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1	2		119THCONGRESS
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3	4		STSESSION H. R. 1326
4		-	AN ACT
	5	+	To provide for Department of Energy and Department of Agriculture joint
	6	+	research and development activities, and for other purposes.
	7	+	IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
	8	+	FEBRUARY13, 2025
	9	+	Mr. L
	10	+	UCAS(for himself and Ms. LOFGREN) introduced the following bill;
	11	+	which was referred to the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology,
	12	+	and in addition to the Committee on Agriculture, for a period to be sub-
	13	+	sequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of
	14	+	such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned
	15	+	A BILL
5	16		To provide for Department of Energy and Department of
6	17		Agriculture joint research and development activities, and
7	18		for other purposes.
8	19		Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1
9		-	tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 2
10		-	•HR 1326 EH
11		-	SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 1
12		-	This Act may be cited as the ‘‘DOE and USDA Inter-2
13		-	agency Research Act’’. 3
14		-	SEC. 2. DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY AND DEPARTMENT OF 4
15		-	AGRICULTURE JOINT RESEARCH AND DEVEL-5
16		-	OPMENT ACTIVITIES. 6
	20	+	tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2
	21	+	SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3
	22	+	This Act may be cited as the ‘‘DOE and USDA Inter-4
	23	+	agency Research Act’’. 5
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	27	+	SEC. 2. DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY AND DEPARTMENT OF 1
	28	+	AGRICULTURE JOINT RESEARCH AND DEVEL-2
	29	+	OPMENT ACTIVITIES. 3
17	30		(a) I
18		-	NGENERAL.—The Secretary of Energy and the 7
19		-	Secretary of Agriculture (in this section referred to as the 8
20		-	‘‘Secretaries’’) shall carry out cross-cutting and collabo-9
21		-	rative research and development activities focused on the 10
22		-	joint advancement of Department of Energy and Depart-11
23		-	ment of Agriculture mission requirements and priorities. 12
	31	+	NGENERAL.—The Secretary of Energy and the 4
	32	+	Secretary of Agriculture (in this section referred to as the 5
	33	+	‘‘Secretaries’’) shall carry out cross-cutting and collabo-6
	34	+	rative research and development activities focused on the 7
	35	+	joint advancement of Department of Energy and Depart-8
	36	+	ment of Agriculture mission requirements and priorities. 9
24	37		(b) M
25		-	EMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING.—The Sec-13
26		-	retaries shall carry out and coordinate the activities under 14
27		-	subsection (a) through the establishment of a memo-15
28		-	randum of understanding, or other appropriate inter-16
29		-	agency agreement. Such memorandum or agreement shall 17
30		-	require the use of a competitive, merit-reviewed process, 18
31		-	which considers applications from Federal agencies, Na-19
32		-	tional Laboratories, institutions of higher education, non-20
33		-	profit institutions, and other appropriate entities. 21
	38	+	EMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING.—The Sec-10
	39	+	retaries shall carry out and coordinate the activities under 11
	40	+	subsection (a) through the establishment of a memo-12
	41	+	randum of understanding, or other appropriate inter-13
	42	+	agency agreement. Such memorandum or agreement shall 14
	43	+	require the use of a competitive, merit-reviewed process, 15
	44	+	which considers applications from Federal agencies, Na-16
	45	+	tional Laboratories, institutions of higher education, non-17
	46	+	profit institutions, and other appropriate entities. 18
34	47		(c) C
35		-	OORDINATION.—In carrying out the activities 22
36		-	under subsection (a), the Secretaries may carry out the 23
37		-	following: 24
38		-	(1) Conduct collaborative research over a vari-25
39		-	ety of focus areas, such as the following: 26 3
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41		-	(A) Modeling and simulation, machine 1
42		-	learning, artificial intelligence, data assimila-2
