7330 -- Agriculture Research Integrity Act of 2018 | Poliscope

Agriculture Research Integrity Act of 2018

7330

115th Congress

Agriculture and Food

In Committee

Legislative Progress

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Introduced

Committee

Floor Vote

Other Chamber

Enacted

Introduced

December 19, 2018

Latest Action

December 19, 2018

Primary Sponsor

Chellie PingreeDemocratic(ME)

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Summary

Agriculture Research Integrity Act of 2018 This bill amends the Department of Agriculture Reorganization Act of 1994 to reaffirm that the Agricultural Research Service, the Economic Research Service, the National Agricultural Statistics Service, the National Institute for 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.

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2018 · fourth_quarter · Agriculture

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The USDA Office of the Secretary announced its intent to move the Economic Research Service (ERS), currently under USDAs Research, Education, and Economics mission area, under the Office of the Chief Economist (OCE) under the Office of the Secretary. It also indicated that most employees of ERS and the National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) will be relocated outside of the National Capital Region to be completed by the end of 2019. This action will put the public agricultural economic intramural research agency at great risk and alienate agricultural research from the rest of the science enterprise. As a result, actions engaged USDA and the appropriate congressional committees who have oversight jurisdiction over the action. Relevant legislation includes: Agriculture Research Integrity Act H.R. 7330