,,ii  #aaith ,,congress  #b;d ,session  
,s4 #dcdg  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,april #bj1    
#bjbf,mr4 ,durbin 7for himself and ,mr4 
,moran7 introduced the following bill2  
which was read twice and referred to the
 ,committee on ,agriculture1 ,nutrition1
 and ,forestry  ,a ,,bill  ,to          
prioritize funding for an expanded and  
sustained national investment in        
agriculture research4  #a4 ,short title 
,this ,act may be cited as the ,america 
,grows ,act of #bjbf4  #b4 ,funding  7a7
 ,in general ,there is appropriated1 out
 of any money in the ,treasury not      
otherwise appropriated1 to each funding 
recipient described in subsection 7b7   
for the programs1 projects1 and         
activities of such funding recipient1   
the following amounts3 7#a7 ,for fiscal 
year #bjbg1 the amount equal to #aje    
percent of the amount of new budget     
authority made available in             
appropriation ,acts for that funding    
recipient for fiscal year #bjbf1        

increased by the percentage increase 7if
 any71 during fiscal year #bjbf1 in the 
,consumer ,price ,index for all urban   
consumers published by the ,bureau of   
,labor ,statistics4  7#b7 ,for each of  
fiscal years #bjbh through #bjcf1 the   
amount equal to #aje percent of the     
amount appropriated to that funding     
recipient under this subsection for the 
previous fiscal year1 increased by the  
percentage increase 7if any71 during    
such previous fiscal year1 in the       
,consumer ,price ,index for all urban   
consumers published by the ,bureau of   
,labor ,statistics4  7#c7 ,for fiscal   
year #bjcg1 and each fiscal year        
thereafter1 the amount appropriated     
under this paragraph for the previous   
fiscal year1 increased by the percentage
 increase 7if any71 during such previous
 fiscal year1 in the ,consumer ,price   
,index for all urban consumers published
 by the ,bureau of ,labor ,statistics4  
7b7 ,funding recipients described ,the  
funding recipients described in this    

subsection are-- 7#a7 the ,agricultural 
,research ,service2  7#b7 the ,economic 
,research ,service2  7#c7 the ,national 
,agricultural ,statistics ,service2 and 
7#d7 the ,national ,institute of ,food  
and ,agriculture4  7c7 ,availability    
,each amount appropriated under         
subsection 7a7 shall remain available   
for obligation through the last day of  
the fiscal year for which such amount is
 appropriated4  #c4 ,exemption from     
sequestration  7a7 ,in general ,section 
#bee7;g77#a77;,a7 of the ,balanced      
,budget and ,emergency ,deficit ,control
 ,act of #aihe 7#b ,u4,s4,c4            
#ije7;g77#a77;,a77 is amended by        
inserting after ,advances to the        
,unemployment ,trust ,fund and ,other   
,funds 7#af-jcbg-j-a-fjj74 the          
following3 ,appropriations made         
available under section #b7;a7 of the   
,america ,grows ,act of #bjbf4 4  7b7   
,applicability ,the amendment made by   
subsection 7a7 shall apply to any       
sequestration order issued under the    

,balanced ,budget and ,emergency        
,deficit ,control ,act of #aihe 7#b     
,u4,s4,c4 #ijj et seq47 on or after the 
date of enactment of this ,act4  #d4    
,budgetary effects  7a7 ,statutory      
,,paygo scorecards ,the budgetary       
effects of this ,act shall not be       
entered on either ,,paygo scorecard     
maintained pursuant to section #d7;d7 of
 the ,statutory ,pay ,as-,you-,go ,act  
of #bjaj 7#b ,u4,s4,c4 #icc7;d774  7b7  
,senate ,,paygo scorecards  ,the        
budgetary effects of this ,act shall not
 be entered on any ,,paygo scorecard    
maintained for purposes of section #dajf
 of ,h4 ,con4 ,res4 #ga 7#aaeth         
,congress74