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2031."},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 12008","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/7567/text/eh#toc-HE71B68274DD048138E8CA257B6634716"},"heading":"Protection of greyhounds","effect":"Makes it unlawful to engage in commercial greyhound racing involving interstate or foreign commerce, to conduct or facilitate wagering on greyhound races, or to possess or train greyhounds for racing, with imprisonment of up to 7 years. 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Agriculture","effect":"Establishes an Office of Seafood in the Department of Agriculture to advise the Secretary on matters affecting the seafood industry.","amount":null,"quote":"The Secretary shall establish for the Department an Office of Seafood to provide leadership, expertise, management, and advice to the Secretary of Agriculture on matters impacting the seafood industry."},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 12420","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/7567/text/eh#toc-HC7BBD28857D94C4A9886A41C4B8F62F4"},"heading":"Department of Agriculture loans and grants for commercial fishing and fish processing businesses","effect":"Makes commercial fishing and fish processing businesses eligible for Department farm ownership and operating loans and guarantees, and treats fishing vessels and fish processing facilities as farms.","amount":null,"quote":"the terms “farmer” and “rancher” shall include an individual or entity engaged in commercial fishing or fish processing"},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 12421","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/7567/text/eh#toc-H9E61975AC1274AE29E232BC3657B4F0F"},"heading":"Honey testing standards","effect":"Requires testing used to substantiate honey purity, origin or other claims to be done by a laboratory located in the United States using methods recognized by the Secretary.","amount":null,"quote":"shall be conducted by a laboratory or other qualified testing entity located in the United States"},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 12422","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/7567/text/eh#toc-H5B5AC97CE84943A6AE22914ACA458681"},"heading":"Exemption of farm equipment from Clean Air Act emission standards","effect":"Exempts new and in-use agricultural tractors and certain self-propelled agricultural equipment from emission standards under section 213 of the Clean Air Act.","amount":null,"quote":"The standards under this section shall not apply to new or in-use"},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 12501","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/7567/text/eh#toc-HE2030B7EFD664C87905ABA596BCCEC8A"},"heading":"Declaration of policy","effect":"Adds to the United States Grain Standards Act a policy that the Secretary shall prioritize adopting improved grain grading technology.","amount":null,"quote":"the Secretary shall prioritize the adoption of improved grain grading technology to provide for efficient, accurate, and consistent grading of grain"},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 12502","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/7567/text/eh#toc-H2150F9B2505742EA88EF5100FA23501D"},"heading":"Official inspection authority and funding","effect":"Lets the Secretary provide for inspection of domestic non-export grain at export port locations and extends a Grain Standards Act date from 2025 to 2033.","amount":null,"quote":"The Secretary may provide that domestic non-export grain loaded or unloaded into or out of a rail car, barge, truck, or other container, at an export port location"},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 6305","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/7567/text/eh#toc-H78FCB490F956475B81B42824E9B671C9"},"heading":"Expanding Childcare in Rural America Initiative","effect":"Establishes the Expanding Childcare in Rural America Initiative, which directs the Secretary to give priority in four rural development loan and grant programs to applicants proposing to address the availability, quality, or cost of childcare, for fiscal years 2027 through 2029.","amount":null,"quote":"give priority to any qualified applicant that proposes to use the loan or grant to address the availability, quality, or cost of childcare"},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 12202","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/7567/text/eh#toc-H6E4085A1ECC443B1A9BAEE7C19F8E415"},"heading":"Office of Partnerships and Public Engagement","effect":"Changes a date in the law covering the Office of Partnerships and Public Engagement from 2023 to 2031.","amount":null,"quote":"is amended by striking “2023” and inserting “2031”"},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 12402","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/7567/text/eh#toc-H1345251CBF2E4D6385BB9C55F998FDCF"},"heading":"Report on personnel","effect":"Changes a date in the 2018 law's report on personnel provision from 2023 to 2031.","amount":null,"quote":"is amended by striking “2023” and inserting “2031”"},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 12407","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/7567/text/eh#toc-HA8DF721E10DD4AD98726D0C783E2A7D2"},"heading":"Protecting animals with shelter","effect":"Changes a date in section 12502(b)(8) of the 2018 law from 2023 to 2031.","amount":null,"quote":"is amended by striking “2023” and inserting “2031”."},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 12505","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/7567/text/eh#toc-H54D321C1C06F4C5FA179F80049901D54"},"heading":"Limitation on administrative and supervisory costs","effect":"Widens the Grain Standards Act limit on administrative and supervisory costs to cover equipment and technology development and extends its date from 2025 to 2033.","amount":null,"quote":"by striking “activities)” and inserting “activities, equipment, and development of technology)”"},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 12509","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/7567/text/eh#toc-H9B55449D1CFE474CA4661A1099BAA26A"},"heading":"Funding","effect":"Changes the Grain Standards Act funding years from 2021 through 2025 to 2026 through 2033 and excludes certain grading services from the covered 'other services'.","amount":null,"quote":"by striking “2021 through 2025” and inserting “2026 through 2033”"},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 12510","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/7567/text/eh#toc-H6B6A88EBBE4D420999863FB7A1FA9450"},"heading":"Advisory committee","effect":"Lets existing Grain Standards advisory committee members keep serving until a new appointment is made and extends a date from 2025 to 2033.","amount":null,"quote":"if the Secretary does not make a new appointment upon the completion of a term of an existing member"}]},{"category":"narrow_beneficiary","items":[{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 1010","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/7567/text/eh#toc-HEC6AB0FA8C7E49E2BCE496069B982E1A"},"heading":"Strengthening domestic food production supply chains","effect":"Makes preserving and strengthening domestic production of certain commodities a priority objective of the President for federal policy affecting the title I commodity programs.","amount":null,"quote":"from which a food ingredient that serves an important function throughout the domestic food production supply chain is derived"},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 1016","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/7567/text/eh#toc-H46332E3D07A84C3DB798C310F9B65531"},"heading":"Revision of evidence standards for livestock indemnity payments for losses by Mexican wolves","effect":"Requires the Secretary within 180 days to accept proof of death that does not rely predominately on subcutaneous hemorrhaging when determining livestock depredation losses by Mexican wolves.","amount":null,"quote":"the Secretary shall accept proof of death that does not rely predominately on subcutaneous hemorrhaging when determining livestock depredation losses by Mexican wolves"},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 2202","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/7567/text/eh#toc-HEEF3B24024664B71A7C711EF20611C54"},"heading":"Establishment and administration","effect":"Among other EQIP changes, creates a Southern Border Initiative requiring payments to producers for conservation practices that repair damage to agricultural land or farming infrastructure on eligible land in counties at or near the southern border, under 1-year contracts.","amount":null,"quote":"The term covered land means eligible land in a county at or near the southern border of the United States, as determined by the Secretary."},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 2402","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/7567/text/eh#toc-H78ADBCB322174A9B885A2FC394E7D7EB"},"heading":"Feral swine eradication and control program","effect":"Establishes a feral swine program and directs contracts with land-grant colleges or universities that meet listed criteria, including having maintained a State-funded Wildlife Services program with an active cooperative agreement with federal Wildlife Services.","amount":null,"quote":"has maintained a State-funded, non-Federal Wildlife Services program that has an active cooperative agreement with Wildlife Services in the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service"},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 2806","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/7567/text/eh#toc-HAFFE460A14E64A83AD121F9848835ED5"},"heading":"Administration","effect":"Allows the Secretary to disregard prior irrigation history when determining land eligibility under certain conservation program contracts in States where irrigation has not been used significantly for agriculture.","amount":null,"quote":"in a State in which irrigation has not been used significantly for agricultural purposes, as determined by the Secretary, the Secretary may not consider prior irrigation history"},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 2807","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/7567/text/eh#toc-H2BDD6C532BA24ACEAE1C8AD672DEF45A"},"heading":"Critical conservation areas","effect":"Requires the Secretary to include the project area of the Columbia Basin project in an existing Critical Conservation Area designation.","amount":null,"quote":"the project area of the Columbia Basin project authorized by the first section of the Act of May 27, 1937"},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 3306","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/7567/text/eh#toc-H6BE241F7545744A79700FF750E7A585D"},"heading":"International agriculture cultural immersion and exchange program","effect":"Creates an international agriculture cultural exchange program run through a cooperative agreement with a nonprofit, giving priority to a nonprofit with a memorandum of understanding dated not earlier than January 1, 2019, and authorizes $10,000,000 per year for fiscal years 2027 through 2031.","amount":null,"quote":"the Secretary shall give priority to a nonprofit organization with which the Secretary has a memorandum of understanding dated not earlier than January 1, 2019."},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 3312","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/7567/text/eh#toc-H3251F1514DB345E693B930E5F2FD4211"},"heading":"Report on international shrimp trade","effect":"Directs the Comptroller General to report on policy options to boost the competitiveness of domestic shrimp in global and domestic markets.","amount":null,"quote":"a report that examines policy options available to the Secretary of Agriculture to boost the competitiveness of domestic shrimp in global and domestic markets."},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 3402","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/7567/text/eh#toc-H603E907B408947969C325001DA631649"},"heading":"Sense of Congress and report on Argentine beef imports","effect":"States a sense of Congress about beef imports from Argentina and requires a report on the effect of imported Argentine beef on domestic beef and cattle markets after a trade agreement changes beef quotas or duties.","amount":null,"quote":"the Secretary of Agriculture and the United States Trade Representative shall jointly submit to the appropriate congressional committees a report on the effect of such imported beef on domestic beef and cattle markets"},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 7126","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/7567/text/eh#toc-H2F980371201444289D9039B276F455A8"},"heading":"Aquaculture assistance programs","effect":"Extends an aquaculture authorization to 2031 and requires the Secretary to study locations for aquaculture small businesses in two named territories.","amount":null,"quote":"identify locations in the United States Virgin Islands and Guam that are suitable for the development of aquaculture small businesses"},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 7401","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/7567/text/eh#toc-HD02E791DD63F4C60A00961CE6F0501F8"},"heading":"Grazinglands research laboratory","effect":"Amends Section 7502 of the 2008 farm law to remove the end date of September 30, 2026 from its restriction on conveying or transferring a facility, so the restriction applies from enactment with no end date.","amount":null,"quote":"or otherwise be conveyed or transferred in whole or in part, for the period beginning on the date of the enactment of this Act and ending on September 30, 2026"},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 8301","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/7567/text/eh#toc-H259ABB31046D4EE78E50ED9BCA810405"},"heading":"National and regional agroforestry centers","effect":"Directs that regional agroforestry centers be located, as a priority, where the Department already has at least one coordinating employee on the enactment date; also authorizes $7,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2027 through 2031.","amount":null,"quote":"the Secretary shall prioritize locations at which the Department of Agriculture has, on the date of enactment of the Farm, Food, and National Security Act of 2026, at least 1 employee"},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 10006","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/7567/text/eh#toc-HB3004A4D702C4514A9E5A358BA5231F7"},"heading":"Pilot program for the intra-organizational movement of genetically engineered microorganisms by certain authorized parties","effect":"Creates a pilot program letting up to 75 enrolled 'responsible parties' move certain genetically engineered microorganisms that are plant pests between their own biocontainment facilities without a permit, limited by eligibility criteria.","amount":null,"quote":"has, in each of the 3 years preceding enrollment in the pilot program, moved plant pests pursuant to permits granted by the Secretary under this Act"},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 6402","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/7567/text/eh#toc-H3B9951599B164986BA3DF39497FFAE39"},"heading":"Rural water and wastewater circuit rider program","effect":"Rewrites the rural water and wastewater circuit rider program, requires the Secretary to select nonprofit organizations with nationwide experience, and authorizes $25,000,000 for fiscal years 2027 through 2031.","amount":null,"quote":"the Secretary shall select nonprofit organizations that have demonstrated experience providing technical assistance and disaster and recovery assistance for water and wastewater utilities nationwide."},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 6407","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/7567/text/eh#toc-H386405A31FBA4C55997B4247940E7C51"},"heading":"Rural decentralized water systems","effect":"Rewrites the rural decentralized water systems program: grants to private nonprofits for loans and subgrants of up to $20,000 per household system at 1 percent interest, with priority to applicants with expertise in household well systems; authorizes $20,000,000 per year for 2027 through 2031.","amount":null,"quote":"give priority to an applicant that has substantial expertise and experience in promoting the safe and effective use of individually owned household water well systems"}]},{"category":"policy_via_number","items":[{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 6403","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/7567/text/eh#toc-HB9DAA70E19D64DC59440591ADB51056D"},"heading":"Zero and low interest loans for distressed water systems","effect":"Lets the Secretary make zero percent or 1 percent interest loans, forgive principal or interest, and waive guarantee fees for water systems that are in specified disadvantaged communities or facing economic hardship.","amount":null,"quote":"make a zero percent interest loan or a 1 percent interest loan pursuant to paragraph (1)"},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 11006","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/7567/text/eh#toc-H877D888444B146769A527AD11E03368D"},"heading":"Limitation on interest accrual","effect":"Beginning with the 2026 reinsurance year, limits what an insurance provider may charge a producer delinquent on a premium or fee to no more than 1 percent simple interest per month, for up to 60 months.","amount":null,"quote":"an approved insurance provider may charge such producer with respect to such delinquency an amount less than or equal to 1 percent of the simple interest of the amount for which such producer is delinquent"},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 12409","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/7567/text/eh#toc-H5ACF513838C74B08862BFCDDA0788DC7"},"heading":"Qualified renewable biomass","effect":"Directs the Secretary to treat defined qualified renewable biomass as a renewable energy source and assign it a greenhouse gas emission rate and carbon intensity of not greater than zero in Department agency actions.","amount":null,"quote":"assign it (and a facility, to the extent it uses qualified renewable biomass as fuel) a greenhouse gas emission rate, and a carbon intensity, of not greater than zero"}]},{"category":"named_funding","items":[{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 3106","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/7567/text/eh#toc-H9A6A19F1BBD64D77BE090700554FE57D"},"heading":"International food relief partnership","effect":"Requires not less than $15,000,000 of Food for Peace Act funds in each of fiscal years 2027 through 2031 to be made available for the international food relief partnership, in addition to other amounts.","amount":"$15,000,000","quote":"not less than $15,000,000 shall be made available in each of fiscal years 2027 through 2031 to carry out this section, to remain available until expended."},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 3309","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/7567/text/eh#toc-HC9A43BE5C4D8459D9B25D92AFAF1E352"},"heading":"Global crop diversity trust","effect":"Sets the Federal Government's aggregate contributions to the Global Crop Diversity Trust for fiscal years 2027 through 2031 at no more than 33 percent of total contributions, and extends related dates.","amount":null,"quote":"the aggregate contributions of funds of the Federal Government provided to the Trust under this section shall not exceed 33 percent of the total amount of funds contributed"},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 6414","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/7567/text/eh#toc-H460CDD36A33A47DB851EAA5812455FCD"},"heading":"Appropriate technology transfer for rural areas program","effect":"Adds a training program for veterans who are or want to become agricultural producers, named the \"Armed to Farm Initiative\", and sets aside $1,500,000 per fiscal year for it, with $3,500,000 per year for the other listed activities.","amount":"$1,500,000","quote":"$1,500,000 shall be available for each fiscal year for activities described in paragraph (2)(E)"},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 8302","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/7567/text/eh#toc-HA3A083D8E2154E11ACF3E5F409A3BF85"},"heading":"National Forest Foundation Act","effect":"Extends matching-funds and appropriations authorizations for the National Forest Foundation through 2031 and sets up a white oak restoration fund the Foundation may fill with gifts, devises, or bequests.","amount":null,"quote":"Section 410(b) of the National Forest Foundation Act (16 U.S.C. 583j-8(b)) is amended by striking “2023” and inserting “2031”."