America Grows Act of 2019

I 116TH CONGRESS 1ST SESSION H. R. 4714 To prioritize funding for an expanded and sustained national investment in agriculture research. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OCTOBER 17, 2019 Mrs. BUSTOS (for herself, Mr. PANETTA, Ms. SCHRIER, and Mr. SEAN PAT- RICK MALONEY of New York) introduced the following bill; which was re- ferred to the Committee on Agriculture, and in addition to the Committee on the Budget, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speak- er, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the ju- risdiction of the committee concerned A BILL To prioritize funding for an expanded and sustained national investment in agriculture research. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa- 1 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘America Grows Act 4 of 2019’’. 5 SEC. 2. FUNDING. 6 (a) IN GENERAL.—There are authorized to be appro- 7 priated to each funding recipient described in subsection 8 VerDate Sep 11 2014 04:49 Oct 23, 2019 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H4714.IH H4714 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42 with BILLS 2 •HR 4714 IH (b), as determined by the Director of the Office of Man- 1 agement and Budget— 2 (1) for fiscal year 2020, not less than 105 per- 3 cent of the amount of new budget authority made 4 available in appropriation Acts for that recipient for 5 fiscal year 2019, adjusted for inflation; 6 (2) for fiscal year 2021, not less than 105 per- 7 cent of the amount determined under paragraph (1) 8 for that recipient, adjusted for inflation; 9 (3) for fiscal year 2022, not less than 105 per- 10 cent of the amount determined under paragraph (2) 11 for that recipient, adjusted for inflation; 12 (4) for fiscal year 2023, not less than 105 per- 13 cent of the amount determined under paragraph (3) 14 for that recipient, adjusted for inflation; and 15 (5) for fiscal year 2024, not less than 105 per- 16 cent of the amount determined under paragraph (4) 17 for that recipient, adjusted for inflation. 18 (b) FUNDING RECIPIENTS DESCRIBED.—The fund- 19 ing recipients referred to in subsection (a) are— 20 (1) the Agricultural Research Service; 21 (2) the Economic Research Service; 22 (3) the National Agricultural Statistics Service; 23 and 24 VerDate Sep 11 2014 04:49 Oct 23, 2019 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H4714.IH H4714 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42 with BILLS 3 •HR 4714 IH (4) the National Institute of Food and Agri- 1 culture. 2 SEC. 3. BUDGETARY PROVISIONS. 3 (a) CAP ADJUSTMENTS.—Section 251(b)(2) of the 4 Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 5 1985 (2 U.S.C. 901(b)(2)) is amended by adding at the 6 end the following: 7 ‘‘(G) AGRICULTURE RESEARCH.— 8 ‘‘(i) ADJUSTMENT FOR ADDITIONAL 9 FUNDING.—If a bill or joint resolution 10 making appropriations for a fiscal year is 11 enacted that specifies amounts for an agri- 12 cultural research funding recipient, then 13 the adjustments for that fiscal year shall 14 be the amount of additional new budget 15 authority provided in that Act for that ag- 16 ricultural research funding recipient for 17 that fiscal year, but shall not exceed— 18 ‘‘(I) for fiscal year 2020, the dif- 19 ference between— 20 ‘‘(aa) the amount of new 21 budget authority made available 22 in appropriation Acts for that ag- 23 ricultural research funding recipi- 24 ent for fiscal year 2019; and 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 04:49 Oct 23, 2019 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H4714.IH H4714 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42 with BILLS 4 •HR 4714 IH ‘‘(bb) the amount deter- 1 mined by the Director under sec- 2 tion 2(a)(1) of the America 3 Grows Act of 2019 with respect 4 to that agricultural research 5 funding recipient; 6 ‘‘(II) for fiscal year 2021, the 7 difference between— 8 ‘‘(aa) the amount of new 9 budget authority made available 10 in appropriation Acts for that ag- 11 ricultural research funding recipi- 12 ent for fiscal year 2019; and 13 ‘‘(bb) the amount deter- 14 mined by the Director under sec- 15 tion 2(a)(2) of the America 16 Grows Act of 2019 with respect 17 to that agricultural research 18 funding recipient; 19 ‘‘(III) for fiscal year 2022, the 20 difference between— 21 ‘‘(aa) the amount of new 22 budget authority made