# 119-hr-7547: DOD and USDA Interagency Research Act

119-hr-7547, DOD and USDA Interagency Research Act, is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Messmer, Mark B. [R-IN-8] (R-IN); status in_committee; PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-09-13).

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## Facts
- Bill: 119-hr-7547
- Congress: 119
- Title: DOD and USDA Interagency Research Act
- Status: in_committee
- Introduced: 2026-02-12
- Sponsor: Rep. Messmer, Mark B. [R-IN-8] (R-IN)
- Cosponsors: 2
- Policy area: Agriculture and Food
- Touches household money: yes
- Last recorded action: 2026-09-13

## Summary

**DoD-USDA joint research program** to develop technologies that strengthen agricultural resilience and food defense while supporting military logistics. It creates a formal framework for shared projects, secure data sharing, public-private grants, and moving successful innovations into real-world agricultural and defense operations. - Farmers and rural communities: Funds research on precision agriculture, wildfire and PFAS impacts, water and soil management, and feedstock security. Encourages market adoption and workforce exchanges to boost rural economies. - Military and national security: Focuses on agrifood supply chain security to reduce disruptions and improve logistics for feeding personnel. Supports bioindustrial feedstocks research for fuels, propellants, and defense materials. - Researchers, industry, and partners: Creates a competitive, merit-reviewed grant program with public-private matching and pathways to field-test innovations. Requires research security measures, shields producer data from FOIA, mandates annual reports and GAO reviews, and allows the agencies to use certain unobligated USDA and DoD research funds.

## Cosponsors (2)

- Rep. Davis, Donald G. [D-NC-1] (D-NC), 2026-02-12T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Houlahan, Chrissy [D-PA-6] (D-PA), 2026-02-24T00:00:00.000Z

## Provisions PRIA read

- Joint Defense and Agriculture Research Program: benefit, medium. If enacted, the Defense and Agriculture departments would run a joint research and development program on food, farm, and defense needs. The program would use a competitive, merit-reviewed process open to federal labs, universities, nonprofits, industry, and state or Tribal partners. It would fund…
- Courts Defer to Agency Interpretations: mixed, low. If enacted, courts would have to defer to the Secretaries' reasonable interpretation of any unclear part of this Act. That means agency readings would control when the law is ambiguous. This change would mainly affect legal challenges and agency decisionmaking, not direct household payments.

## Related bills

- 119-hr-3151: SHIPS for America Act of 2025
- 119-hr-2725: Affordable Housing Credit Improvement Act of 2025
- 119-hr-4317: PBM Reform Act of 2025
- 119-hr-1229: United States-Israel Defense Partnership Act of 2025
- 119-hr-3633: Digital Asset Market Clarity Act
- 119-hr-9535: Securing Agriculture's Workforce Act of 2026

## Sources
- [119-hr-7547 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/7547)

## Related
- [119-hr-3151: SHIPS for America Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-3151)
- [119-hr-2725: Affordable Housing Credit Improvement Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-2725)
- [119-hr-4317: PBM Reform Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-4317)
- [119-hr-1229: United States-Israel Defense Partnership Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-1229)
- [119-hr-3633: Digital Asset Market Clarity Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-3633)
- [119-hr-9535: Securing Agriculture's Workforce Act of 2026](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-9535)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-7547 (as of 2026-09-13).