43		-	tion, large scale data analytics, and predictive 3
44		-	analysis in order to optimize algorithms for 4
45		-	purposes related to agriculture and energy, 5
46		-	such as life cycle analysis of agricultural or en-6
47		-	ergy systems. 7
48		-	(B) Fundamental agricultural, biological, 8
49		-	computational, and environmental science and 9
50		-	engineering, including advanced crop science, 10
51		-	crop protection, breeding, and biological pest 11
52		-	control, in collaboration with the program au-12
53		-	thorized under section 306 of the Department 13
54		-	of Energy Research and Innovation Act (42 14
55		-	U.S.C. 18644). 15
56		-	(C) Integrated natural resources and the 16
57		-	energy-water nexus, including in collaboration 17
58		-	with the program authorized under section 18
59		-	1010 of the Energy Act of 2020 (enacted as di-19
60		-	vision Z of the Consolidated Appropriations 20
61		-	Act, 2021 (42 U.S.C. 16183)). 21
62		-	(D) Advanced biomass, biobased products, 22
63		-	and biofuels, including in collaboration with the 23
64		-	activities authorized under section 9008(b) of 24 4
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66		-	the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 1
67		-	2002 (7 U.S.C. 8108(b)). 2
68		-	(E) Diverse feedstocks for economically 3
69		-	and environmentally sustainable fuels, including 4
70		-	aviation and naval fuels. 5
71		-	(F) Colocation of agricultural resources 6
72		-	and activities and ecosystem services with di-7
73		-	verse energy technologies and resources. 8
74		-	(G) Colocation of agricultural resources 9
75		-	and activities with carbon storage and utiliza-10
76		-	tion technologies. 11
77		-	(H) Invasive species management to fur-12
78		-	ther the work done by the Federal Interagency 13
79		-	Committee for the Management of Noxious and 14
80		-	Exotic Weeds. 15
81		-	(I) Long-term and high-risk technological 16
82		-	barriers in the development of transformative 17
83		-	science and technology solutions in the agri-18
84		-	culture and energy sectors, including in collabo-19
85		-	ration with the program authorized under sec-20
86		-	tion 5012 of the America COMPETES Act (42 21
87		-	U.S.C. 16538). 22
88		-	(J) Grid modernization and grid security. 23
89		-	(K) Rural technology development, includ-24
90		-	ing manufacturing, precision agriculture tech-25 5
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92		-	nologies, and mechanization and automation 1
93		-	technologies. 2
94		-	(L) Wildfire risks and prevention, includ-3
95		-	ing the power sector’s role in fire prevention 4
96		-	and mitigation and wildfire impacts on energy 5
97		-	infrastructure. 6
98		-	(2) Develop methods to accommodate large vol-7
99		-	untary standardized and integrated data sets on ag-8
100		-	ricultural, environmental, supply chain, and eco-9
101		-	nomic information with variable accuracy and scale. 10
102		-	(3) Promote collaboration, open community- 11
103		-	based development, and data and information shar-12
104		-	ing between Federal agencies, National Labora-13
105		-	tories, institutions of higher education, nonprofit in-14
106		-	stitutions, industry partners, and other appropriate 15
107		-	entities by providing reliable access to secure data 16
108		-	and information that are in compliance with Federal 17
109		-	rules and regulations. 18
110		-	(4) Support research infrastructure and work-19
111		-	force development as the Secretaries determine nec-20
112		-	essary. 21
113		-	(5) Conduct collaborative research, develop-22
114		-	ment, and demonstration of methods and tech-23
115		-	nologies to accomplish the following: 24 6
116		-	•HR 1326 EH
117		-	(A) Improve the efficiency of agriculture 1
118		-	operations and processing of agricultural prod-2
119		-	ucts. 3
120		-	(B) Reduce greenhouse gas emissions asso-4
121		-	ciated with such operations and such proc-5
122		-	essing. 6
	48	+	OORDINATION.—In carrying out the activities 19
	49	+	under subsection (a), the Secretaries may carry out the 20
	50	+	following: 21
	51	+	(1) Conduct collaborative research over a vari-22
	52	+	ety of focus areas, such as the following: 23
