Strengthen agricultural resilience through plant genetics, biosecurity innovation, and invasive species management.

Strengthening agricultural resilience through plant genetics, biosecurity innovation, and invasive species management;

The legislation includes a commitment to pursue research on plant genetics, biosecurity, and invasive species management to improve agricultural resilience.

Messmer Introduces Legislation to Strengthen American Agricultural and National Security Collaboration | U.S. Representative Mark Messmer
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Messmer announced the DOD and USDA Interagency Research Act and said it is meant to strengthen agricultural supply chains and national security. His release says the bill targets agricultural resilience through plant genetics, biosecurity innovation, and invasive species management.

Official introduction of the core agriculture-security bill with the exact resilience themes named in the claim.

partial same_term A for effort

Messmer Introduces Legislation to Strengthen American Agricultural and National Security Collaboration | U.S. Representative Mark Messmer
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The House Agriculture Committee draft includes a DOD/USDA coordination section and multiple agriculture research provisions. It explicitly covers plant biotechnology, biosecurity planning and response, and invasive-species research and eradication.

Committee bill text shows the same policy areas embedded in a broader farm bill package.

partial same_term A for effort

Farm, Food, and National Security Act of 2026 draft text
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Messmer said the House Agriculture Committee passed the Farm, Food, and National Security Act of 2026 and described it as strengthening agriculture through conservation, innovation, and research. He also said he secured a food-supply-chain defense research system through the DOD and USDA Interagency Research Act.

Concrete committee-stage advancement and explicit linkage to the agriculture resilience research agenda.

partial same_term A for effort

Messmer Celebrates the 2026 Farm Bill | U.S. Representative Mark Messmer
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The archive entry says Messmer celebrated passage of the Farm, Food, and National Security Act of 2026 in the House of Representatives and said House Republicans passed the 2026 Farm Bill. The archive snippet also indicates his negotiated wins included the DOD and USDA Interagency Research Act.

House passage is a stronger sign of advancement, but not final enactment; the agriculture-resilience provisions remained part of the package.

partial same_term A for effort

Press Releases | U.S. Representative Mark Messmer
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