H.R. 8646: Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agency Appropriations Act, 2027

Bill · 119th Congress (2025–2026). Passed House, 4 Jun 2026. Introduced 1 May 2026.

Official title: Making appropriations for Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies programs for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2027, and for other purposes.

Vote results

House, 4 Jun 2026: Passed, 213 Yea, 210 Nay, 0 Present, 7 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 (213): Harold Rogers (R-KY-5); Christopher H. Smith (R-NJ-4); 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); 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); 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); 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); Jason Smith (R-MO-8); 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); Barry Loudermilk (R-GA-11); 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); Andy Biggs (R-AZ-5); 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); Ron Estes (R-KS-4); 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); Russ Fulcher (R-ID-1); Lance Gooden (R-TX-5); Michael Guest (R-MS-3); 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); Pete Stauber (R-MN-8); Bryan Steil (R-WI-1); 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); Andrew R. Garbarino (R-NY-2); 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); Eric Burlison (R-MO-7); 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); Harriet M. Hageman (R-WY-AL); 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); 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); 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); 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); 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 (210): Steny H. Hoyer (D-MD-5); Marcy Kaptur (D-OH-9); 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); Sanford D. Bishop, Jr. (D-GA-2); 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); Jim Costa (D-CA-21); Henry Cuellar (D-TX-28); 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); Tom McClintock (R-CA-5); 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); Frederica S. Wilson (D-FL-24); Dina Titus (D-NV-1); Kweisi Mfume (D-MD-7); Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR-1); Suzan K. DelBene (D-WA-1); Thomas Massie (R-KY-4); 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); Ro Khanna (D-CA-17); Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL-8); Jimmy Panetta (D-CA-19); Jamie Raskin (D-MD-8); Darren Soto (D-FL-9); 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); Sharice Davids (D-KS-3); 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); 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); Kim Schrier (D-WA-8); Greg Stanton (D-AZ-4); W. Gregory Steube (R-FL-17); 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); 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); 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); Gabe Vasquez (D-NM-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); Robert P. Bresnahan, Jr. (R-PA-8); 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); Kristen McDonald Rivet (D-MI-8); 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); Josh Riley (D-NY-19); 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 (7): Pramila Jayapal (D-WA-7); Ralph Norman (R-SC-5); Jared F. Golden (D-ME-2); Dusty Johnson (R-SD-AL); Ayanna Pressley (D-MA-7); Chip Roy (R-TX-21); 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: Provides fiscal year 2027 appropriations for the Department of Agriculture, rural development programs, the Food and Drug Administration, and related agencies, and sets conditions on how the funds may be used. Title I, Title II, Title III, Title IV, Title V, Title VI, Title VII

Its core areas: Department of Agriculture research, marketing, animal and plant health, and food safety inspection; Farm production, farm loans, crop insurance, and conservation programs; Rural housing, community facilities, business, water, electric, and broadband programs; Child nutrition, WIC, SNAP, and commodity assistance; International food aid and foreign agricultural programs; Food and Drug Administration funding and user fees; Commodity Futures Trading Commission and Farm Credit Administration funding; General provisions limiting and conditioning the use of funds, and animal food regulation.

Unexpected Items: 52 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 (5)

Sec. 739: Provides that the Secretary of Agriculture is included in the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States case by case for covered transactions involving agricultural land, biotechnology, or the agriculture industry, and directs notification of certain agricultural land transactions.
Sec. 764: Bars use of funds from this and previous appropriations Acts to take discriminatory action, including tax, grant, benefit and accreditation actions, against a person based on a belief that marriage is a union of one man and one woman.
Sec. 773: Appropriates $1,500,000 for the emergency and transitional pet shelter and housing assistance grant program under section 12502(b) of the Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018. ($1,500,000)
Sec. 774: Limits civil and criminal liability for persons, nonprofit organizations, and state and local governments connected to good-faith donations of apparently fit pet food and pet supplies, except for gross negligence or intentional misconduct.
Sec. 779: Amends Public Law 87–590 so the Arkansas Valley Conduit contract provides for payment of 35 percent of the conduit's cost, with hardship-based repayment of the balance over up to 75 years at simple interest of 50 percent of the Treasury-determined rate.

Applies only to a specific place or group (4)

Sec. 708: Makes former Rural Utilities Service borrowers that repaid or prepaid a loan, and eligible not-for-profit utilities, eligible for assistance under section 313B(a) of the Rural Electrification Act.
Sec. 748: Amends section 7502 of Public Law 110–246 by striking its time-limited language ending September 30, 2026 and inserting an open-ended start date; the section does not state what property or subject section 7502 covers.
Sec. 749: Authorizes a bank referenced in 12 U.S.C. 2128 to make loans and commitments and provide assistance to cooperatives and other public or private entities for rural waste processing, telecommunication services, and electricity production.
Sec. 760: Requires the acceptable market name of any engineered animal approved before February 19, 2019 to include the words "genetically engineered" before the existing name.

Funds a specific named project or event (12)

Title I, “Agricultural research service — BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES”: Provides $18,003,000 for agricultural research facilities, directed to the purposes and amounts listed in the Community Project Funding table in the committee report. ($18,003,000)
Title I, “NATIVE AMERICAN INSTITUTIONS ENDOWMENT FUND”: Appropriates $11,880,000, to remain available until expended, for the Native American Institutions Endowment Fund. ($11,880,000)
Title II, “CONSERVATION OPERATIONS”: Directs $49,005,500 of Conservation Operations funds to the purposes and amounts listed in the Community Project Funding table in the committee report. ($49,005,500)
Title III, “RURAL COMMUNITY FACILITIES PROGRAM ACCOUNT”: Directs $398,527,252 of the community facilities appropriation to the purposes and amounts in the Community Project Funding table in the committee report; it also sets $8,000,000 for tribal colleges and a $1,000,000 rural hospital pilot with a preference for critical access hospitals receiving assistance from the Rural Health Transformation Program. ($398,527,252)
Title III, “RURAL BUSINESS PROGRAM ACCOUNT”: Sets $7,000,000 for grants to four named regional authorities and commissions, and separately sets $4,000,000 for business grants for Federally Recognized Native American Tribes. ($7,000,000)
Title III, “RURAL WATER AND WASTE DISPOSAL PROGRAM ACCOUNT”: Directs $135,519,050 of water and waste grants to the Community Project Funding table in the committee report, and sets separate amounts for Federally Recognized Native American Tribes and the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands ($20,000,000), distressed communities, and named technical assistance recipients. ($135,519,050)
Title III, “DISTANCE LEARNING, TELEMEDICINE, AND BROADBAND PROGRAM”: Directs $3,160,198 of telemedicine and distance learning grants to the purposes and amounts in the Community Project Funding table in the committee report. ($3,160,198)
Title VI, “SALARIES AND EXPENSES”: Within Food and Drug Administration funds, designates $44,400,000 for White Oak Consolidation. ($44,400,000)
Sec. 751: Appropriates $2,000,000, available until expended, to carry out section 758 of division B of Public Law 118–42, in addition to other available amounts; the section does not describe what that section funds. ($2,000,000)
Sec. 766: Directs not less than $200,000,000 of FDA tobacco user fee funds to e-cigarette and ENDS enforcement, including not less than $20,000,000 for the multi-agency ENDS Enforcement Task Force, and orders an update to FDA enforcement priorities by November 12, 2026.
Sec. 771: Appropriates $1,000,000, available until expended, for the Meat and Poultry Processing Expansion Program to award grants to processors of invasive, wild-caught catfish. ($1,000,000)
Sec. 777: Appropriates $2,500,000, in addition to other funds, for the Senior Farmers’ Market Nutrition Program authorized by 7 U.S.C. 3007(a). ($2,500,000)

Different amount for specific places or groups (12)

Title I, “RESEARCH AND EDUCATION ACTIVITIES”: Sets a minimum of $1,000,000 for each institution eligible under the Evans-Allen program, and directs Alaska Native and Native Hawaiian-serving education grant funds to be awarded equally to Alaska and Hawaii. ($1,000,000)
Title I, “EXTENSION ACTIVITIES”: Provides extension payments to listed States and territories and sets a $1,000,000 minimum for institutions eligible under 7 U.S.C. 3221 for cooperative extension. ($1,000,000)
Title II, “WATERSHED AND FLOOD PREVENTION OPERATIONS”: Allocates $10,000,000 of the watershed funds to projects in states that are engaged in corrugated metal pipe pilot projects with NRCS. ($10,000,000)
Title III, “RURAL HOUSING INSURANCE FUND PROGRAM ACCOUNT”: Sets $6,000,000 in loan authority for a Single Family Housing Relending demonstration program for Native American Tribes, and also treats communities with a rural area waiver as rural for section 502 guaranteed loans. ($6,000,000)
Title III, “INTERMEDIARY RELENDING PROGRAM FUND ACCOUNT”: Sets aside $263,000 of direct loan cost funds for Federally Recognized Native American Tribes and $526,000 for Mississippi Delta Region counties, each available through June 30, 2027.
Title III, “RURAL COOPERATIVE DEVELOPMENT GRANTS”: Sets $3,000,000 of cooperative development grants for centers and cooperatives that serve socially disadvantaged groups and are majority governed by members of those groups. ($3,000,000)
Title IV, “SPECIAL SUPPLEMENTAL NUTRITION PROGRAM FOR WOMEN, INFANTS, AND CHILDREN (WIC)”: Sets the WIC cash-value voucher at different percentages of the fiscal year 2020 amount for children participants (267 percent) and women participants (428 percent).
Title IV, “COMMODITY ASSISTANCE PROGRAM”: Provides $1,070,000 for assistance for the nuclear affected islands under the Compact of Free Association Amendments Act of 2003. ($1,070,000)
Sec. 733: Directs that, to the maximum extent feasible, at least 10 percent of funds under listed rural development accounts be allocated to persistent poverty counties, including county seats that exceed the population limit by up to 10 percent, and any territory or possession.
Sec. 745: Sets maximum monthly fluid milk allowances in quarts for WIC Food Packages IV, V, VI and VII (16, 22, 16 and 24 quarts) for fiscal year 2027, and states that Food Package III should conform.
Title IV, “SUPPLEMENTAL NUTRITION ASSISTANCE PROGRAM”: Sets aside $3,000,000 for demonstration projects for tribal organizations, and $998,000 for nutrition education for State agencies and Tribes in the Food Distribution Program on Indian Reservations. ($3,000,000)
Sec. 704: Caps indirect cost payments on cooperative agreements between USDA and nonprofit institutions at 10 percent of total direct cost, while grants and contracts are computed on a similar basis for all agencies.

Exception or delay for a subset (10)

Title I, “Agricultural research service — SALARIES AND EXPENSES”: Exempts modernization or replacement of existing facilities at Beltsville, Maryland from the Act's limits on building alterations, and separately allows easements at the Beltsville Agricultural Research Center.
Title I, “INTEGRATED ACTIVITIES”: Bars indirect costs from being charged against one category of grant, Extension Implementation Program Area grants under the Crop Protection/Pest Management Program, notwithstanding other law.
Title VI, “LIMITATION ON ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES”: Lets the Farm Credit Administration exempt, in its sole discretion, an amount of certain export loans from the limitation in section 3.7(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Farm Credit Act, and exempts receivership expenses from the $106,500,000 limit.
Sec. 702: Exempts obligations needed to respond to a declared emergency affecting the National Finance Center, or to evacuate its employees, from the notification limits on Working Capital Fund obligations.
Sec. 735: Bars use of funds to enforce the FDA produce safety rule and a pending agricultural water proposed rule with respect to entities that grow, harvest, pack, or hold wine grapes, hops, pulse crops, or almonds.
Sec. 743: For school year 2027–2028, requires only school food authorities that had a negative nonprofit school food service account balance as of June 30, 2026 to set a paid lunch price under the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act.
Sec. 762: Provides that no funds are available to enforce 21 CFR 118.4(e) with respect to surplus broiler hatching eggs intended for sale to an egg breaker for processing into liquid egg products.
Sec. 711: Lets Commodity Credit Corporation funds pay salaries and administrative costs for certain Agricultural Act of 2014 programs without counting toward the section 11 allotment limit, excluding title I and subtitle A of title III programs.
Sec. 755: Exempts premium pay for APHIS employees responding to an animal disease or plant health emergency outbreak from the aggregate pay limits in title 5 and other laws limiting premium pay.
Sec. 731: Requires iron and steel products in rural water and wastewater projects funded under named programs to be made in the United States, with waivers the Secretary may grant and an exemption for projects whose plans received State approval before enactment.

