# 119-hr-1326: DOE and USDA Interagency Research Act

119-hr-1326, DOE and USDA Interagency Research Act, is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Lucas, Frank D. [R-OK-3] (R-OK); status passed_house (as of 2026-09-10).

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## Facts
- Bill: 119-hr-1326
- Congress: 119
- Title: DOE and USDA Interagency Research Act
- Status: passed_house
- Introduced: 2025-02-13
- Sponsor: Rep. Lucas, Frank D. [R-OK-3] (R-OK)
- Cosponsors: 2
- Policy area: Agriculture and Food
- Touches household money: no
- Last recorded action: 2026-09-10

## Summary

**Cross‑agency research and development** would link the Department of Energy and the Department of Agriculture to run competitive, merit‑reviewed joint R&D programs. The work would target AI and data integration, biofuels and biobased products, grid security, rural technology, and wildfire prevention. - Farmers and rural communities would see research aimed at precision agriculture, mechanization, biofuels, and ways to cut greenhouse gas emissions. This could improve farm efficiency and support rural manufacturing and technology. - Researchers, national laboratories, universities, and nonprofits would gain access to a coordinated, competitive funding process and to large standardized data sets for agriculture, environment, supply chains, and economics. The bill also allows reimbursable agreements to broaden collaboration with other federal agencies and partners. - Energy companies and grid operators would get joint R&D on grid modernization, grid security, colocation of energy with agricultural activities, carbon storage links, and wildfire risk reduction that affects energy infrastructure.

## Cosponsors (2)

- Rep. Lofgren, Zoe [D-CA-18] (D-CA), 2025-02-13T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Tenney, Claudia [R-NY-24] (R-NY), 2025-02-21T00:00:00.000Z

## Votes

| Date | Chamber | Question | Result | Yea | Nay |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2025-03-24T00:00:00.000Z | house | On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass | Passed | 372 | 35 |

## Provisions PRIA read

- Joint energy and farm research program: benefit, low. If enacted, Energy and Agriculture would run joint research and demo projects. They would sign an agreement and pick projects through a competitive, merit review. Federal agencies, national labs, colleges, nonprofits, and other partners could apply. The Secretaries could use reimbursable agreements…
- Priority topics for joint research: benefit, low. If enacted, joint projects would focus on set topics. Examples include AI and data tools; crop science and pest control; energy-water issues; biofuels and sustainable feedstocks. They could also study colocating farms with energy and carbon storage, invasive species, high-risk tech, grid security,…
- Shared research data with security rules: mixed, low. If enacted, the agencies would build ways to use large, voluntary, standardized datasets. Data could include farm, environment, supply chain, and economic info, with different accuracy and scale. They would promote secure data sharing and open collaboration that follows federal rules. All projects…

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- 119-hr-137: TCJA Permanency Act
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## Sources
- [119-hr-1326 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/1326)

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- [119-hr-9237: Take Care of America’s Veterans Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-9237)
- [119-hr-137: TCJA Permanency Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-137)
- [119-hr-2102: Major Richard Star Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-2102)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-1326 (as of 2026-09-10).