available 23 in appropriation Acts for that ag- 24 VerDate Sep 11 2014 04:49 Oct 23, 2019 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00004 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H4714.IH H4714 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42 with BILLS 5 •HR 4714 IH ricultural research funding recipi- 1 ent for fiscal year 2019; and 2 ‘‘(bb) the amount deter- 3 mined by the Director under sec- 4 tion 2(a)(3) of the America 5 Grows Act of 2019 with respect 6 to that agricultural research 7 funding recipient; 8 ‘‘(IV) for fiscal year 2023, the 9 difference between— 10 ‘‘(aa) the amount of new 11 budget authority made available 12 in appropriation Acts for that ag- 13 ricultural research funding recipi- 14 ent for fiscal year 2019; and 15 ‘‘(bb) the amount deter- 16 mined by the Director under sec- 17 tion 2(a)(4) of the America 18 Grows Act of 2019 with respect 19 to that agricultural research 20 funding recipient; and 21 ‘‘(V) for fiscal year 2024, the dif- 22 ference between— 23 ‘‘(aa) the amount of new 24 budget authority made available 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 04:49 Oct 23, 2019 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00005 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H4714.IH H4714 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42 with BILLS 6 •HR 4714 IH in appropriation Acts for that ag- 1 ricultural research funding recipi- 2 ent for fiscal year 2019; and 3 ‘‘(bb) the amount deter- 4 mined by the Director under sec- 5 tion 2(a)(5) of the America 6 Grows Act of 2019 with respect 7 to that agricultural research 8 funding recipient. 9 ‘‘(ii) DEFINITIONS.—As used in this 10 subparagraph: 11 ‘‘(I) ADDITIONAL NEW BUDGET 12 AUTHORITY.—The term ‘additional 13 new budget authority’ means, with re- 14 spect to an agricultural research fund- 15 ing recipient, the amount of new 16 budget authority provided for a fiscal 17 year in an appropriation Act for that 18 agricultural research funding recipient 19 that is in excess of the amount of new 20 budget authority provided in fiscal 21 year 2019 in an appropriation Act for 22 that agricultural research funding re- 23 cipient. 24 VerDate Sep 11 2014 04:49 Oct 23, 2019 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00006 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H4714.IH H4714 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42 with BILLS 7 •HR 4714 IH ‘‘(II) AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH 1 FUNDING RECIPIENT.—The term ‘ag- 2 ricultural research funding recipient’ 3 means a funding recipient described 4 in section 2(b) of the America Grows 5 Act of 2019. 6 ‘‘(III) DIRECTOR.—The term 7 ‘Director’ means the Director of the 8 Office of Management and Budget.’’. 9 (b) MINIMUM CONTINUED FUNDING REQUIRE- 10 MENT.—The amount of new budget authority made avail- 11 able in appropriation Acts for a funding recipient de- 12 scribed in section 2(b) for each of fiscal years 2020 13 through 2024, and each subsequent fiscal year, shall not 14 be less than the amount of new budget authority made 15 available in appropriation Acts for that funding recipient 16 for fiscal year 2019. 17 (c) EXEMPTION OF CERTAIN APPROPRIATIONS FROM 18 SEQUESTRATION.— 19 (1) IN GENERAL.—Section 255(g)(1)(A) of the 20 Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control 21 Act (2 U.S.C. 905(g)(1)(A)) is amended by inserting 22 after ‘‘Advances to the Unemployment Trust Fund 23 and Other Funds (16–0327–0–1–600).’’ the fol- 24 lowing: 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 04:49 Oct 23, 2019 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00007 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H4714.IH H4714 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42 with BILLS 8 •HR 4714 IH ‘‘Appropriations pursuant to section 1 2(a) of the America Grows Act of 2019.’’. 2 (2) APPLICABILITY.—The amendment made by 3 this section shall apply to any sequestration order 4 issued under the Balanced Budget and Emergency 5 Deficit Control Act of 1985 (2 U.S.C. 900 et seq.) 6 on or after the date of enactment of this Act. 7 Æ VerDate Sep 11 2014 04:49 Oct 23, 2019 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00008 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6301 E:\BILLS\H4714.IH H4714 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42 with BILLS