SENSE OF CONGRESS REGARDING DOUBLING OF FUNDING FOR AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH.

SEC. 7406. SENSE OF CONGRESS REGARDING DOUBLING OF FUNDING FOR AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH. It is the sense of Congress that— (1) Federal funding for food and agricultural research has been essentially constant for 2 decades, putting at risk the scientific base on which food and agricultural advances have been made; (2) the resulting increase in the relative proportion of private sector, industry investments in food and agricultural research has led to questions about the independence and objectivity of research and outreach conducted by the Federal and university research sectors; and (3) funding for food and agricultural research should be at least doubled over the next 5 fiscal years— (A) to restore the balance between public and private sector funding for food and agricultural research; and (B) to maintain the scientific base on which food and agricultural advances are made.