Congress extends farm genetics research funding through 2031
S. 5079 — AG2PI Act of 2026 · Filed by Dave McCormick (R-PA) · 1 cosponsor · Introduced Jul 22, 2026 · Referred to committee
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What it does
This bill extends the Genome to Phenome Initiative. It is a USDA program that funds research on crop and livestock genetics. The program was set to stop in 2023. The bill lets it keep running and getting money until 2031. This gives the program eight more years to work.
Who it affects
The bill affects farmers, universities that do genetics research, and USDA research divisions. It also helps consumers by supporting research that improves food crops and livestock.
One thing to notice
The bill extends an existing research program that was already approved. It does not create a new program or change how the program works.
From the analysis of the bill text, linked under Primary records below.
Where it stands
1 cosponsor: 1 Democrats.
- Jul 22, 2026 — Introduced · Congress.gov: “Introduced in Senate”
- Jul 22, 2026 — Referred to Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry · Congress.gov: “Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry”
Dates and quoted wording are Congress.gov's action record; the timeline shows status changes, not every procedural step.
How this was measured
Analysis — Quorum's AI read the bill text published by Congress.gov (302 characters) on Aug 12, 2026. Section numbers in the findings refer to that text, linked below; transparency and hidden-provision scores are compared against the median of 14,707 analysed bills.
Status and sponsors — Congress.gov's bill record — actions, committee referrals and cosponsors — loaded nightly. The timeline shows status changes, not every procedural action.
As of — page rendered 2026-09-23.
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