America Grows Act of 2026
Summary
America Grows Act of 2026 This bill permanently funds several agencies that perform agriculture research. The bill provides specified funding for the following agencies within the Department of Agriculture: the Agricultural Research Service, the Economic Research Service, the National Agricultural Statistics Service, and the National Institute of Food and Agriculture. The bill exempts the funding from sequestration, which is a process of automatic, usually across-the-board spending reductions under which budgetary resources are permanently cancelled to enforce specific budget policy goals. It also exempts the budgetary effects of the funding from the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010 (PAYGO) and the Senate PAYGO rule.
Bill status
- Status
- In committee
- Sponsor
- Sen. Richard J. Durbin [D-IL]
- Cosponsors
- 1
- Policy area
- Agriculture and Food
- Introduced
- 2026-04-20
- Latest action
- 2026-04-20: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. (text: CR S1841-1842)
Committee referrals
Recent actions
- 2026-04-20: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. (text: CR S1841-1842)
- 2026-04-20: Introduced in Senate