United States-Israel Agriculture Cooperation Improvement and Expansion Act

This bill changes the law governing the United States-Israel Binational Agricultural Research and Development Fund (BARD Fund), a joint research program created in 1977. It expands the private-sector partners the fund may work with to include those in countries that signed the Abraham Accords, Arab states that have normalized relations with Israel, and other interested nations. It adds support for mid-stage research and authorizes $8 million per year for the fund for fiscal years 2026 through 2030. It also requires the fund to set up an accelerator program for mid-stage research and authorizes $12 million per year for that program over the same years.

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Sponsors

• Eugene Simon Vindman Democrat sponsor
• 2 cosponsors