H.R. 2436: Organic Agriculture Research Act of 2017

115th Congress · introduced 2017-05-16 · Agriculture and Food · Latest: Referred to the Subcommittee on Biotechnology, Horticulture, and Research.

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Where it came from: introduced 2017-05-16 · official record
Who proposed it: Rep. Pingree, Chellie [D-ME-1] · what a sponsor is
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Official title

Organic Agriculture Research Act of 2017

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Organic Agriculture Research Act of 2017 This bill amends the Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990 to increase and make permanent mandatory funding for the organic agriculture research and extension initiative and extend discretionary funding for such initiative through FY2023.

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Organic Agriculture Research Act of 2017

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Sponsor: Rep. Pingree, Chellie [D-ME-1] · 60 cosponsors

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Dan Newhouse (R-WA), Jimmy Panetta (D-CA), Scott H. Peters (D-CA), Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR), Peter Welch (D-VT), Joyce Beatty (D-OH), Zoe Lofgren (D-CA), Jim Costa (D-CA), Ted Lieu (D-CA), Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), Dwight Evans (D-PA), Sanford D. Bishop, Jr. (D-GA), Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), James P. McGovern (D-MA), Steve Cohen (D-TN), Julia Brownley (D-CA), Adam Smith (D-WA), Alma S. Adams (D-NC), Grace Meng (D-NY), Darren Soto (D-FL), Salud O. Carbajal (D-CA), Marc A. Veasey (D-TX), Jared Huffman (D-CA), David G. Valadao (R-CA), Mark Pocan (D-WI), Rick Larsen (D-WA), Seth Moulton (D-MA), Marcy Kaptur (D-OH)

Sponsor's campaign money: Rep. Pingree, Chellie [D-ME-1] reported raising $551,078 (2025–2026). Details. Shown for context only; it does not mean any donor supported this bill.

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Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)
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Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-115hr2436.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/115/hr>

Record fed-us-cong115-hr2436 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong115 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong115