# 119-s-4607: DOD and USDA Interagency Research Act

119-s-4607, DOD and USDA Interagency Research Act, is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Sen. Banks, Jim [R-IN] (R-IN); status introduced; PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-06-25).

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## Facts
- Bill: 119-s-4607
- Congress: 119
- Title: DOD and USDA Interagency Research Act
- Status: introduced
- Introduced: 2026-05-20
- Sponsor: Sen. Banks, Jim [R-IN] (R-IN)
- Cosponsors: 1
- Policy area: Agriculture and Food
- Touches household money: yes
- Last recorded action: 2026-06-25

## Summary

**Creates a joint Department of Defense and Department of Agriculture research program focused on agriculture and food defense.** It directs the agencies to coordinate competitive research and public private partnerships to protect food systems, strengthen supply chains, and move technologies from lab to field. - Farmers and rural communities will see research and pilots for precision agriculture, drones, bioindustrial feedstocks, and other tech that aim to boost resilience and local economies. Grants can require nonfederal partners to match funding dollar for dollar. - Researchers, universities, national laboratories, nonprofits, and companies can apply to a merit-reviewed competition and get secure data access for defense-related analysis. The law also protects certain federal and producer data from Freedom of Information Act release and sets out cybersecurity and supply chain safeguards. - The Department of Defense and USDA get targeted R&D on supply chain security, plant and animal genetics, wildfire mitigation, positioning and timing, and operational resilience. The program must follow research security standards, produce annual public and classified reports, allow five-year GAO reviews, and may use unobligated ARDA and DoD RDT&E funds.

## Cosponsors (1)

- Sen. Budd, Ted [R-NC] (R-NC), 2026-05-20T00:00:00.000Z

## Provisions PRIA read

- New Defense and Agriculture research program: benefit, medium. This bill would create a joint Department of Defense and Department of Agriculture research and development program. The program would fund applied R&D, field tests, workforce exchanges, and technology transition in areas like AI, biosecurity, supply chains, sensing, and feedstocks. DoD and USDA wo…
- Annual reports and GAO reviews: benefit, low. This bill would require DoD, with USDA, to report to Congress not later than one year after enactment and annually after that on coordination, project selection, research outcomes, security practices, and spending. A public version would be released but only with information safe to share under DoD…
- Stronger research security and data rules: mixed, low. This bill would require DoD and USDA to sign a formal interagency agreement that sets merit‑review selection, partner due diligence, cybersecurity, supply chain protection, and other risk management steps. It would require ongoing monitoring and secure information sharing with qualified analysts. T…

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- 119-s-554: United States-Israel Defense Partnership Act of 2025

## Sources
- [119-s-4607 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/senate-bill/4607)

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- [119-s-292: Educational Choice for Children Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-292)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-4607 (as of 2026-06-25).