	53	+	(A) Modeling and simulation, machine 24
	54	+	learning, artificial intelligence, data assimila-25
	55	+	tion, large scale data analytics, and predictive 26
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	58	+	•HR 1326 IH
	59	+	analysis in order to optimize algorithms for 1
	60	+	purposes related to agriculture and energy, 2
	61	+	such as life cycle analysis of agricultural or en-3
	62	+	ergy systems. 4
	63	+	(B) Fundamental agricultural, biological, 5
	64	+	computational, and environmental science and 6
	65	+	engineering, including advanced crop science, 7
	66	+	crop protection, breeding, and biological pest 8
	67	+	control, in collaboration with the program au-9
	68	+	thorized under section 306 of the Department 10
	69	+	of Energy Research and Innovation Act (42 11
	70	+	U.S.C. 18644). 12
	71	+	(C) Integrated natural resources and the 13
	72	+	energy-water nexus, including in collaboration 14
	73	+	with the program authorized under section 15
	74	+	1010 of the Energy Act of 2020 (enacted as di-16
	75	+	vision Z of the Consolidated Appropriations 17
	76	+	Act, 2021 (42 U.S.C. 16183)). 18
	77	+	(D) Advanced biomass, biobased products, 19
	78	+	and biofuels, including in collaboration with the 20
	79	+	activities authorized under section 9008(b) of 21
	80	+	the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 22
	81	+	2002 (7 U.S.C. 8108(b)). 23
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	85	+	(E) Diverse feedstocks for economically 1
	86	+	and environmentally sustainable fuels, including 2
	87	+	aviation and naval fuels. 3
	88	+	(F) Colocation of agricultural resources 4
	89	+	and activities and ecosystem services with di-5
	90	+	verse energy technologies and resources. 6
	91	+	(G) Colocation of agricultural resources 7
	92	+	and activities with carbon storage and utiliza-8
	93	+	tion technologies. 9
	94	+	(H) Invasive species management to fur-10
	95	+	ther the work done by the Federal Interagency 11
	96	+	Committee for the Management of Noxious and 12
	97	+	Exotic Weeds. 13
	98	+	(I) Long-term and high-risk technological 14
	99	+	barriers in the development of transformative 15
	100	+	science and technology solutions in the agri-16
	101	+	culture and energy sectors, including in collabo-17
	102	+	ration with the program authorized under sec-18
	103	+	tion 5012 of the America COMPETES Act (42 19
	104	+	U.S.C. 16538). 20
	105	+	(J) Grid modernization and grid security. 21
	106	+	(K) Rural technology development, includ-22
	107	+	ing manufacturing, precision agriculture tech-23
	108	+	nologies, and mechanization and automation 24
	109	+	technologies. 25
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	112	+	•HR 1326 IH
	113	+	(L) Wildfire risks and prevention, includ-1
	114	+	ing the power sector’s role in fire prevention 2
	115	+	and mitigation and wildfire impacts on energy 3
	116	+	infrastructure. 4
	117	+	(2) Develop methods to accommodate large vol-5
	118	+	untary standardized and integrated data sets on ag-6
	119	+	ricultural, environmental, supply chain, and eco-7
	120	+	nomic information with variable accuracy and scale. 8
	121	+	(3) Promote collaboration, open community- 9
	122	+	based development, and data and information shar-10
	123	+	ing between Federal agencies, National Labora-11
	124	+	tories, institutions of higher education, nonprofit in-12
	125	+	stitutions, industry partners, and other appropriate 13
	126	+	entities by providing reliable access to secure data 14
	127	+	and information that are in compliance with Federal 15
	128	+	rules and regulations. 16
	129	+	(4) Support research infrastructure and work-17
	130	+	force development as the Secretaries determine nec-18
	131	+	essary. 19
	132	+	(5) Conduct collaborative research, develop-20
	133	+	ment, and demonstration of methods and tech-21
	134	+	nologies to accomplish the following: 22
	135	+	(A) Improve the efficiency of agriculture 23
	136	+	operations and processing of agricultural prod-24
	137	+	ucts. 25
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	141	+	(B) Reduce greenhouse gas emissions asso-1
	142	+	ciated with such operations and such proc-2
	143	+	essing. 3
123	144		(d) A
124		-	GREEMENTS.—In carrying out the activities 7