},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 8604","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/7567/text/eh#toc-H89980BAA1DC444ABB9EB01F56DC8218C"},"heading":"White oak regeneration and upland oak habitat","effect":"Directs the Secretary to enter a cooperative agreement with the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation to run the white oak grant program, with the Foundation receiving each year's amount as a single advance payment on October 1, subject to appropriations.","amount":null,"quote":"The Secretary shall enter into a cooperative agreement with the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation (in this subsection referred to as the “Foundation”) to manage and administer the grant program."},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 8711","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/7567/text/eh#toc-HB643D5BE7F55450DAFF793C6D9B8CB6D"},"heading":"Giant sequoia emergency protection program and fund","effect":"Directs three named foundations to run a giant sequoia program and a Giant Sequoia Emergency Protection Fund made up of gifts, devises and bequests, with not less than 15 percent used for Tribal management and conservation; authority ends 7 years after enactment.","amount":null,"quote":"shall establish a joint special account to be known as the Giant Sequoia Emergency Protection Fund"}]},{"category":"place_specific_amount","items":[{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 2602","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/7567/text/eh#toc-HBD2A692696FF4C0D862FEC4EE7348292"},"heading":"Agricultural land easements","effect":"Sets the Federal share of an agricultural land easement at up to 65 percent of fair market value, up to 90 percent where a socially disadvantaged farmer or rancher holds at least 50 percent ownership, and up to 75 percent for grassland of special environmental significance.","amount":null,"quote":"a socially disadvantaged farmer or rancher holds an ownership interest of not less than 50 percent, the Secretary may provide an amount not to exceed 90 percent of the fair market value"},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 2701","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/7567/text/eh#toc-H5D473886B8234BA4996914A859036B2B"},"heading":"Forest conservation easement program","effect":"Creates a forest conservation easement program with a 50 percent Federal share, and a Federal share of up to 75 percent for forests of special environmental significance or land owned by a socially disadvantaged forest landowner.","amount":null,"quote":"may provide for a Federal share of not more than 75 percent of the fair market value of a forest land easement in the case of eligible land that is—"},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 4306","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/7567/text/eh#toc-H589033E11B5C41A69A81E898999CAC00"},"heading":"Local farmers feeding our communities program","effect":"Sets how program funds are split: 10 percent to Tribal Governments by a formula the Secretary determines, 1 percent of the remainder to each State, and the rest by an existing formula to other eligible entities. Funding is authorized at $200,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2027 through 2031.","amount":null,"quote":"allocate 10 percent to Tribal Governments, to be allocated using a funding formula determined by the Secretary"},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 6301","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/7567/text/eh#toc-H511A67EEC458453C93823103EC00ECBA"},"heading":"Rural energy savings program","effect":"Sets a grant equal to 10 percent of the loan for entities serving qualified consumers in a persistent poverty county, versus not more than 5 percent of the loan for other entities.","amount":null,"quote":"shall be equal to 10 percent of the amount of the loan provided to the eligible entity under this subsection"},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 6422","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/7567/text/eh#toc-H3A0B54AE8046438A90D575BCA8DC52F3"},"heading":"Rural microentrepreneur assistance program","effect":"Raises a microentrepreneur assistance figure from $50,000 to $75,000 and sets a 5 percent figure for microenterprise development organizations serving a persistent poverty county.","amount":null,"quote":"(or 5 percent, in the case of a microenterprise development organization serving a persistent poverty county, as determined by the Secretary)"},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 7110","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/7567/text/eh#toc-HC1084EAA81C849CA82F364238475C83C"},"heading":"Extension and agricultural research at 1890 land-grant colleges, including Tuskegee University","effect":"Changes percentage figures for 1890 land-grant colleges' extension (20 percent to 40 percent) and research (30 percent to 40 percent) under the National Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977.","amount":null,"quote":"is amended by striking “20 percent” and inserting “40 percent”"}]},{"category":"selective_carve_out","items":[{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 2403","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/7567/text/eh#toc-HDEF0AB79A8B940108A874323A897498B"},"heading":"Watershed Protection and Flood Prevention Act","effect":"Raises the cost-share for watershed structure rehabilitation from 65 percent to 90 percent and exempts rehabilitation projects from the agricultural-benefits requirement of section 2 and from section 4(5).","amount":null,"quote":"A rehabilitation project for which assistance is provided under this section shall not be subject to"},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 2603","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/7567/text/eh#toc-H9BDC5F400FEF4533B1ACAE57E13B53EB"},"heading":"Wetland reserve easements","effect":"Among other wetland reserve easement changes, allows the Secretary to evaluate and rank offers from landowners who are socially disadvantaged farmers or ranchers separately from offers from other landowners.","amount":null,"quote":"The Secretary may evaluate and rank offers from landowners who are socially disadvantaged farmers or ranchers separately from offers from other landowners."},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 2604","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/7567/text/eh#toc-H45020CAA073740D88924EB07C3F4FA6D"},"heading":"Administration","effect":"Exempts payments and assistance under the agricultural conservation easement subtitle from the adjusted gross income limit, and excludes easement compensation from the income calculation for landowners.","amount":null,"quote":"The adjusted gross income limitation described in section 1001D(b)(1) shall not apply to any payment or other assistance under this subtitle."},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 4114","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/7567/text/eh#toc-HE92C7983E6384593B4C54AB736789C55"},"heading":"SNAP eligible hot rotisserie chicken","effect":"Adds hot rotisserie chicken to the foods eligible for purchase with SNAP benefits, alongside the hot foods otherwise authorized.","amount":null,"quote":"by inserting “hot rotisserie chicken and” before “those authorized”"},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 4303","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/7567/text/eh#toc-HB7A5B032AADA426EB70BEF5DEAC24AD5"},"heading":"Reauthorization of the Gus Schumacher nutrition incentive program","effect":"Lets the Secretary waive the 50 percent cap on the Federal share of nutrition incentive activity costs for activities in counties or census tracts that meet the 20 percent poverty criteria over the preceding 30-year period.","amount":null,"quote":"Waiver for persistent poverty areas.—The Secretary may waive the application of clause (i) in the case of an activity carried out—"},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 5510","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/7567/text/eh#toc-H9BACB3BC2EAB4807A1A90011C6DD928B"},"heading":"Farm Credit Administration option to examine low-risk Farm Credit System institutions on a 24-month cycle","effect":"Allows the Farm Credit Administration, at its sole discretion, to extend the time between mandatory examinations to as much as 24 months for institutions it deems small and low-risk, starting October 1, 2026.","amount":null,"quote":"the Farm Credit Administration, in its sole discretion, may extend the time period between mandatory examinations of institutions deemed by the Farm Credit Administration to be small, low-risk institutions to not more than 24 months"},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 8406","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/7567/text/eh#toc-H0329013A010B4CF9BA2C09A46EF4E763"},"heading":"Categorical exclusion for electric utility lines rights-of-way","effect":"Designates electric utility line right-of-way vegetation management plans and routine activities as categorically excluded from environmental review and states they are not subject to Endangered Species Act section 7 or National Historic Preservation Act section 106.","amount":null,"quote":"A forest management activity designated under subsection (b) shall not be subject to section 7 of the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (16 U.S.C. 1536) or section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act."},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 8407","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/7567/text/eh#toc-HC44A211F1D1A4E3EB3CF9DBF5BF062C9"},"heading":"Forest management activities on National Forest System lands","effect":"Declares forest fuel-reduction activities on National Forest System land that meet stated conditions (up to 10,000 acres, including up to 3,000 acres of mechanical thinning) to be categorically excluded from National Environmental Policy Act requirements.","amount":null,"quote":"A forest management activity conducted on National Forest System land for the purpose of reducing forest fuels is categorically excluded from the requirements of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.)"},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 8409","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/7567/text/eh#toc-HD2FAB835A00A47898F3992EFCFB2D087"},"heading":"Kaibab National Forest restoration","effect":"Authorizes the Secretary to use emergency acquisition contracting flexibilities for recovery work within areas of Kaibab National Forest affected by the White Sage Fire, without a Presidential emergency or disaster declaration, for up to 5 years.","amount":null,"quote":"Notwithstanding any requirement for a Presidential emergency, disaster declaration, or any other prerequisite for the use of the authority described in this subsection"},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 8411","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/7567/text/eh#toc-H4396C3C1273544DEBAB41380E814A95E"},"heading":"No additional consultation required","effect":"Provides that the Secretary is not required to reinitiate Endangered Species Act consultation on Forest Service land management plans and Bureau of Land Management land use plans when a new species is listed, critical habitat is designated, or new information appears.","amount":null,"quote":"the Secretary shall not be required to reinitiate consultation under section 7(a)(2) of the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (16 U.S.C. 1536(a)(2))"},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 8432","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/7567/text/eh#toc-H45656A76A7084D5395159702BE96F423"},"heading":"Wood innovation grant program","effect":"Lets the Secretary give priority in wood innovation grants to projects using existing sawmill facilities in counties whose unemployment rate exceeded the national average by more than 1 percent in the previous calendar year.","amount":null,"quote":"include the use or retrofitting (or both) of existing sawmill facilities located in counties in which the average annual unemployment rate exceeded the national average unemployment rate by more than 1 percent in the previous calendar year"},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 8504","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/7567/text/eh#toc-H7254DA510B234E62BA9472DB9DEB826C"},"heading":"Special use authorization rental fee waiver","effect":"Allows the Forest Service to waive all or part of the programmatic administrative fee and special use authorization fees for State or local governments, certain nonprofit organizations, amateur radio holders, and other circumstances it determines appropriate.","amount":null,"quote":"The holder is an amateur station, amateur operator, or provides amateur radio services"},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 8505","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/7567/text/eh#toc-H68963D820ECA4080824B2E223C2E518B"},"heading":"Charges and fees for harvest of forest botanical products","effect":"Creates fair-market-value fees for harvesting forest botanical products on National Forest System lands, with personal-use harvests below a set level not subject to fees and other waivers allowed by regulation.","amount":null,"quote":"the harvest of a forest botanical product below that level by a person for personal use shall not be subject to charges and fees"},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 8507","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/7567/text/eh#toc-H9028FE9284CA471CA0B97A979185DE51"},"heading":"Direct hire authority","effect":"Lets the Secretary appoint Job Corps graduates to Forest Service competitive-service positions without regard to most of the standard competitive hiring provisions of title 5, for fiscal year 2026 and after.","amount":null,"quote":"the Secretary may appoint, without regard to the provisions of subchapter I of chapter 33 of title 5, United States Code, other than sections 3303 and 3328 of that title, a Job Corps graduate"},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 8509","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/7567/text/eh#toc-HFD8F21F5888945D99001033337D19222"},"heading":"Exemption for previously analyzed areas of National Forest System Lands","effect":"Exempts applications for communications use authorizations on National Forest System lands from National Environmental Policy Act and historic preservation review requirements when equipment is on existing infrastructure or the facility is on previously analyzed areas.","amount":null,"quote":"shall not apply to an application for a communications use authorization on National Forest System lands"},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 8705","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/7567/text/eh#toc-H50C628A9A1D54F2B91588EAEB3470E0F"},"heading":"Giant sequoia emergency response","effect":"Declares a 7-year emergency on covered public lands and National Forest System lands and categorically excludes giant sequoia Protection Projects of limited acreage from preparing an environmental assessment or impact statement under NEPA.","amount":null,"quote":"are categorically excluded from the preparation of an environmental assessment or an environmental impact statement under section 102 of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969"},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 9007","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/7567/text/eh#toc-H114FADFA43C54AA7904BC218A3909BA7"},"heading":"Rural Energy for America Program","effect":"Requires at least 10 percent of Rural Energy for America Program funds each year to go into a reserve for grants to projects using 'underutilized renewable energy technologies,' defined by a spending-share formula rather than by naming technologies.","amount":null,"quote":"renewable energy technologies for which have been expended not more than 20 percent of the average of the total amounts made available under this section"},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 9012","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/7567/text/eh#toc-H5C23CF1B4FCB47FB9CAAFD7B087B3384"},"heading":"Limitation on USDA funding for ground-mounted solar energy systems","effect":"Bars USDA financial assistance for projects that convert covered farmland to solar energy production, except projects converting under 5 acres, or under 50 acres with majority on-farm energy use and local government approval.","amount":null,"quote":"results in the conversion of less than 50 acres of covered farmland with—"},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 10005","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/7567/text/eh#toc-H4D174B7EFF7C47FBB69A06DF0B639807"},"heading":"Hemp production","effect":"Lets State, Tribal and USDA hemp plans reduce sampling and eliminate the 10-year ineligibility after a controlled-substance felony conviction for producers who elect to be designated as growing only industrial hemp.","amount":null,"quote":"a procedure for eliminating the 10-year period of ineligibility following the date of conviction for a felony related to a controlled substance for producers who elect to be designated as producers of only industrial hemp"},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 10201","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/7567/text/eh#toc-HAAD366CAF70845D58B91B2E77B3E52F2"},"heading":"Exclusion of certain substances","effect":"Exempts from the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act certain plant-incorporated protectants from a plant's own gene pool, once guidance is issued, unless the Administrator determines a specific one must remain covered. Also excludes plant biostimulants and other substances from the plant regulator definition.","amount":null,"quote":"plant-incorporated protectants resulting from endogenous genetic material found within or that could arise from the plant’s gene pool are exempt from the requirements of this Act."},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 11005","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/7567/text/eh#toc-HA7572DDF6FD447E196C86E25CED6E12B"},"heading":"Limitation on farm program participation","effect":"Beginning with the 2026 crop year, farms with Stacked Income Protection Plan coverage for upland cotton are made ineligible for seed cotton payments under price loss coverage and agriculture risk coverage for that crop year.","amount":null,"quote":"such farm shall not be eligible to receive payments for seed cotton for such crop year under—"},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 11011","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/7567/text/eh#toc-HF003509DE63D4EB7AE8B4EF4F718EF6C"},"heading":"Pilot program to review effectiveness of coverage penalty","effect":"Starting with the 2027 crop year, creates a pilot of at least 4 crop years in at least 10 counties in or next to two named Texas groundwater districts, suspending the insurance guarantee reduction for late-planted crops. Allows up to $200,000 for a research partnership.","amount":null,"quote":"be conducted in not less than 10 counties located within or adjacent to the North Plains Groundwater Conservation District or the Panhandle Groundwater Conservation District in the State of Texas"},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 12005","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/7567/text/eh#toc-HA1B1F59843B34DD58FB78CB1A833CFE0"},"heading":"Importation of live dogs","effect":"Sets health documentation, age and permit requirements for importing live dogs, with exceptions for certain dogs, including puppies under 6 months entering Hawaii from listed places.","amount":null,"quote":"in the case of a dog that is less than 6 months old, for lawful importation into the State of Hawaii from the British Isles, Australia, Guam, or New Zealand"},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 12111","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/7567/text/eh#toc-HAE4AF8148A72469EA6246F5103DBE8DB"},"heading":"Amplifying Processing of Livestock in the United States (A–PLUS)","effect":"Directs revision of a Packers and Stockyards regulation so market agencies may hold ownership, financing or management roles in packers below set slaughter capacity thresholds (for example, under 2,000 cattle and sheep per day), with disclosure to sellers.","amount":null,"quote":"market agencies may have an ownership interest in, finance, or participate in the management or operation of, a packer, so long as such packer—"},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 12114","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/7567/text/eh#toc-HEC8E731CF3694D4FA426518FABBC3B41"},"heading":"Pilot program to support custom slaughter establishments","effect":"Lets custom exempt slaughter facilities that are approved to join a pilot program sell meat directly to consumers within their State without Federal inspection, with caps on approved facilities, until September 30, 2031.","amount":null,"quote":"a State department of agriculture may operate a pilot program to allow such custom facility to sell slaughtered meat and meat food products"},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 12401","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/7567/text/eh#toc-H232B552BDE7246AFB638D46493F4C203"},"heading":"Commission on Farm Transitions—Needs for 2050","effect":"Revises the Commission on Farm Transitions and provides that two sections of title 5, United States Code, do not apply to the Commission or its proceedings.","amount":null,"quote":"Sections 1008 and 1013 of title 5, United States Code, shall not apply to the Commission or any proceeding of the Commission."},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 6411","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/7567/text/eh#toc-H521EB902C1ED4B23AAE73AAE12F649BE"},"heading":"Rural cooperative development grants","effect":"Amends the rural cooperative development grant program and requires the Secretary to award renewal grants on the same terms to current recipient nonprofits that request renewal and meet stated conditions; extends authorization to 2027 through 2031.","amount":null,"quote":"The Secretary shall award a grant under this subsection to a nonprofit institution on the same terms and for the establishment or operation of the same center or centers for cooperative development"},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 6418","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/7567/text/eh#toc-HBE5577A15B144F97BFFD80D70459B7D0"},"heading":"Prohibition on use of loan or grant for certain purposes","effect":"Rewrites the bar on rural development loans and grants for draining, filling, or manipulating wetlands, with exceptions for maintenance of previously converted wetlands, activity begun before November 29, 1990, utility lines, and permitted projects.","amount":null,"quote":"except in the case of activity related to the maintenance of previously converted wetlands, or in the case of such activity that commenced before November 29, 1990."},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 7115","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/7567/text/eh#toc-H6117CA1404E54219A3C95DAFD795852F"},"heading":"New beginning for Tribal students","effect":"Amends the New Beginning for Tribal Students program to except 1994 Institutions from a land-grant college or university reference, strikes paragraph (5), and extends authorization to 2031.","amount":null,"quote":"land-grant college or university (except for a 1994 Institution (as defined in section 532 of the Equity in Educational Land-Grant Status Act of 1994"},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 8104","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/7567/text/eh#toc-H15F423284FED4956B719415AA4DB2D62"},"heading":"Rural fire prevention and control","effect":"Lets the Secretary waive the Federal share requirements for funds made available to rural volunteer fire departments, and changes the population limit from 10,000 to 15,000 and another figure from 80 to 70.","amount":null,"quote":"The Secretary may waive the Federal share requirements of this subparagraph with respect to any such funds made available to rural volunteer fire departments."},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 8704","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/7567/text/eh#toc-HDB00C0D15D3F4A39A86148DE96C3EEE9"},"heading":"Giant sequoia health and resiliency assessment","effect":"Provides that the development and submission of the Giant Sequoia Health and Resiliency Assessment is not subject to the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969.","amount":null,"quote":"The development and submission of the Assessment under subsection (a) shall not be subject to the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.)."},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 7612","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/7567/text/eh#toc-H995852A93341477CB1F247917E5D78F4"},"heading":"Limitation on certain research involving dogs and cats","effect":"Bars research, education, or extension activities under the Research, Education, and Economics mission area that subject dogs or cats to unalleviated pain or distress, but exempts research on training dogs to guard against foreign pests and diseases, and allows case-by-case waivers by the Under Secretary.","amount":null,"quote":"Subsection (a) shall not apply to research related to the training and use of dogs for the purpose of safeguarding domestic agricultural and natural resources from foreign and invasive pests and diseases"},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 11002","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/7567/text/eh#toc-H3BB36D9E32464868B5CD05CC4D199856"},"heading":"Identification of holders of substantial interests","effect":"Lets policyholders that miss the deadline give substantial-interest holder information at any time in the crop year, except those an approved insurance provider finds would receive disproportionate benefits or failed to provide it to avoid a legal obligation; also changes \"5 percent\" to \"10 percent\" in paragraph (4).","amount":null,"quote":"Clause (i) shall not apply to a policyholder that an approved insurance provider determines— (I) would receive disproportionate benefits under a crop insurance program"},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 11013","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/7567/text/eh#toc-HD662779BD1D4468793B6D322A2CF561C"},"heading":"Program compliance and integrity","effect":"Sets a staged appeal process with 90-day deadlines for approved insurance providers disputing Corporation findings, and relieves a provider of the debt if the Corporation misses its timing, except for matters referred to the Inspector General or Department of Justice.","amount":null,"quote":"Subparagraph (A) shall not apply to any matters referred to the Office of the Inspector General or the Department of Justice."}]},{"category":"rule_delay","items":[{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 11009","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/7567/text/eh#toc-HE376406FC2494E64820166ED1723046D"},"heading":"Reimbursement rates for administrative and operating costs","effect":"For reinsurance year 2027 and later, sets the administrative and operating cost reimbursement rate for each policy equal to the rate in effect for the 2026 reinsurance year, in place of the existing limits.","amount":null,"quote":"shall be equal to the rate applicable to the policy in effect for the 2026 reinsurance year."}]},{"category":"process_change","items":[{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 1006","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/7567/text/eh#toc-H2AF0F28430724034B1AA72B8BDA13026"},"heading":"Mandatory reporting of dairy product processing costs","effect":"Adds dairy processing cost and yield reporting, and provides that actions the Secretary takes under this section are not subject to review under Executive Order 12866 or any successor order.","amount":null,"quote":"Any actions taken by the Secretary under this section shall not be subject to review under Executive Order 12866 (58 Fed. Reg. 51735) or any successor order."},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 1008","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/7567/text/eh#toc-HD6F1A7B4FAC64B75B5C4D34F068F1A92"},"heading":"Processing of certain loans","effect":"Provides that Department servicing of marketing assistance loans and sugar program loans is treated as an emergency service for purposes of 31 U.S.C. 1342 during a lapse in appropriations.","amount":null,"quote":"shall be deemed, for purposes of section 1342 of title 31, services for emergencies involving the safety of human life or the protection of property."},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 2502","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/7567/text/eh#toc-H8FBA86E3E2864E37A2CC44E800D048A6"},"heading":"Delivery of technical assistance","effect":"Among other technical assistance changes, lets the Secretary appoint qualified candidates directly to Natural Resources Conservation Service technical assistance positions without regard to most competitive hiring provisions of title 5.","amount":null,"quote":"The Secretary may appoint, without regard to the provisions of subchapter I of chapter 33 of title 5, United States Code"},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 4308","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/7567/text/eh#toc-H80871F5866E94EEC9EB1607EBBA9EE7F"},"heading":"Dietary guidelines","effect":"Changes how the Dietary Guidelines for Americans are produced: reports move from every five years to at least every 10 years starting with the 2030 report, the notice-and-comment rulemaking process applies, a temporary Independent Advisory Board is created, and the 2025 guidelines are made controlling until the next report.","amount":null,"quote":"Rulemaking requirements under section 553 of title 5, United States Code, shall apply to the development of each report under this paragraph."},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 12203","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/7567/text/eh#toc-HC52C205497D745F1AA2212467DABE2AB"},"heading":"Burden of proof for national appeals division hearings","effect":"Rewrites the burden of proof for National Appeals Division hearings so the agency must prove by substantial evidence that its adverse decision was valid.","amount":null,"quote":"The agency shall bear the burden of proving by substantial evidence that the adverse decision of the agency was valid."}]},{"category":"political_name","items":[{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 3112","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/7567/text/eh#toc-HE971DA73F0814FFA823FA54D6875ABEA"},"heading":"John Ogonowski and Doug Bereuter farmer-to-farmer program","effect":"Extends the farmer-to-farmer program's dates to 2031 and moves its administration from the USAID Administrator to the Secretary; the program's name in the bill refers to two individuals.","amount":null,"quote":"Section 501 of the Food for Peace Act (7 U.S.C. 1737) is amended—"},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 3303","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/7567/text/eh#toc-HA8054DB621CA4C0B9353D5DF3C972F3D"},"heading":"Bill Emerson Humanitarian Trust Act","effect":"Amends the Bill Emerson Humanitarian Trust Act, extending dates to 2031 and replacing references to the Administrator with the Secretary; the act's name refers to an individual.","amount":null,"quote":"Section 302 of the Bill Emerson Humanitarian Trust Act (7 U.S.C. 1736f–1) is amended—"},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 3308","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/7567/text/eh#toc-H479E00F2153E4E4384F397768685EA2D"},"heading":"McGovern-Dole International Food for Education and Child Nutrition Program","effect":"Amends the McGovern-Dole program by adding lower middle income countries, extending dates to 2031, and changing an expense limit to not less than 8 percent but not more than 15 percent; the program's name refers to two individuals.","amount":null,"quote":"Section 3107 of the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 (7 U.S.C. 1736o–1) is amended—"},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 7111","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/7567/text/eh#toc-H3737CBF3BFF6491B84A0325EA7F36323"},"heading":"Scholarships for students at 1890 Institutions","effect":"Adds the name \"David A. Scott Scholarship Program for Students at 1890 Institutions\" as the commonly known name of the scholarship program and extends its authorization to 2031.","amount":null,"quote":"(commonly known as the David A. Scott Scholarship Program for Students at 1890 Institutions)"},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 7604","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/7567/text/eh#toc-H88E58107FBCB4AC38A97C15929552D0D"},"heading":"U.S. Abit Massey National Poultry Research Center","effect":"Designates the Department of Agriculture's U.S. National Poultry Research Center in Athens, Georgia as the \"U.S. Abit Massey National Poultry Research Center\" and makes legal references to the facility refer to that name.","amount":null,"quote":"shall be known and designated as the “U.S. Abit Massey National Poultry Research Center”."},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 8511","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/7567/text/eh#toc-H2423B1C9C5394C31835142200762F404"},"heading":"Doug LaMalfa Secure Rural Schools Act","effect":"Adds an alternate short title, the \"Doug LaMalfa Secure Rural Schools Act,\" to the Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination Act of 2000.","amount":null,"quote":"by inserting “or the “Doug LaMalfa Secure Rural Schools Act”” before the period at the end"}]}],"version":{"type":"Engrossed in House","date":"2026-04-30","rule":"passed","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/7567/text/eh"},"current":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","approved":"2026-10-03","approved_by":"checks"},"sources":{"congress_gov":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/7567","text":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/7567/text"},"card":{"image":"card/item/119-hr-7567.png","v":"394ff65911fb","alt":"Votes on Record. H.R. 7567, 119th Congress: Farm, Food, and National Security Act of 2026. House: 224 Yea, 200 Nay. Senate: not yet considered. Outcome: Passed House, 30 Apr 2026."}}