H.R. 8646 · 119th Congress
Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agency Appropriations Act, 2027
SponsorAndy Harris
No cosponsors.
CommitteesAppropriations Committee
- Appropriations Committee · reported May 1, 2026
Subjects88 subjects
- Administrative law and regulatory procedures
- Aging
- Agricultural conservation and pollution
- Agricultural education
- Agricultural marketing and promotion
- Agricultural research
- Agricultural trade
- Alabama
- Alternative and renewable resources
- Animal and plant health
- Appalachian Regional Commission
- Appropriations
- Arizona
- Arkansas
- Business investment and capital
- California
- Child health
- Civil actions and liability
- Commodities markets
- Commodity Credit Corporation
- Commodity Futures Trading Commission
- Congressional oversight
- Delta Regional Authority
- Department of Agriculture
- Economic development
- Educational technology and distance education
- Energy efficiency and conservation
- Executive Office of the President
- Farm Credit Administration
- Federal Crop Insurance Corporation
- Federal preemption
- Floods and storm protection
- Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
- Food assistance and relief
- Food supply, safety, and labeling
- Foreign aid and international relief
- Georgia
- Government buildings, facilities, and property
- Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
- Government lending and loan guarantees
- Grain
- Hazardous wastes and toxic substances
- Health care coverage and access
- Health programs administration and funding
- Health technology, devices, supplies
- Hospital care
- Housing and community development funding
- Housing finance and home ownership
- Illinois
- Infrastructure development
- Internet, web applications, social media
- Kentucky
- Louisiana
- Low- and moderate-income housing
- Maine
- Marketing and advertising
- Maryland
- Medical tests and diagnostic methods
- Mississippi
- Missouri
- New Hampshire
- New Mexico
- New York State
- North Carolina
- Nutrition and diet
- Ohio
- Pennsylvania
- Poverty and welfare assistance
- Prescription drugs
- Public housing
- Public utilities and utility rates
- Research administration and funding
- Research and development
- Rural conditions and development
- Small business
- Solid waste and recycling
- South Carolina
- Technology transfer and commercialization
- Telecommunication rates and fees
- Tennessee
- Texas
- User charges and fees
- Vermont
- Veterinary medicine and animal diseases
- Virginia
- Water storage
- Watersheds
- West Virginia
Status: Passed House
- Introduced (done)
- Committee (done)
- Passed House (current)
- Passed Senate
- To President
- Law
Latest action
: Received in the Senate.
Summary
Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agency Appropriations Act, 2027
This bill provides FY2027 appropriations for the Department of Agriculture (USDA), the Food and Drug Administration, and related agencies.
- The bill provides appropriations to USDA for agricultural programs, including
- the Office of the Secretary,
- Executive Operations,
- the Economic Research Service,
- the National Agricultural Statistics Service,
- the Agricultural Research Service,
- the National Institute of Food and Agriculture,
- the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service,
- the Agricultural Marketing Service, and
- the Food Safety and Inspection Service.
- The bill also provides appropriations to USDA for farm production and conservation programs, including
- the Farm Production and Conservation Business Center,
- the Farm Service Agency,
- the Risk Management Agency, and
- the Natural Resources Conservation Service.
The bill provides appropriations to the Federal Crop Insurance Corporation Fund and the Commodity Credit Corporation Fund.
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- For USDA rural development programs, the bill includes appropriations for
- Salaries and Expenses,
- the Rural Housing Service,
- the Rural Business-Cooperative Service, and
- the Rural Utilities Service.
- The bill provides appropriations to the Food and Nutrition Service for
- Child Nutrition Programs;
- the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC);
- the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP);
- the Commodity Assistance Program; and
- Nutrition Programs Administration.
The bill provides appropriations to the Foreign Agricultural Service for (1) Food for Peace Title II Grants, and (2) McGovern-Dole International Food for Education and Child Nutrition Program Grants.
- The bill also provides appropriations for
- the Food and Drug Administration,
- the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, and
- the Farm Credit Administration.
Additionally, the bill sets forth requirements and restrictions for using funds provided by this and other appropriations acts.
It also includes provisions that address the regulation of animal food, liability for donations of pet-related products, and payments for the construction of the Arkansas Valley Conduit.
Summary by the Congressional Research Service.
Actions
- Senate
Received in the Senate.
- House
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
- House
On passage Passed by the Yeas and Nays: 213 - 210 (Roll no. 205).
- House
On motion to recommit Failed by the Yeas and Nays: 210 - 212 (Roll no. 204).
- House
The previous question on the motion to recommit was ordered pursuant to clause 2(b) of rule XIX.
- House
Ms. Bynum moved to recommit to the Committee on Appropriations. (text: CR H3875)
- House
Considered as unfinished business. (consideration: CR H3875-3876)
- House
Pursuant to clause 1(c) of rule XIX, the House resumed with further consideration of H.R. 8646.
- House
POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - Pursuant to clause 1(c) of rule XIX, the Chair announced further proceedings on H.R. 8646 would be postponed.
- House
The House adopted the amendments en gros as agreed to by the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union.
- House
The previous question was ordered pursuant to the rule.
- House
The House rose from the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union to report H.R. 8646.
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- House
DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 1333, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 20 minutes of debate on the Harris (MD) amendment en bloc.
- House
GENERAL DEBATE - The Committee of the Whole proceeded with one hour of general debate on H.R. 8646.
- House
The Speaker designated the Honorable Gabe Evans to act as Chairman of the Committee.
- House
House resolved itself into the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union pursuant to H. Res. 1333 and Rule XVIII.
- House
Rule provides for consideration of H.R. 8646, H.R. 7726, H.R. 7892 and H.R. 8872. The resolution provides for consideration of H.R. 8646 under a structured rule and H.R. 7726, H.R. 7892, and H.R. 8872 under a closed rule, with one hour of general debate on each bill. The resolution provides for one motion to recommit on each bill.
- House
Considered under the provisions of rule H. Res. 1333. (consideration: CR H3838-3862; text: CR H3843-3860)
- House
Rules Committee Resolution H. Res. 1333 Reported to House. Rule provides for consideration of H.R. 8646, H.R. 7726, H.R. 7892 and H.R. 8872. The resolution provides for consideration of H.R. 8646 under a structured rule and H.R. 7726, H.R. 7892, and H.R. 8872 under a closed rule, with one hour of general debate on each bill. The resolution provides for one motion to recommit on each bill.
- House
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 548.
- House
The House Committee on Appropriations reported an original measure, H. Rept. 119-632, by Mr. Harris (MD).
Roll-call votes
On Passage (Passed, 213–210)
On Motion to Recommit (Failed, 210–212)