125		-	under subsection (a), the Secretaries are authorized to— 8
126		-	(1) carry out reimbursable agreements between 9
127		-	the Department of Energy, the Department of Agri-10
128		-	culture, and other entities in order to maximize the 11
129		-	effectiveness of research and development; and 12
130		-	(2) collaborate with other Federal agencies as 13
131		-	appropriate. 14
	145	+	GREEMENTS.—In carrying out the activities 4
	146	+	under subsection (a), the Secretaries are authorized to— 5
	147	+	(1) carry out reimbursable agreements between 6
	148	+	the Department of Energy, the Department of Agri-7
	149	+	culture, and other entities in order to maximize the 8
	150	+	effectiveness of research and development; and 9
	151	+	(2) collaborate with other Federal agencies as 10
	152	+	appropriate. 11
132	153		(e) R
133		-	EPORT.—Not later than two years after the date 15
134		-	of the enactment of this Act, the Secretaries shall submit 16
135		-	to the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology and 17
136		-	the Committee on Agriculture of the House of Representa-18
137		-	tives, and the Committee on Energy and Natural Re-19
138		-	sources and the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and 20
139		-	Forestry of the Senate, a report detailing the following: 21
140		-	(1) Interagency coordination between each Fed-22
141		-	eral agency involved in the research and development 23
142		-	activities carried out under this section. 24 7
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144		-	(2) Potential opportunities to expand the tech-1
145		-	nical capabilities of the Department of Energy and 2
146		-	the Department of Agriculture. 3
147		-	(3) Collaborative research achievements. 4
148		-	(4) Areas of future mutually beneficial suc-5
149		-	cesses. 6
150		-	(5) Continuation of coordination activities be-7
151		-	tween the Department of Energy and the Depart-8
152		-	ment of Agriculture. 9
	154	+	EPORT.—Not later than two years after the date 12
	155	+	of the enactment of this Act, the Secretaries shall submit 13
	156	+	to the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology and 14
	157	+	the Committee on Agriculture of the House of Representa-15
	158	+	tives, and the Committee on Energy and Natural Re-16
	159	+	sources and the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and 17
	160	+	Forestry of the Senate, a report detailing the following: 18
	161	+	(1) Interagency coordination between each Fed-19
	162	+	eral agency involved in the research and development 20
	163	+	activities carried out under this section. 21
	164	+	(2) Potential opportunities to expand the tech-22
	165	+	nical capabilities of the Department of Energy and 23
	166	+	the Department of Agriculture. 24
	167	+	(3) Collaborative research achievements. 25
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	171	+	(4) Areas of future mutually beneficial suc-1
	172	+	cesses. 2
	173	+	(5) Continuation of coordination activities be-3
	174	+	tween the Department of Energy and the Depart-4
	175	+	ment of Agriculture. 5
153	176		(f) R
154		-	ESEARCHSECURITY.—The activities authorized 10
155		-	under this section shall be applied in a manner consistent 11
156		-	with subtitle D of title VI of the Research and Develop-12
157		-	ment, Competition, and Innovation Act (enacted as divi-13
158		-	sion B of Public Law 117–167; 42 U.S.C. 19231 et seq.). 14
159		-	Passed the House of Representatives March 24,
160		-	2025.
161		-	Attest:
162		-	Clerk. 119
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164		-	CONGRESS
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170		-	H. R. 1326
171		-	AN ACT
172		-	To provide for Department of Energy and Depart-
173		-	ment of Agriculture joint research and develop-
174		-	ment activities, and for other purposes.
	177	+	ESEARCHSECURITY.—The activities authorized 6
	178	+	under this section shall be applied in a manner consistent 7
	179	+	with subtitle D of title VI of the Research and Develop-8
	180	+	ment, Competition, and Innovation Act (enacted as divi-9
	181	+	sion B of Public Law 117–167; 42 U.S.C. 19231 et seq.). 10
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