Future FARMER Act
Summary
What This Bill Does
The Future FARMER Act extends funding authority for food and agricultural sciences education grants and fellowships under the National Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977. It adds $40 million for each of fiscal years 2025 through 2029. The bill is narrow but concrete: it keeps federal support flowing for agricultural research, mentorship, education, and fellowship activities that prepare students and early-career researchers for food, farming, extension, and agricultural science work.
Who Benefits and How
Agricultural science students benefit because grant and fellowship funding remains authorized through fiscal year 2029. Land-grant universities and agriculture colleges benefit from continued support for food and agricultural sciences education programs. Early-career agricultural researchers benefit from fellowship pathways tied to food, farming, and extension work. USDA education partners benefit from predictable authorization levels for program planning.
Who Bears the Burden and How
USDA and NIFA program staff must administer the extended grants and fellowships. Federal taxpayers fund the $40 million annual authorization for fiscal years 2025 through 2029. Grant applicants must compete for and document eligible education, mentorship, or research activities. Congressional appropriators must decide whether to provide actual funding consistent with the authorization.
Key Provisions
- Extends food and agricultural sciences education grants and fellowships through fiscal year 2029.
- Authorizes $40 million for each of fiscal years 2025 through 2029.
- Funds agricultural research, mentorship, and education pathways.
- Requires USDA program administration and annual appropriations decisions.
Evidence Chain:
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At a Glance
What This Bill Does
Reauthorizes food and agricultural sciences education grants and fellowships at $40 million per year for fiscal years 2025 through 2029.
Key Policy Areas
Agriculture, Education, Research Grants
Primary Purpose
Reauthorizes food and agricultural sciences education grants and fellowships at $40 million per year for fiscal years 2025 through 2029.
Policy Domains
Resolution provisions
Identified Gains
- Agricultural science students
- Land-grant universities
- Early-career agricultural researchers
- USDA education partners
Identified Costs
- USDA program staff
- Federal taxpayers
- Grant applicants
- Congressional appropriators
Sponsors
Josh Riley
D-NY | Primary Sponsor
Legislative Progress
In CommitteeReferred to the Subcommittee on Conservation, Research, and Biotechnology.
Mr. Riley of New York (for himself and Mr. Feenstra) …
Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
Introduced in House
Stakeholder Effects
cui bono?How this legislation distributes effects. Mention counts reflect frequency, not effect magnitude.
Agricultural science students, Land-grant universities
Bill Structure & Actor Mappings
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