Bill Sponsor
Senate Bill 1371
117th Congress(2021-2022)
America Grows Act of 2021
Introduced
Introduced
Introduced in Senate on Apr 26, 2021
Overview
Text
Introduced
Apr 26, 2021
Latest Action
Apr 26, 2021
Origin Chamber
Senate
Type
Bill
Bill
The primary form of legislative measure used to propose law. Depending on the chamber of origin, bills begin with a designation of either H.R. or S. Joint resolution is another form of legislative measure used to propose law.
Bill Number
1371
Congress
117
Policy Area
Agriculture and Food
Agriculture and Food
Primary focus of measure is agricultural practices; agricultural prices and marketing; agricultural education; food assistance or nutrition programs; food industry, supply, and safety; aquaculture; horticulture and plants. Measures concerning international trade in agricultural products may fall under Foreign Trade and International Finance policy area.
Sponsorship by Party
Democrat
Illinois
Senate Votes (0)
House Votes (0)
No Senate votes have been held for this bill.
Summary

America Grows Act of 2021

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.

Text (1)
April 26, 2021
Actions (2)
04/26/2021
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. (text: CR S2200-2201)
04/26/2021
Introduced in Senate
Public Record
Record Updated
Jan 11, 2023 1:49:10 PM