Agriculture Research Integrity Act of 2019
- Last Action
- 3/7/2019
Actions
- 2019-03-07Referred to the Subcommittee on Biotechnology, Horticulture, and Research.
- 2019-02-14Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
- 2019-02-14Introduced in House
- 2019-02-14Introduced in House
CRS Summary
As of 2019-02-14 (00)
Agriculture Research Integrity Act of 2019
This bill reaffirms that the Agricultural Research Service, the Economic Research Service, the National Agricultural Statistics Service, the National Institute of Food and Agriculture, and any successor agencies must be (1) within the research, education, and economics mission area of the Department of Agriculture (USDA); and (2) administered by the USDA Under Secretary for Research, Education, and Economics.
USDA must locate each of the specified agencies and the majority of the staff of the agencies within the National Capital Region.
Cosponsors (20)
- STENY HOYER (D-MD)
- SANFORD BISHOP (D-GA)
- ROSA DELAURO (D-CT)
- Mark Pocan (D-WI)
- BARBARA LEE (D-CA)
- BETTY MCCOLLUM (D-MN)
- Henry Cuellar (D-TX)
- JAMES MCGOVERN (D-MA)
- Marcia Fudge (D-OH)
- Salud Carbajal (D-CA)
- Jimmy Panetta (D-CA)
- Ann Kuster (D-NH)
- ELEANOR NORTON (D-DC)
- Elissa Slotkin (D-MI)
- Peter Welch (D-VT)
- RICK LARSEN (D-WA)
- Jared Huffman (D-CA)
- MIKE THOMPSON (D-CA)
- Ben Luján (D-NM)
- Derek Kilmer (D-WA)
Subjects
- Agricultural research
- Department of Agriculture
- Executive agency funding and structure
- Federal officials
- Government buildings, facilities, and property
- Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
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