H.R. 7567: Farm, Food, and National Security Act of 2026

Bill · 119th Congress (2025–2026). Passed House, 30 Apr 2026. Introduced 13 Feb 2026.

Official title: To provide for the reform and continuation of agricultural and other programs of the Department of Agriculture through fiscal year 2031, and for other purposes.

Vote results

House, 30 Apr 2026: Passed, 224 Yea, 200 Nay, 0 Present, 6 Not voting. The House’s roll call
Senate: not yet considered.
President: Not before the President yet: both chambers must pass it first.

How each member voted

Senate

Not yet considered.

House

Yea (224): Harold Rogers (R-KY-5); Christopher H. Smith (R-NJ-4); Marcy Kaptur (D-OH-9); Sanford D. Bishop, Jr. (D-GA-2); Ken Calvert (R-CA-41); Frank D. Lucas (R-OK-3); Robert B. Aderholt (R-AL-4); Michael K. Simpson (R-ID-2); Pete Sessions (R-TX-17); Sam Graves (R-MO-6); Joe Wilson (R-SC-2); John R. Carter (R-TX-31); Tom Cole (R-OK-4); Mario Diaz-Balart (R-FL-26); Mike Rogers (R-AL-3); Michael R. Turner (R-OH-10); Darrell Issa (R-CA-48); Jim Costa (D-CA-21); Henry Cuellar (D-TX-28); Virginia Foxx (R-NC-5); Michael T. McCaul (R-TX-10); Gus M. Bilirakis (R-FL-12); Vern Buchanan (R-FL-16); Jim Jordan (R-OH-4); Adrian Smith (R-NE-3); Robert E. Latta (R-OH-5); Robert J. Wittman (R-VA-1); Steve Scalise (R-LA-1); Tim Walberg (R-MI-5); Brett Guthrie (R-KY-2); Tom McClintock (R-CA-5); Glenn Thompson (R-PA-15); Eric A. "Rick" Crawford (R-AR-1); Scott DesJarlais (R-TN-4); Charles J. "Chuck" Fleischmann (R-TN-3); Paul A. Gosar (R-AZ-9); H. Morgan Griffith (R-VA-9); Andy Harris (R-MD-1); Bill Huizenga (R-MI-4); Mike Kelly (R-PA-16); David Schweikert (R-AZ-1); Austin Scott (R-GA-8); Daniel Webster (R-FL-11); Steve Womack (R-AR-3); Mark E. Amodei (R-NV-2); Thomas Massie (R-KY-4); Andy Barr (R-KY-6); Richard Hudson (R-NC-9); David P. Joyce (R-OH-14); Scott Perry (R-PA-10); Ann Wagner (R-MO-2); Randy K. Weber, Sr. (R-TX-14); Roger Williams (R-TX-25); Rick W. Allen (R-GA-12); Brian Babin (R-TX-36); Mike Bost (R-IL-12); Earl L. "Buddy" Carter (R-GA-1); Tom Emmer (R-MN-6); Glenn Grothman (R-WI-6); J. French Hill (R-AR-2); John R. Moolenaar (R-MI-2); Dan Newhouse (R-WA-4); Gary J. Palmer (R-AL-6); David Rouzer (R-NC-7); Elise M. Stefanik (R-NY-21); Bruce Westerman (R-AR-4); David G. Valadao (R-CA-22); Trent Kelly (R-MS-1); Darin LaHood (R-IL-16); Warren Davidson (R-OH-8); James Comer (R-KY-1); Jodey C. Arrington (R-TX-19); Don Bacon (R-NE-2); Jack Bergman (R-MI-1); Neal P. Dunn (R-FL-2); Vicente Gonzalez (D-TX-34); Clay Higgins (R-LA-3); Mike Johnson (R-LA-4); David Kustoff (R-TN-8); Brian J. Mast (R-FL-21); John H. Rutherford (R-FL-5); Lloyd Smucker (R-PA-11); Darren Soto (D-FL-9); Ron Estes (R-KS-4); Ralph Norman (R-SC-5); Michael Cloud (R-TX-27); Troy Balderson (R-OH-12); Kevin Hern (R-OK-1); Marlin A. Stutzman (R-IN-3); James R. Baird (R-IN-4); Tim Burchett (R-TN-2); Ben Cline (R-VA-6); Dan Crenshaw (R-TX-2); Sharice Davids (D-KS-3); Russ Fulcher (R-ID-1); Lance Gooden (R-TX-5); Michael Guest (R-MS-3); Dusty Johnson (R-SD-AL); John Joyce (R-PA-13); Daniel Meuser (R-PA-9); Carol D. Miller (R-WV-1); Guy Reschenthaler (R-PA-14); John W. Rose (R-TN-6); Chip Roy (R-TX-21); Kim Schrier (D-WA-8); Pete Stauber (R-MN-8); Bryan Steil (R-WI-1); W. Gregory Steube (R-FL-17); William R. Timmons IV (R-SC-4); Jefferson Van Drew (R-NJ-2); Claudia Tenney (R-NY-24); Gregory F. Murphy (R-NC-3); Thomas P. Tiffany (R-WI-7); Ryan K. Zinke (R-MT-1); Cliff Bentz (R-OR-2); Stephanie I. Bice (R-OK-5); Lauren Boebert (R-CO-4); Kat Cammack (R-FL-3); Andrew S. Clyde (R-GA-9); Byron Donalds (R-FL-19); Pat Fallon (R-TX-4); Randy Feenstra (R-IA-4); Michelle Fischbach (R-MN-7); Scott Fitzgerald (R-WI-5); Scott Franklin (R-FL-18); Carlos A. Gimenez (R-FL-28); Diana Harshbarger (R-TN-1); Ashley Hinson (R-IA-2); Ronny Jackson (R-TX-13); Young Kim (R-CA-40); Nancy Mace (R-SC-1); Nicole Malliotakis (R-NY-11); Tracey Mann (R-KS-1); Lisa C. McClain (R-MI-9); Mary E. Miller (R-IL-15); Mariannette Miller-Meeks (R-IA-1); Barry Moore (R-AL-1); Blake D. Moore (R-UT-1); Troy E. Nehls (R-TX-22); Jay Obernolte (R-CA-23); Burgess Owens (R-UT-4); August Pfluger (R-TX-11); Maria Elvira Salazar (R-FL-27); Victoria Spartz (R-IN-5); Beth Van Duyne (R-TX-24); Julia Letlow (R-LA-5); Jake Ellzey (R-TX-6); Mike Carey (R-OH-15); Mike Flood (R-NE-1); Brad Finstad (R-MN-1); Rudy Yakym III (R-IN-2); Mark Alford (R-MO-4); Aaron Bean (R-FL-4); Josh Brecheen (R-OK-2); Juan Ciscomani (R-AZ-6); Mike Collins (R-GA-10); Elijah Crane (R-AZ-2); Donald G. Davis (D-NC-1); Monica De La Cruz (R-TX-15); Chuck Edwards (R-NC-11); Mike Ezell (R-MS-4); Russell Fry (R-SC-7); Marie Gluesenkamp Perez (D-WA-3); Erin Houchin (R-IN-9); Wesley Hunt (R-TX-38); John James (R-MI-10); Jennifer A. Kiggans (R-VA-2); Kevin Kiley (I-CA-3); Nick LaLota (R-NY-1); Nicholas A. Langworthy (R-NY-23); Michael Lawler (R-NY-17); Laurel M. Lee (R-FL-15); Anna Paulina Luna (R-FL-13); Morgan Luttrell (R-TX-8); Richard McCormick (R-GA-7); Max L. Miller (R-OH-7); Cory Mills (R-FL-7); Nathaniel Moran (R-TX-1); Zachary Nunn (R-IA-3); Andrew Ogles (R-TN-5); Keith Self (R-TX-3); Dale W. Strong (R-AL-5); Derrick Van Orden (R-WI-3); Gabe Vasquez (D-NM-2); Celeste Maloy (R-UT-2); Vince Fong (R-CA-20); Michael A. Rulli (R-OH-6); Tony Wied (R-WI-8); Tom Barrett (R-MI-7); Michael Baumgartner (R-WA-5); Nicholas J. Begich III (R-AK-AL); Sheri Biggs (R-SC-3); Robert P. Bresnahan, Jr. (R-PA-8); Jeff Crank (R-CO-5); Troy Downing (R-MT-2); Gabe Evans (R-CO-8); Julie Fedorchak (R-ND-AL); Brandon Gill (R-TX-26); Craig A. Goldman (R-TX-12); Adam Gray (D-CA-13); Abraham J. Hamadeh (R-AZ-8); Mike Haridopolos (R-FL-8); Pat Harrigan (R-NC-10); Mark Harris (R-NC-8); Jeff Hurd (R-CO-3); Brian Jack (R-GA-3); Mike Kennedy (R-UT-3); Brad Knott (R-NC-13); Ryan Mackenzie (R-PA-7); Kristen McDonald Rivet (D-MI-8); Addison P. McDowell (R-NC-6); John J. McGuire III (R-VA-5); Mark B. Messmer (R-IN-8); Riley M. Moore (R-WV-2); Tim Moore (R-NC-14); Robert F. Onder, Jr. (R-MO-3); Josh Riley (D-NY-19); Derek Schmidt (R-KS-2); Jefferson Shreve (R-IN-6); David J. Taylor (R-OH-2); Randy Fine (R-FL-6); Jimmy Patronis (R-FL-1); Matt Van Epps (R-TN-7); Clay Fuller (R-GA-14).

Nay (200): Steny H. Hoyer (D-MD-5); Nancy Pelosi (D-CA-11); Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ-6); Richard E. Neal (D-MA-1); Rosa L. DeLauro (D-CT-3); Maxine Waters (D-CA-43); Jerrold Nadler (D-NY-12); James E. Clyburn (D-SC-6); Robert C. "Bobby" Scott (D-VA-3); Nydia M. Velázquez (D-NY-7); Bennie G. Thompson (D-MS-2); Lloyd Doggett (D-TX-37); Zoe Lofgren (D-CA-18); Danny K. Davis (D-IL-7); Diana DeGette (D-CO-1); James P. McGovern (D-MA-2); Brad Sherman (D-CA-32); Adam Smith (D-WA-9); Gregory W. Meeks (D-NY-5); John B. Larson (D-CT-1); Janice D. Schakowsky (D-IL-9); Mike Thompson (D-CA-4); Rick Larsen (D-WA-2); Betty McCollum (D-MN-4); Stephen F. Lynch (D-MA-8); Linda T. Sánchez (D-CA-38); Emanuel Cleaver (D-MO-5); Al Green (D-TX-9); Gwen Moore (D-WI-4); Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-FL-25); Doris O. Matsui (D-CA-7); Kathy Castor (D-FL-14); Yvette D. Clarke (D-NY-9); Steve Cohen (D-TN-9); Joe Courtney (D-CT-2); Henry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr. (D-GA-4); André Carson (D-IN-7); James A. Himes (D-CT-4); Chellie Pingree (D-ME-1); Paul Tonko (D-NY-20); Mike Quigley (D-IL-5); Judy Chu (D-CA-28); John Garamendi (D-CA-8); Bill Foster (D-IL-11); William R. Keating (D-MA-9); Terri A. Sewell (D-AL-7); Dina Titus (D-NV-1); Kweisi Mfume (D-MD-7); Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR-1); Suzan K. DelBene (D-WA-1); Joyce Beatty (D-OH-3); Ami Bera (D-CA-6); Julia Brownley (D-CA-26); Joaquin Castro (D-TX-20); Lois Frankel (D-FL-22); Jared Huffman (D-CA-2); Hakeem S. Jeffries (D-NY-8); Grace Meng (D-NY-6); Scott H. Peters (D-CA-50); Mark Pocan (D-WI-2); Raul Ruiz (D-CA-25); Mark Takano (D-CA-39); Juan Vargas (D-CA-52); Marc A. Veasey (D-TX-33); Robin L. Kelly (D-IL-2); Katherine M. Clark (D-MA-5); Alma S. Adams (D-NC-12); Donald Norcross (D-NJ-1); Pete Aguilar (D-CA-33); Donald S. Beyer, Jr. (D-VA-8); Brendan F. Boyle (D-PA-2); Ed Case (D-HI-1); Mark DeSaulnier (D-CA-10); Debbie Dingell (D-MI-6); Ted Lieu (D-CA-36); Seth Moulton (D-MA-6); Norma J. Torres (D-CA-35); Bonnie Watson Coleman (D-NJ-12); Bradley Scott Schneider (D-IL-10); Dwight Evans (D-PA-3); Nanette Diaz Barragán (D-CA-44); Salud O. Carbajal (D-CA-24); J. Luis Correa (D-CA-46); Adriano Espaillat (D-NY-13); Brian K. Fitzpatrick (R-PA-1); Josh Gottheimer (D-NJ-5); Steven Horsford (D-NV-4); Pramila Jayapal (D-WA-7); Ro Khanna (D-CA-17); Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL-8); Jimmy Panetta (D-CA-19); Jamie Raskin (D-MD-8); Jimmy Gomez (D-CA-34); Thomas R. Suozzi (D-NY-3); Joseph D. Morelle (D-NY-25); Mary Gay Scanlon (D-PA-5); Sean Casten (D-IL-6); Angie Craig (D-MN-2); Jason Crow (D-CO-6); Madeleine Dean (D-PA-4); Veronica Escobar (D-TX-16); Lizzie Fletcher (D-TX-7); Sylvia R. Garcia (D-TX-29); Jesús G. "Chuy" García (D-IL-4); Jared F. Golden (D-ME-2); Josh Harder (D-CA-9); Jahana Hayes (D-CT-5); Chrissy Houlahan (D-PA-6); Susie Lee (D-NV-3); Mike Levin (D-CA-49); Lucy McBath (D-GA-6); Joe Neguse (D-CO-2); Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY-14); Ilhan Omar (D-MN-5); Chris Pappas (D-NH-1); Ayanna Pressley (D-MA-7); Greg Stanton (D-AZ-4); Haley M. Stevens (D-MI-11); Rashida Tlaib (D-MI-12); Lori Trahan (D-MA-3); Lauren Underwood (D-IL-14); Jake Auchincloss (D-MA-4); Cleo Fields (D-LA-6); Andrew R. Garbarino (R-NY-2); Sara Jacobs (D-CA-51); Teresa Leger Fernandez (D-NM-3); Frank J. Mrvan (D-IN-1); Deborah K. Ross (D-NC-2); Marilyn Strickland (D-WA-10); Ritchie Torres (D-NY-15); Nikema Williams (D-GA-5); Troy A. Carter (D-LA-2); Melanie A. Stansbury (D-NM-1); Shontel M. Brown (D-OH-11); Patrick Ryan (D-NY-18); Becca Balint (D-VT-AL); Nikki Budzinski (D-IL-13); Greg Casar (D-TX-35); Gilbert Ray Cisneros, Jr. (D-CA-31); Jasmine Crockett (D-TX-30); Christopher R. Deluzio (D-PA-17); Valerie P. Foushee (D-NC-4); Maxwell Frost (D-FL-10); Robert Garcia (D-CA-42); Daniel S. Goldman (D-NY-10); Harriet M. Hageman (R-WY-AL); Val T. Hoyle (D-OR-4); Glenn Ivey (D-MD-4); Jonathan L. Jackson (D-IL-1); Sydney Kamlager-Dove (D-CA-37); Greg Landsman (D-OH-1); Summer L. Lee (D-PA-12); Seth Magaziner (D-RI-2); Morgan McGarvey (D-KY-3); Robert Menendez (D-NJ-8); Jared Moskowitz (D-FL-23); Kevin Mullin (D-CA-15); Brittany Pettersen (D-CO-7); Delia C. Ramirez (D-IL-3); Andrea Salinas (D-OR-6); Hillary J. Scholten (D-MI-3); Eric Sorensen (D-IL-17); Emilia Strong Sykes (D-OH-13); Shri Thanedar (D-MI-13); Jill N. Tokuda (D-HI-2); Jennifer L. McClellan (D-VA-4); Gabe Amo (D-RI-1); Timothy M. Kennedy (D-NY-26); LaMonica McIver (D-NJ-10); Yassamin Ansari (D-AZ-3); Wesley Bell (D-MO-1); Janelle S. Bynum (D-OR-5); Herbert C. Conaway, Jr. (D-NJ-3); Maxine Dexter (D-OR-3); Sarah Elfreth (D-MD-3); Shomari Figures (D-AL-2); Laura Friedman (D-CA-30); Laura Gillen (D-NY-4); Maggie Goodlander (D-NH-2); Julie Johnson (D-TX-32); George Latimer (D-NY-16); Sam T. Liccardo (D-CA-16); John W. Mannion (D-NY-22); Sarah McBride (D-DE-AL); April McClain Delaney (D-MD-6); Dave Min (D-CA-47); Kelly Morrison (D-MN-3); Johnny Olszewski, Jr. (D-MD-2); Nellie Pou (D-NJ-9); Emily Randall (D-WA-6); Luz M. Rivas (D-CA-29); Lateefah Simon (D-CA-12); Suhas Subramanyam (D-VA-10); Derek Tran (D-CA-45); Eugene Simon Vindman (D-VA-7); George Whitesides (D-CA-27); James R. Walkinshaw (D-VA-11); Adelita S. Grijalva (D-AZ-7); Christian D. Menefee (D-TX-18); Analilia Mejia (D-NJ-11).

Not voting (6): Frederica S. Wilson (D-FL-24); Jason Smith (R-MO-8); Barry Loudermilk (R-GA-11); Andy Biggs (R-AZ-5); Eric Burlison (R-MO-7); Thomas H. Kean, Jr. (R-NJ-7).

Not in office (15): James Gallagher (R-CA-1); Everton Blair Jr. (D-GA-13); Aisha Wahab (D-CA-14); David Scott (D-GA-13); Raúl M. Grijalva (D-AZ-7); Gerald E. Connolly (D-VA-11); Eric Swalwell (D-CA-14); Doug LaMalfa (R-CA-1); Mikie Sherrill (D-NJ-11); Mark E. Green (R-TN-7); Michael Waltz (R-FL-6); Tony Gonzales (R-TX-23); Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA-14); Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick (D-FL-20); Sylvester Turner (D-TX-18).

Summary

Main subject: Reauthorizes and amends Department of Agriculture programs through fiscal year 2031, covering commodities, conservation, trade and food aid, nutrition, credit, rural development, research, forestry, energy, horticulture, crop insurance, and livestock and other matters. Title I, Title II, Title III, Title IV, Title V, Title VI, Title VII, Title VIII, Title IX, Title X, Title XI, Title XII

Its core areas: Commodity programs and agricultural disaster assistance; Conservation programs and easements; International food aid and agricultural trade; Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program and other nutrition programs; Farm ownership, operating and emergency loans and the Farm Credit System; Rural development, broadband and water systems; Agricultural research, extension and education; Forestry, forest management and wildfire; Energy and biobased products; Horticulture, organic agriculture and pesticide regulation; Federal crop insurance; Animal health, meat processing and foreign ownership of agricultural land.

Unexpected Items: 108 provisions

These provisions fall outside the bill’s main subject or apply narrowly. This describes the text; it is not a judgment.

Not related to the bill’s main subject (32)

Sec. 8510: Release of reversionary interest in Black River State Forest: Releases the United States reversionary interest in about 31.83 acres of State forest land in Millston, Wisconsin, if the State agrees to convey it to Deli, Inc. in exchange for other land.
Sec. 9017: Tree planting grant program: Creates a grant program for tree planting projects to reduce residential energy consumption, with a 90 percent Federal share, a goal of 300,000 trees per year, and $50,000,000 authorized for each of fiscal years 2027 through 2030. ($50,000,000)
Sec. 10106: Report on procurement: Requires the Secretary to report within 1 year on how the Department procures domestic commodities, including barriers to entry for certain commodities and the diet quality of what is procured.
Sec. 10212: Safe harbor for certain discharges of wildland fire chemicals: For 5 years, bars courts from enjoining, under the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, aerial application of qualifying fire retardants and water enhancers that follows a 2023 compliance agreement between the Environmental Protection Agency and the Forest Service, until a discharge permit takes effect.
Sec. 10213: Office of Biotechnology Policy: Creates an Office of Biotechnology Policy in the Department of Agriculture to coordinate biotechnology, biomanufacturing and synthetic biology policy, and authorizes $1,000,000 per year for fiscal years 2027 through 2031. ($1,000,000)
Sec. 12008: Protection of greyhounds: 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. Applies to conduct on or after October 1, 2027.
Sec. 12009: Animal fighting: Amends the Animal Welfare Act to make it unlawful for any person to gamble on an animal fighting venture, including an in-person or broadcast event.
Sec. 12010: Placement of animals used in Federal research: Requires federal research facilities to issue standards within one year to facilitate adoption or non-laboratory placement of dogs, cats, nonhuman primates, guinea pigs, hamsters and rabbits no longer needed for research.
Sec. 12201: Office of Homeland Security: Amends the Office of Homeland Security statute to add crisis simulation exercises, detailees from the intelligence community, and recurring risk assessments of the food and agriculture critical infrastructure sector.
Sec. 12205: Functions of the Office of Tribal Relations: Redefines the functions of the Office of Tribal Relations, adding oversight of self-determination contracts and self-governance compacts between the Secretary and tribes or tribal organizations.
Sec. 12405: Increasing transparency regarding detention of imported plants: Requires the Secretary to issue guidance on how importers of plants denied entry and detained under the Lacey Act Amendments of 1981 can get information on the detention.
Sec. 12406: Enhancement of pet protections: Requires a report on enforcement of the Animal Welfare Act for companion animals and amends that Act to include visual dental examinations, whenever practicable, in adequate veterinary care.
Sec. 12408: Report on available assistance to agricultural producers in the State of Texas that have suffered economic losses due to the failure of Mexico to deliver water: Requires a report listing Department authorities and programs that could assist agricultural producers in the State of Texas with losses tied to Mexico's water deliveries under the 1944 treaty.
Sec. 12412: Rio Grande Valley agricultural water interagency working group: Establishes an interagency working group on water deliveries under the 1944 Water Treaty, covering diplomatic, trade and infrastructure efforts for agricultural producers in South Texas, with annual reports to Congress.
Sec. 12413: Cost-share grants for rollover protection structures: Authorizes $725,000 for each of fiscal years 2027 through 2031 for cost-share grants to agricultural producers and eligible schools for rollover protection structures on agricultural tractors. ($725,000)
Sec. 12415: Transparency of records of commodity boards: Requires the Secretary to publish on the Department website commodity board audit reports, approved activities and budgets, and independent evaluations for each commodity promotion order.
Sec. 12416: Honey Standards and Definitions: Requires the Secretary to start consultation with two other agencies to develop a harmonized Federal definition of honey for labeling and enforcement.
Sec. 12417: Report on assistance available to agricultural producers in Arizona for certain losses: Requires a report listing Department authorities and programs that could assist agricultural producers in the State of Arizona with losses tied to Colorado River water deliveries to Mexico.
Sec. 12418: Precision agriculture satellite connectivity: Directs the Federal Communications Commission to review its satellite service rules for changes that could promote precision agriculture and report to congressional committees.
Sec. 12419: Establishment of Office of Seafood in the Department of Agriculture: Establishes an Office of Seafood in the Department of Agriculture to advise the Secretary on matters affecting the seafood industry.
Sec. 12420: Department of Agriculture loans and grants for commercial fishing and fish processing businesses: 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.
Sec. 12421: Honey testing standards: 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.
Sec. 12422: Exemption of farm equipment from Clean Air Act emission standards: Exempts new and in-use agricultural tractors and certain self-propelled agricultural equipment from emission standards under section 213 of the Clean Air Act.
Sec. 12501: Declaration of policy: Adds to the United States Grain Standards Act a policy that the Secretary shall prioritize adopting improved grain grading technology.
Sec. 12502: Official inspection authority and funding: 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.
Sec. 6305: Expanding Childcare in Rural America Initiative: 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.
Sec. 12202: Office of Partnerships and Public Engagement: Changes a date in the law covering the Office of Partnerships and Public Engagement from 2023 to 2031.
Sec. 12402: Report on personnel: Changes a date in the 2018 law's report on personnel provision from 2023 to 2031.
Sec. 12407: Protecting animals with shelter: Changes a date in section 12502(b)(8) of the 2018 law from 2023 to 2031.
Sec. 12505: Limitation on administrative and supervisory costs: 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.
Sec. 12509: Funding: 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'.
Sec. 12510: Advisory committee: Lets existing Grain Standards advisory committee members keep serving until a new appointment is made and extends a date from 2025 to 2033.

Applies only to a specific place or group (15)

Sec. 1010: Strengthening domestic food production supply chains: Makes preserving and strengthening domestic production of certain commodities a priority objective of the President for federal policy affecting the title I commodity programs.
Sec. 1016: Revision of evidence standards for livestock indemnity payments for losses by Mexican wolves: 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.
Sec. 2202: Establishment and administration: 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.
Sec. 2402: Feral swine eradication and control program: 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.
Sec. 2806: Administration: 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.
Sec. 2807: Critical conservation areas: Requires the Secretary to include the project area of the Columbia Basin project in an existing Critical Conservation Area designation.
Sec. 3306: International agriculture cultural immersion and exchange program: 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.
Sec. 3312: Report on international shrimp trade: Directs the Comptroller General to report on policy options to boost the competitiveness of domestic shrimp in global and domestic markets.
Sec. 3402: Sense of Congress and report on Argentine beef imports: 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.
Sec. 7126: Aquaculture assistance programs: Extends an aquaculture authorization to 2031 and requires the Secretary to study locations for aquaculture small businesses in two named territories.
Sec. 7401: Grazinglands research laboratory: 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.
Sec. 8301: National and regional agroforestry centers: 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.
Sec. 10006: Pilot program for the intra-organizational movement of genetically engineered microorganisms by certain authorized parties: 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.
Sec. 6402: Rural water and wastewater circuit rider program: 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.
Sec. 6407: Rural decentralized water systems: 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.

Policy change made through a dollar amount (3)

Sec. 6403: Zero and low interest loans for distressed water systems: 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.
Sec. 11006: Limitation on interest accrual: 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.
Sec. 12409: Qualified renewable biomass: 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.

Funds a specific named project or event (6)

Sec. 3106: International food relief partnership: 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. ($15,000,000)
Sec. 3309: Global crop diversity trust: 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.
Sec. 6414: Appropriate technology transfer for rural areas program: 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. ($1,500,000)
Sec. 8302: National Forest Foundation Act: 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.
Sec. 8604: White oak regeneration and upland oak habitat: 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.
Sec. 8711: Giant sequoia emergency protection program and fund: 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.

Different amount for specific places or groups (6)

Sec. 2602: Agricultural land easements: 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.
Sec. 2701: Forest conservation easement program: 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.
Sec. 4306: Local farmers feeding our communities program: 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.
Sec. 6301: Rural energy savings program: 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.
Sec. 6422: Rural microentrepreneur assistance program: 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.
Sec. 7110: Extension and agricultural research at 1890 land-grant colleges, including Tuskegee University: 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.

Exception or delay for a subset (34)

