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Download official Senate Record PDFReturn to issue contextBy Mr. DURBIN (for himself and Mr. Moran):
S. 4347. A bill to prioritize funding for an expanded and sustained national investment in agricultural research; to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
Mr. DURBIN. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the text of the bill be printed in the Record.
S. 4347
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of
the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the “America Grows Act of 2026”.
SEC. 2. FUNDING.
(a) In General.—There is appropriated, out of any money in
the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to each funding
recipient described in subsection (b) for the programs,
projects, and activities of such funding recipient, the
following amounts:
(1) For fiscal year 2027, the amount equal to 105 percent
of the amount of new budget authority made available in
appropriation Acts for that funding recipient for fiscal year
2026, increased by the percentage increase (if any), during
fiscal year 2026, in the Consumer Price Index for all urban
consumers published by the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
(2) For each of fiscal years 2028 through 2036, the amount
equal to 105 percent of the amount appropriated to that
funding recipient under this subsection for the previous
fiscal year, increased by the percentage increase (if any),
during such previous fiscal year, in the Consumer Price Index
for all urban consumers published by the Bureau of Labor
Statistics.
(3) For fiscal year 2037, and each fiscal year thereafter,
the amount appropriated under this paragraph for the previous
fiscal year, increased by the percentage increase (if any),
during such previous fiscal year, in the Consumer Price Index
for all urban consumers published by the Bureau of Labor
Statistics.
(b) Funding Recipients Described.—The funding recipients
described in this subsection are—
(1) the Agricultural Research Service;
(2) the Economic Research Service;
(3) the National Agricultural Statistics Service; and
(4) the National Institute of Food and Agriculture.
(c) Availability.—Each amount appropriated under
subsection (a) shall remain available for obligation through
the last day of the fiscal year for which such amount is
appropriated.
SEC. 3. EXEMPTION FROM SEQUESTRATION.
(a) In General.—Section 255(g)(1)(A) of the Balanced
Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (2 U.S.C.
905(g)(1)(A)) is amended by inserting after “Advances to the
Unemployment Trust Fund and Other Funds (16-0327-0-1-600).”
the following:
“Appropriations made available under section 2(a) of the
America Grows Act of 2026.”.
(b) Applicability.—The amendment made by subsection (a)
shall apply to any sequestration order issued under the
Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (2
U.S.C. 900 et seq.) on or after the date of enactment of this
Act.
SEC. 4. BUDGETARY EFFECTS.
(a) Statutory Paygo Scorecards.—The budgetary effects of
this Act shall not be entered on either PAYGO scorecard
maintained pursuant to section 4(d) of the Statutory Pay As-
You-Go Act of 2010 (2 U.S.C. 933(d)).
(b) Senate Paygo Scorecards.—The budgetary effects of this
Act shall not be entered on any PAYGO scorecard maintained
for purposes of section 4106 of H. Con. Res. 71 (115th
Congress).