A bill to amend the National Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 to authorize appropriations for the United States-Israel Binational Agricultural Research and Development Fund.

II 117TH CONGRESS 1ST SESSION S. 1518 To amend the National Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 to authorize appropriations for the United States-Israel Binational Agricultural Research and Development Fund. IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES APRIL 29, 2021 Mr. HOEVEN (for himself and Ms. BALDWIN) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nu- trition, and Forestry A BILL To amend the National Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 to authorize appropria- tions for the United States-Israel Binational Agricultural Research and Development Fund. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa- 1 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 SECTION 1. UNITED STATES-ISRAEL BINATIONAL AGRICUL- 3 TURAL RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT 4 FUND. 5 Section 1458(e) of the National Agricultural Re- 6 search, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 (7 7 U.S.C. 3291(e)) is amended— 8 VerDate Sep 11 2014 01:39 May 25, 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S1518.IS S1518 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS 2 •S 1518 IS (1) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘entered into’’ 1 and inserting ‘‘as entered into in 1977’’; and 2 (2) by adding at the end the following: 3 ‘‘(3) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.— 4 There are authorized to be appropriated to the 5 BARD Fund such sums as are necessary to carry 6 out activities under this subsection for each fiscal 7 year.’’. 8 Æ VerDate Sep 11 2014 01:39 May 25, 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6301 E:\BILLS\S1518.IS S1518 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS