H.R. 8646 - Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agency Appropriations Act, 2027
H.R. 8646 - Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agency Appropriations Act, 2027
Hearing Information
Amendment Deadline
Thursday, May 28, 2026 - 12:00pm View Announcement »
Meeting Information
Tuesday, June 2, 2026 - 4:00pm H-313, The Capitol View Announcement »
Video
Rules Committee Hearing H.R. 8646, H.R. 7726, H.R. 7892, H.R. 8872
Bill Text
(as reported)
H. Rept. 119-632PDF
Report from the Committee on Appropriations to accompany H.R. 8646
Amendment Drafting Template DOC
(courtesy of the office of Legislative Counsel)
Amendments (click each header to sort table ▲▼ by that column)
| # | Version # | Sponsor(s) | Party | Summary | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Version 1 | Rose (TN) | Republican | Prohibits the use of funds to reimburse any employee for expenses incurred at a business that does not accept United States currency as payment for transactions under $500. | Submitted |
| 2 | Version 2 | Thompson (PA) | Republican | Revised Provides $2 million to fund the Grants for Youth Organizations program. Decreases the Office of the General Counsel by $2 million. | Revised |
| 3 | Version 1 | Panetta (CA), Carbajal (CA) | Democrat | Adds $4 million to National Institute of Food and Agriculture Research and Education Activities (NIFA) to increase funding for the Education Grants for Hispanic Serving Institutions Program. Offsets that increase from the Office of the Chief Information Officer. | Submitted |
| 4 | Version 1 | Craig (MN), Takano (CA), Krishnamoorthi (IL), Elfreth (MD), Wasserman Schultz (FL), Norton (DC), Simon (CA), Moore (WI) | Democrat | Strikes riders pertaining to LGBTQ+ (section 757 and section 764). | Submitted |
| 5 | Version 2 | Boebert (CO) | Republican | Revised Redirects $2 million in funding from Office of General Counsel to the Office of the Inspector General to prevent waste, fraud, and abuse. | Revised |
| 6 | Version 2 | Boebert (CO) | Republican | Revised Redirects $2 million in funding from FPAC Business Center to the Farm Service Agency | Revised |
| 7 | Version 2 | Boebert (CO) | Republican | Revised Redirects $2 million in funding from Office of the Chief Information Officer to Rural Development Programs | Revised |
| 8 | Version 2 | Boebert (CO) | Republican | Revised Redirects $2 million in funding from Office of the Chief Information Officer to Rural Utilities Service | Revised |
| 9 | Version 2 | Malliotakis (NY), Gosar (AZ), Lieu (CA), Mace (SC) | Bi-Partisan | Revised Prohibits funding for the Center for Drug Evaluation and Research, Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research, or Center for Devices and Radiological Health within the Food and Drug Administration to issue or finalize guidance recommending or requiring testing in dogs. | Revised |
| 10 | Version 2 | Malliotakis (NY), Mace (SC), Lieu (CA) | Bi-Partisan | Revised Prohibits the National Institute of Food and Agriculture within the Department of Agriculture from funding painful research on dogs and cats. | Revised |
| 11 | Version 1 | Bynum (OR) | Democrat | Prohibits the use of funds made available by this Act to implement any tariff that increases the cost of over-the-counter (OTC) drugs. | Submitted |
| 12 | Version 1 | Bynum (OR) | Democrat | Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to submit a report to Congress determining the economic impact of eligibility changes to the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) caused by PL 119-21, the One Big Beautiful Bill Act. | Submitted |
| 13 | Version 2 | Bynum (OR) | Democrat | Revised Prohibits the use of funds made available by this Act to implement restrictions to SNAP eligibility made in PL 119-21, the One Big Beautiful Bill Act. | Revised |
| 14 | Version 1 | Bynum (OR) | Democrat | Prohibits the use of funds made available by this Act to implement any reorganization of the U.S. Forest Service that is likely to increase wildfire risk. | Submitted |
| 15 | Version 1 | Bynum (OR), Steube (FL) | Bi-Partisan | Requires the FDA Commissioner to conduct a study on the human health impacts of exposure to microplastics in food and water (identical to the bipartisan H.R. 4486, the Microplastics Safety Act, in the 119th Congress). | Submitted |
| 16 | Version 1 | Steube (FL) | Republican | Withdrawn Strikes "Rental Assistance Program" and associated funding at $1,795,000,000. | Withdrawn |
| 17 | Version 1 | Steube (FL) | Republican | Restricts funds from being used to administer any award concerning agricultural land acquisitions or purchases by foreign adversaries or state sponsors of terrorism. | Submitted |
| 18 | Version 1 | Steube (FL) | Republican | Strikes funding ($900,000,000) for Food for Peace Title II Grants, transfers to Spending Reduction Account. | Submitted |
| 19 | Version 1 | Steube (FL) | Republican | Withdrawn Eliminates $3,000,000 special carve-out for "socially disadvantaged groups" and associated requirement for DEI board makeup for certain Rural Cooperative Development Grants. | Withdrawn |
| 20 | Version 2 | Steube (FL) | Republican | Revised Strikes provision providing $240,000,000 for the McGovern-Dole International Food for Education and Child Nutrition Program Grants. | Revised |
| 21 | Version 1 | Bell (MO) | Democrat | Requires the Secretary of Agriculture, in coordination with the Director of the Census Bureau, to maintain an interagency food security measurement program to coordinate the annual collection, analysis, and reporting of data on food insecurity and hunger (identical to H.R. 6252 in the 119th Congress). | Submitted |
| 22 | Version 1 | Pettersen (CO), Frankel (FL) | Democrat | Increase and decrease the WIC account by $200 million to emphasize the $200 million discrepancy between the FY26 funding level for the over 6 million Americans relying on WIC and the funding level in the underlying bill, $8 billion. | Submitted |
| 23 | Version 1 | Pettersen (CO), Fletcher (TX) | Democrat | Prohibit the use of funds to conduct or support wastewater surveillance for gender-affirming treatment or reproductive health services, including any drugs used in such treatment or services. | Submitted |
| 24 | Version 1 | Flood (NE), Lee (NV) | Bi-Partisan | Redirects $500,000 form the Office of the Chief Financial Officer to support the National Drought Mitigation Center to maintain and update critical drought-related tools used by producers, water-managers, and USDA; enhance new monitoring and modeling; and support USDA in anticipating and reducing the effects of extreme weather on U.S. agricultural producers, livestock, and the economy. | Submitted |
| 25 | Version 2 | Cammack (FL) | Republican | Revised Prohibits funds made available by H.R. 8646 from being used to implement, administer, or enforce any “major rule” under section 804(2)(A) of title 5, United States Code. Exempts rules related to the administration of a tax or tariff from the funding limitation. | Revised |
| 26 | Version 1 | Cammack (FL) | Republican | Reduces funding levels for federal programs that receive appropriations without a current authorization of appropriations over a three-year period. Terminates unauthorized programs after the third fiscal year without authorization; (substantively identical to H.R. 143 introduced in the 119th Congress). | Submitted |
| 27 | Version 1 | Cammack (FL) | Republican | Requires individuals to provide documentary proof of United States citizenship when registering to vote in federal elections. Requires photo identification to vote in federal elections and directs states to maintain processes for identifying and removing noncitizens from voter rolls; this amendment is substantively identical to H.R. 7296 introduced in the 119th Congress. | Submitted |
| 28 | Version 1 | Cammack (FL) | Republican | Requires Community Project Funding recipients under the Act to make publicly available the recipient entity name, EIN, project location, plain-English project description, and measurable project deliverables or intended outcomes. Prohibits the use of funds for Community Project Funding unless the required information is publicly disclosed. | Submitted |
| 29 | Version 1 | Ogles (TN) | Republican | Ensures FDA does not deprioritize review, inspection, import screening, or shortage-mitigation activities for sterile injectable cancer drugs that are currently listed in shortage and keeps the agency focused on restoring access to critical cancer treatments without weakening FDA’s safety standards. | Submitted |
| 30 | Version 2 | Ogles (TN) | Republican | Revised Prevents FDA from requiring a separate REMS safety program for a biosimilar when FDA has already determined the biosimilar and reference product present the same serious risks and require the same safety controls. It reduces duplicative regulatory burdens that can delay lower-cost biosimilar competition without weakening FDA’s underlying safety authority. | Revised |
| 31 | Version 1 | Cammack (FL) | Republican | Requires entities receiving Community Project Funding under the Act to publicly disclose prior Community Project Funding and competitive federal grant funding received during the preceding five fiscal years. Requires the relevant agency to publish the disclosed information on its public website. | Submitted |
| 32 | Version 1 | Cammack (FL) | Republican | Requires project titles funded under the Act to clearly and accurately describe the funded activity or project purpose in plain language understandable to the general public. Prohibits the use of funds for projects with titles that contain acronyms, branded initiative names, or otherwise unclear terminology. | Submitted |
| 33 | Version 1 | Cammack (FL) | Republican | Requires Members requesting Community Project Funding under the Act to publicly certify that the recipient entity did not retain a registered lobbyist for the project during the preceding 12 months, did not employ a former staffer of the Member’s office for project advocacy during the preceding 24 months, and is not an entity in which the Member has a financial interest. Prohibits the use of funds for Community Project Funding unless the required certification is made. | Submitted |
| 34 | Version 1 | Gray (CA) | Democrat | Provides $5 billion in economic assistance to specialty crop producers. | Submitted |
| 35 | Version 1 | Gosar (AZ) | Republican | Revises the APHIS Mexican wolf depredation standards. | Submitted |
| 36 | Version 1 | Stanton (AZ) | Democrat | Prohibits funding to the Office of the Secretary until all outstanding SNAP ABAWD time limit waiver requests are processed. | Submitted |
| 37 | Version 1 | Vasquez (NM) | Democrat | Increases and decreases funding by $2 million for addressing challenges facing chile pepper production in the southwest and researching chile pepper farming through precision, data-driven cultivation using AI-powered innovation. | Submitted |
| 38 | Version 1 | Leger Fernández (NM) | Democrat | Increases and decreases funding for the Agricultural Research Service by $1,000,000 for the purpose of a conducting a comprehensive study on large-scale algae-based production for agricultural and livestock uses. | Submitted |
| 39 | Version 2 | Steube (FL) | Republican | Revised Provides COO Standards for Honey Products | Revised |
| 40 | Version 1 | Huffman (CA) | Democrat | Prohibits funds from being used to purchase, deploy, or train third parties on the use of M-44 sodium cyanide ejector devices (cyanide bombs) on public lands. | Submitted |
| 41 | Version 1 | Castor (FL) | Democrat | Increases funding for the Rural Energy for America Program (REAP) by $25 million. | Submitted |
| 42 | Version 1 | Castor (FL) | Democrat | Increases funding for The Emergency Food Assistance Program (TEFAP) by $25 million. | Submitted |
| 43 | Version 1 | Comer (KY), Fry (SC) | Republican | Prohibits funding from being used to implement section 781 of the Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agency Appropriations Act, 2026. | Submitted |
| 44 | Version 1 | Carson (IN), Costa (CA) | Democrat | Increases funding for Food for Peace Title II Grants by $25 million to support U.S. international food assistance, including the purchase and delivery of American agricultural products to address hunger, malnutrition, and humanitarian need. | Submitted |
| 45 | Version 1 | Carson (IN) | Democrat | Prohibits funds from being used to require an FDA employee to work in person at an agency facility unless the employee has access to the workstation, computer or telecommunications equipment, network access, and other equipment necessary to perform their duties. | Submitted |
| 46 | Version 1 | Green (TX) | Democrat | Reinstates a federal program that allows the victims of Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefit theft to get reimbursed for their stolen benefits (identical to H.R.2983 in the 119th Congress). | Submitted |
| 47 | Version 1 | Carson (IN) | Democrat | Provides $3 million for the Meat and Poultry Processing Expansion Program to award grants to processors expanding capacity for halal, kosher, or other culturally specific meat or poultry products. | Submitted |
| 48 | Version 1 | Gosar (AZ) | Republican | Prohibits USDA funds and assistance for CCP-owned or CCP affiliate-owned land. | Submitted |
| 49 | Version 2 | Gosar (AZ) | Republican | Revised Transfers $2 million from the Chief Information Officer to APHIS port of entry inspections for New World Screwworm. | Revised |
| 50 | Version 3 | Vindman (VA), Cammack (FL) | Bi-Partisan | Revised Redirects $2,500,000 from USDA Office of the Chief Information Officer to fund the Binational Agricultural Research and Development (BARD) Food Security Accelerator. | Revised |
| 51 | Version 3 | Vindman (VA) | Democrat | Revised Incorporates the text of the Supporting Healthy Mothers and Infants Act of 2025, which establishes new nutrition education and outreach activities for WIC-eligible individuals impacted by substance use disorder (SUD). The bill would require USDA to develop and disseminate materials for mothers with SUD as a part of WIC, require USDA and HHS to engage in outreach to individuals potentially eligible for WIC who are impacted by SUD, and create an online clearinghouse for all nutrition education and training materials for individuals with SUD or caring for children with neonatal abstinence syndrome. | Revised |
| 52 | Version 4 | Vindman (VA) | Democrat | Revised Redirects $500,000 from the Office of General Counsel to fund the Agriculture Advanced Research and Development Authority (AGARDA). | Revised |
| 53 | Version 1 | Feenstra (IA), Moolenaar (MI), Miller-Meeks (IA) | Republican | Strikes Section 762 | Submitted |
| 54 | Version 2 | Barr (KY) | Republican | Revised Makes changes to the definition of "Hemp" in the Agriculture Marketing Act of 1946 and establishes consumer safety practices to protect minors, prevent children's access to hemp products, and bans synthetics and hemp from outside the United States. | Revised |
| 55 | Version 2 | Landsman (OH) | Democrat | Revised Adds $2 million to National Institute of Food and Agriculture Research and Education Activities (NIFA) to increase funding for the assistance in transitioning farms from retiring farmers to beginning farmers. | Revised |
