I 118th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 679 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES January 31, 2023 Ms. Schrier (for herself, Mr. Newhouse , Mr. Larsen of Washington , Mrs. Rodgers of Washington , Ms. Lee of California , Ms. Perez , Ms. Bonamici , Ms. DelBene , Ms. Slotkin , Mr. Khanna , Mr. Harder of California , Mr. Carbajal , Mr. Moolenaar , Mr. Bergman , Mr. Thompson of California , Ms. Brownley , Mr. Ryan , Ms. Stefanik , Mr. Huizenga , Mr. Kilmer , Mr. Costa , and Mr. Takano ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Agriculture A BILL To amend the Agricultural Research, Extension, and Education Reform Act of 1998 to authorize the Secretary of Agriculture to waive the matching funds requirement under the specialty crop research initiative, and for other purposes.

1. Matching funds waiver under specialty crop research initiative Section 412(g)(3) of the Agricultural Research, Extension, and Education Reform Act of 1998 ( 7 U.S.C. 7632(g)(3) ) is amended by adding at the end the following: (C) Waiver With respect to a grant awarded under this section on or after the date of enactment of this subparagraph, the Secretary may waive the matching funds requirement under subparagraph (A). .