Sec. 2403: Watershed Protection and Flood Prevention Act: 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).
Sec. 2603: Wetland reserve easements: 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.
Sec. 2604: Administration: 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.
Sec. 4114: SNAP eligible hot rotisserie chicken: Adds hot rotisserie chicken to the foods eligible for purchase with SNAP benefits, alongside the hot foods otherwise authorized.
Sec. 4303: Reauthorization of the Gus Schumacher nutrition incentive program: 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.
Sec. 5510: Farm Credit Administration option to examine low-risk Farm Credit System institutions on a 24-month cycle: 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.
Sec. 8406: Categorical exclusion for electric utility lines rights-of-way: 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.
Sec. 8407: Forest management activities on National Forest System lands: 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.
Sec. 8409: Kaibab National Forest restoration: 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.
Sec. 8411: No additional consultation required: 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.
Sec. 8432: Wood innovation grant program: 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.
Sec. 8504: Special use authorization rental fee waiver: 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.
Sec. 8505: Charges and fees for harvest of forest botanical products: 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.
Sec. 8507: Direct hire authority: 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.
Sec. 8509: Exemption for previously analyzed areas of National Forest System Lands: 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.
Sec. 8705: Giant sequoia emergency response: 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.
Sec. 9007: Rural Energy for America Program: 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.
Sec. 9012: Limitation on USDA funding for ground-mounted solar energy systems: 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.
Sec. 10005: Hemp production: 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.
Sec. 10201: Exclusion of certain substances: 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.
Sec. 11005: Limitation on farm program participation: 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.
Sec. 11011: Pilot program to review effectiveness of coverage penalty: 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.
Sec. 12005: Importation of live dogs: 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.
Sec. 12111: Amplifying Processing of Livestock in the United States (A–PLUS): 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.
Sec. 12114: Pilot program to support custom slaughter establishments: 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.
Sec. 12401: Commission on Farm Transitions—Needs for 2050: 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.
Sec. 6411: Rural cooperative development grants: 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.
Sec. 6418: Prohibition on use of loan or grant for certain purposes: 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.
Sec. 7115: New beginning for Tribal students: 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.
Sec. 8104: Rural fire prevention and control: 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.
Sec. 8704: Giant sequoia health and resiliency assessment: 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.
Sec. 7612: Limitation on certain research involving dogs and cats: 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.
Sec. 11002: Identification of holders of substantial interests: 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).
Sec. 11013: Program compliance and integrity: 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.

Delays or blocks a specific regulation (1)

Sec. 11009: Reimbursement rates for administrative and operating costs: 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.

Changes a government process (5)

Sec. 1006: Mandatory reporting of dairy product processing costs: 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.
Sec. 1008: Processing of certain loans: 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.
Sec. 2502: Delivery of technical assistance: 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.
Sec. 4308: Dietary guidelines: 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.
Sec. 12203: Burden of proof for national appeals division hearings: Rewrites the burden of proof for National Appeals Division hearings so the agency must prove by substantial evidence that its adverse decision was valid.

Program name includes a political figure’s name (6)

Sec. 3112: John Ogonowski and Doug Bereuter farmer-to-farmer program: 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.
Sec. 3303: Bill Emerson Humanitarian Trust Act: 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.
Sec. 3308: McGovern-Dole International Food for Education and Child Nutrition Program: 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.
Sec. 7111: Scholarships for students at 1890 Institutions: 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.
Sec. 7604: U.S. Abit Massey National Poultry Research Center: 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.
Sec. 8511: Doug LaMalfa Secure Rural Schools Act: Adds an alternate short title, the "Doug LaMalfa Secure Rural Schools Act," to the Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination Act of 2000.

What it does

Sec. 1001: Extends the suspension of permanent price support authority by changing 2023 to 2031 in section 1602 of the Agricultural Act of 2014.
Sec. 1003: Requires the Secretary to establish a framework for direct assistance to specialty crop producers whose production was impacted by an adverse event, with payments based on prior-year sales multiplied by a payment factor.
Sec. 2501: Provides Commodity Credit Corporation conservation funding for fiscal years 2027 through 2031, including $450,000,000 for each of those years for the regional conservation partnership program, to the maximum extent practicable.
Sec. 2701: Establishes a forest conservation easement program under which the Secretary acquires easements and shares costs with eligible entities for forest land easements.
Sec. 3101: Moves implementation of the Food for Peace Act from the Administrator of the United States Agency for International Development to the Secretary of Agriculture.
Sec. 4103: Allows State agencies to hire contractors to certify applicants or carry out other functions of the supplemental nutrition assistance program under stated conditions.
Sec. 5105: Raises the farm ownership loan limits from $600,000 to $850,000 for direct loans and from $1,750,000 to $3,500,000 for guaranteed loans.
Sec. 6201: Renames the rural broadband program the ReConnect Rural Broadband Program and authorizes $350,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2027 through 2031.
Sec. 11001: Requires the Secretary to establish a Specialty Crop Advisory Committee to assist the Federal Crop Insurance Corporation with policies and plans of insurance for specialty crops.
Sec. 12306: Directs the President to have Federal agencies issue rules prohibiting the purchase of agricultural land in the United States by a foreign adversary, a state sponsor of terrorism, or persons they own, control or are affiliated with.

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