To amend the Agricultural Research, Extension, and Education Reform Act of 1998 to establish a waiver from the matching requirement for certain grants under the specialty crop research initiative.

I 116TH CONGRESS 1ST SESSION H. R. 3952 To amend the Agricultural Research, Extension, and Education Reform Act of 1998 to establish a waiver from the matching requirement for certain grants under the specialty crop research initiative. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES JULY 24, 2019 Ms. SCHRIER (for herself and Mr. COX of California) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Agriculture A BILL To amend the Agricultural Research, Extension, and Edu- cation Reform Act of 1998 to establish a waiver from the matching requirement for certain grants under the specialty crop research initiative. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa- 1 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 SECTION 1. WAIVER UNDER SPECIALTY CROP RESEARCH 3 INITIATIVE. 4 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 412(g)(3) of the Agricul- 5 tural Research, Extension, and Education Reform Act of 6 1998 (7 U.S.C. 7632(g)(3)) is amended— 7 VerDate Sep 11 2014 04:20 Aug 07, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H3952.IH H3952 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42 with BILLS 2 •HR 3952 IH (1) in subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘An enti- 1 ty’’ and inserting ‘‘Subject to subparagraph (C), an 2 entity’’; and 3 (2) by adding at the end the following new sub- 4 paragraph: 5 ‘‘(C) WAIVER.—The Secretary may waive 6 the matching funds requirement under subpara- 7 graph (A) with respect to a grant made under 8 this section if the Secretary determines that— 9 ‘‘(i) the research conducted using 10 grant funds— 11 ‘‘(I) will benefit a specific spe- 12 cialty crop; and 13 ‘‘(II) are likely to be applicable to 14 agricultural commodities generally, in- 15 cluding specialty crops; or 16 ‘‘(ii)(I) the grant involves scientifically 17 important research; and 18 ‘‘(II) the recipient of such grant is 19 unable to satisfy such matching funds re- 20 quirement.’’. 21 (b) APPLICATION.—The amendments made by sub- 22 section (a) shall apply with respect to grants awarded on 23 or after October 1, 2019. 24 Æ VerDate Sep 11 2014 04:20 Aug 07, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6301 E:\BILLS\H3952.IH H3952 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42 with BILLS