DOE and USDA Interagency Research Act
This bill directs the Department of Energy and the Department of Agriculture to jointly fund research and share data on challenges facing both agriculture and the nation's energy supply. Researchers at universities, national laboratories, and private companies will compete for federal grants to develop biofuels, cut farm emissions, improve automated farming tools, and protect rural power grids from wildfires. The agencies must also establish secure, shared data systems and report their collaborative findings to Congress within two years.
What this bill touches.
Who it helps · who it burdens.
Who it helps
- Universities, National Laboratories, and nonprofit research institutionsEligible to compete for joint research funding, access secure shared data sets, and receive support for research infrastructure and workforce development (Sec. 2(b), Sec. 2(c)(3), Sec. 2(c)(4)).
- Agricultural, energy, and technology companiesAuthorized to engage in collaborative information and data sharing, technology development, and reimbursable research partnerships with the departments (Sec. 2(c)(3), Sec. 2(d)(1)).
Who it burdens
- Department of Energy and Department of AgricultureRequired to establish an interagency agreement, establish a competitive merit-reviewed award process, adhere to federal research security standards, and submit a report to Congress within two years (Sec. 2(a), Sec. 2(b), Sec. 2(e), Sec. 2(f)).
The provisions, in plain language.
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Directs the Department of Energy and the Department of Agriculture to carry out collaborative research and development projects addressing shared priorities.
Requires the two departments to establish an interagency agreement to award research funding through a competitive, merit-reviewed process open to universities, national laboratories, federal agencies, and nonprofits.
Authorizes joint research in areas including artificial intelligence, biofuels, crop science, power grid security, precision farming, wildfire prevention, and energy and water systems.
Authorizes joint research and demonstration projects to make farming and agricultural processing more efficient and reduce their greenhouse gas emissions.
Authorizes the development of methods to standardize and combine voluntary data sets covering agriculture, the environment, supply chains, and economics.
Authorizes efforts to promote secure data and information sharing among federal agencies, national laboratories, universities, nonprofits, and private industry.
Authorizes the departments to support research facilities, equipment, and workforce training related to joint energy and agricultural science.
Authorizes reimbursable research agreements between the two departments and external partners, as well as collaboration with other federal agencies.
Requires the two departments to submit a report to Congress within two years detailing interagency coordination, research results, and future collaborative opportunities.
Requires all collaborative research activities under the law to comply with federal research security standards.
Directs the Department of Energy and the Department of Agriculture to carry out collaborative research and development projects addressing shared priorities.
Requires the two departments to establish an interagency agreement to award research funding through a competitive, merit-reviewed process open to universities, national laboratories, federal agencies, and nonprofits.
Authorizes joint research in areas including artificial intelligence, biofuels, crop science, power grid security, precision farming, wildfire prevention, and energy and water systems.
Authorizes joint research and demonstration projects to make farming and agricultural processing more efficient and reduce their greenhouse gas emissions.
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How members voted on DOE and USDA Interagency Research Act.
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How it moved.
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- Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
- Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
- On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 372 - 35 (Roll no. 73). (text: CR H1204)
- Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 372 - 35 (Roll no. 73). (text: CR H1204)
- Considered as unfinished business. (consideration: CR H1214)
- At the conclusion of debate, the Yeas and Nays were demanded and ordered. Pursuant to the provisions of clause 8, rule XX, the Chair announced that further proceedings on the motion would be postponed.
- DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 1326.
- Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H1204-1205)
- Mr. Babin moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.
- Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation, Research, and Biotechnology.
- Referred to the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, and in addition to the Committee on Agriculture, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
- Introduced in House
- Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
- Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
- On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 372 - 35 (Roll no. 73). (text: CR H1204)
- Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 372 - 35 (Roll no. 73). (text: CR H1204)
- Introduced in House
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Civic Herald. “DOE and USDA Interagency Research Act (H.R. 1326, 119th Congress).” https://civicherald.app/bills/119-hr-1326. Congress.gov record as of Jul 13, 2026.