Delays or blocks a specific regulation (7)

Sec. 726: Bars use of funds to implement or enforce the "variety" requirements of a 2016 SNAP retailer standards final rule until the Secretary amends the definitions to increase the number of qualifying items, and applies earlier requirements in the meantime.
Sec. 752: Bars FDA from using funds to issue or promote new guidelines or regulations for food manufacturers of low-risk ready-to-eat foods for Listeria monocytogenes until FDA considers new science in developing its related Compliance Policy Guide.
Sec. 758: Bars use of funds to write, prepare, publish, implement or enforce four named Department of Agriculture poultry and livestock market rules and similar efforts, and directs the Secretary to withdraw or rescind them and close related investigations.
Sec. 759: Bars USDA from using funds to implement or enforce the reduced 60 percent maximum loan limit in a Field Office Handbook for loans made on or after February 10, 2026, and keeps the 80 percent limit unless a rule is finalized.
Sec. 768: Bars FDA from using funds to develop, issue, promote or advance new guidelines or regulations for food manufacturers on population-wide sodium reduction until the 2025-26 NHANES What We Eat in America survey is published.
Sec. 770: Bars use of funds to administer or enforce the FDA food traceability records final rule, or any other rule under FSMA section 204, before July 20, 2028, and directs FDA to take several implementation steps.
Sec. 756: Bars use of funds to pay personnel to inspect horses under two cited provisions or to implement or enforce section 352.19 of title 9, Code of Federal Regulations.

Program name includes a political figure’s name (2)

Title V, “SALARIES AND EXPENSES”: Sets $5,000,000 for the Cochran Fellowship Program and $4,000,000 for the Borlaug International Agricultural Science and Technology Fellowship program. ($5,000,000)
Title V, “MCGOVERN-DOLE INTERNATIONAL FOOD FOR EDUCATION AND CHILD NUTRITION PROGRAM GRANTS”: Appropriates $240,000,000 for the program titled in the heading “McGovern-Dole International Food for Education and Child Nutrition Program Grants”, whose name refers to named individuals. ($240,000,000)

What it does

Title IV, “SUPPLEMENTAL NUTRITION ASSISTANCE PROGRAM”: Provides $101,241,955,000 to carry out the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008, of which $3,000,000,000 is placed in reserve for use only as needed for program operations.
Title IV, “CHILD NUTRITION PROGRAMS”: Provides $37,900,930,000 to carry out the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act and the Child Nutrition Act of 1966, with exceptions for certain sections.
Title IV, “SPECIAL SUPPLEMENTAL NUTRITION PROGRAM FOR WOMEN, INFANTS, AND CHILDREN (WIC)”: Provides $8,000,000,000 for the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children, with not less than $90,000,000 for breastfeeding peer counselors and related activities.
Title VI, “SALARIES AND EXPENSES”: Provides $7,109,336,000 for Food and Drug Administration salaries and expenses, with portions derived from user fees on prescription drugs, medical devices, generic drugs, animal drugs, and tobacco products.
Title I, “Food safety and inspection service”: Provides $1,226,000,000 for services under the Federal Meat Inspection Act, the Poultry Products Inspection Act, and the Egg Products Inspection Act.
Title II, “AGRICULTURAL CREDIT INSURANCE FUND PROGRAM ACCOUNT”: Sets gross loan levels from the Agricultural Credit Insurance Fund, including $4,663,756,000 for guaranteed farm ownership loans and $1,241,992,000 for farm ownership direct loans.
Title III, “RENTAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM”: Provides $1,795,000,000 for rental assistance agreements under section 521(a)(2) of the Housing Act of 1949, and such sums as may be necessary to liquidate certain debt incurred before fiscal year 1992.
Title V, “FOOD FOR PEACE TITLE II GRANTS”: Provides $900,000,000 for commodities and expenses for dispositions abroad under title II of the Food for Peace Act, to remain available until expended.
Sec. 716: Bars use of funds for reprogramming or transfers that create or eliminate programs, relocate offices, or reorganize activities, unless the responsible official notifies the Committees on Appropriations and receives approval at least 30 days in advance.
Sec. 772: Amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to add an animal food section, including a bar on State and local animal food labeling or advertising requirements that differ from or extend beyond those established by the Food and Drug Administration.

Written automatically from the official text by Claude Sonnet 5.5, an AI model. Written 2 Oct 2026 and published after the automatic checks, without a person reading it first. Every line names the section it came from.