S. 4347 · Where this bill is now
In committee
Introduced in the Senate, Apr 20, 2026
What this bill does
In plain words · AI-written from the official summaryLocks in permanent agriculture research funding
This bill provides permanent funding for four Department of Agriculture agencies that do research on farming, food, statistics, and agricultural economics. It protects that money from sequestration, which is when the government automatically cuts spending across many programs to meet budget goals. The bill also exempts this funding from certain budget rules that normally require spending to be offset by cuts or tax increases elsewhere.
How it affects you
If you're a farmer or work in agriculture, this could matter to you indirectly, since these agencies research ways to improve farming and food production. For most other people, this is mainly a behind-the-scenes change to how government budgets work rather than something that directly affects your daily life.
Read the official summary (Introduced in Senate, Apr 20, 2026)
America Grows Act of 2026
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.
Written by AI (Claude) using only the official summary by the Congressional Research Service, the Library of Congress’s nonpartisan research staff. It can miss nuance, so check the official summary and the bill text for details.
2nd SessionS. 4347
A BILL
America Grows Act of 2026
Sponsor: Sen. Richard J. Durbin (D-IL) · Introduced Apr 20, 2026 · Agriculture and Food · 1 version of the text
Sources: Congress.gov actions and votes · bill text from GovInfo · latest official action Apr 20, 2026: “Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. (text: CR S1841-1842)”