YourVoice.Now Summary
No change for your household — Congress could keep paying for crop and livestock gene research through 2031.
The details
Most people would see no change in daily life. The bill would let Congress keep paying for a federal farm research program through 2031. The program studies the genes of crops and farm animals. Scientists look at why some plants and animals do better in real fields and barns. The money here is not new. Current law allowed up to $40 million a year for this work, but that spending permission stopped after 2023. The bill would allow the same amount again, through 2031. Congress would still have to vote each year to spend any of it. If the research pays off, farmers may get hardier crops or healthier herds years from now.
Congressional Summary
Genome to Phenome Initiative Reauthorization Act of 2026 or the AG2PI Act of 2026This bill reauthorizes the Agricultural Genome to Phenome Initiative (AG2PI) of the National Institute of Food and Agriculture through FY2031. The AG2PI competitive grant program seeks to (1) expand knowledge concerning genomes and phenomes of crops and animals that are of importance to the U.S. agriculture sector, and (2) support and coordinate research.
Details
- Congress
- 119th
- Chamber
- Senate
- Status
- summarized
- Action
- Introduced in Senate
- Action Date
- 2026-07-22
- Date Added
- 2026-08-19
- Source
- Congress.gov →
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