| 56 | Version 1 | Grijalva (AZ) | Democrat | Prohibits funds in this Act from being used by USDA to calculate payment error rates in a manner that conflicts with the applicable Federal quality control system in effect under the Code of Federal Regulations, for purposes of shifting SNAP costs to the States. | Submitted |
| 57 | Version 1 | Fry (SC), Baird (IN) | Republican | Extends the implementation of changes to hemp product regulations by two years. | Submitted |
| 58 | Version 1 | Stansbury (NM) | Democrat | Restores funding for Farm Service Agency Salaries and Expenses to FY25 levels, doubling the amount required for for the hiring of new employees to fill vacancies and anticipated vacancies at Farm Service Agency county offices and farm loan officers. | Submitted |
| 59 | Version 1 | Costa (CA) | Democrat | Restricts Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service funding provided for the European Grapevine Moth to monitoring, detection, and early warning activities. Prohibits reprogramming or transfer of such funds. | Submitted |
| 60 | Version 1 | Grijalva (AZ), Beyer (VA) | Democrat | Prohibits funds made available by this Act to be used by USDA to calculate payment error rates for the purpose of shifting SNAP costs to the States that’s methodology is not made public. | Submitted |
| 61 | Version 2 | Castor (FL) | Democrat | Revised Increases funding for the Interregional Research Project No. 4 (IR-4) by $16 million. | Revised |
| 62 | Version 1 | Castor (FL) | Democrat | Increases funding for the Specialty Crop Research Initiative by $20 million. | Submitted |
| 63 | Version 1 | Stansbury (NM) | Democrat | Increases funding for Natural Resource Conservation Service Conservation Operations by $100,000,000 (FY24-25 levels), requiring that $50,000,000 shall be for programs and policies which support agricultural communities impacted by drought issues, especially those in western States which are particularly prone to drought and wildfires. | Submitted |
| 64 | Version 1 | Sykes (OH) | Democrat | Late Increases and decreases funding for the Food and Drug Administration by $1 million to emphasize the importance of infant formula and toddler food safety and to demonstrate support for the FDA to consider requiring manufacturers to implement an environmental monitoring regime for contaminants, including cronobacter spp., salmonella, and botulism. | Submitted |
| 65 | Version 1 | Rulli (OH) | Republican | Late Withdrawn This amendment would move animal-derived thyroid products from its current classification as a biologic to a drug. | Withdrawn |
| 66 | Version 1 | Carson (IN) | Democrat | Late Strikes section 750 which limits the use of remaining Biden Bipartisan Inflation Reduction Act money. | Submitted |
| 67 | Version 2 | Carson (IN) | Democrat | Late Revised Increases funding for rural broadband by $2,000,000, offset by a corresponding $2,000,000 reduction to the Office of the Secretary account in the bill. | Revised |
| 68 | Version 1 | Carson (IN) | Democrat | Late Increases funding for the Office of Civil Rights by $1,000,000. | Submitted |
| 69 | Version 2 | Boebert (CO) | Republican | Late Revised Redirects $2 million in funding from Office of the Chief Information Officer to the Natural Resources Conservation Service Conservation Operations | Revised |
| 70 | Version 1 | Carson (IN) | Democrat | Late Strikes the SNAP Staffing Flexibility provision, and requires the Secretary of Agriculture to publish a report analyzing the effectiveness of the Texas and Indiana models after these states were authorized to contract with private entities to perform SNAP certification. | Submitted |
| 71 | Version 1 | Carson (IN), Frankel (FL) | Democrat | Late Allows local entities to opt in to receive Summer EBT funding when their state governments do not. | Submitted |
| 72 | Version 1 | Figures (AL) | Democrat | Late Increases and decreases the United States Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) account by $2 million to encourage the CFTC to create a pilot program focused on improving digital access and financial literacy in rural communities. | Submitted |
| 73 | Version 1 | Figures (AL) | Democrat | Late Prohibits funds made available by this Act from being used to eliminate, reduce, consolidate, or significantly cut staffing or activities for the Evans-Allen Agricultural Research Program, the 1890 Institution Teaching, Research, and Extension Capacity Building Grants Program, or cooperative extension programs at eligible institutions unless Congress specifically authorizes those changes. | Submitted |
| 74 | Version 1 | Figures (AL) | Democrat | Late Increases and decreases the Distance Learning, Telemedicine, and Broadband Program account by $1 million to prioritize telemedicine and distance learning grant applications from rural applicants located more than 30 miles from a federally qualified health center or community mental health center, with a focus on those providing mental health and substance use disorder services. | Submitted |
| 75 | Version 1 | Figures (AL) | Democrat | Late Extends the required termination notification period for grants made available in this Act or any previous Act from 3 business days to 15 business days, and reduces the reporting threshold for termination of any grant, cooperative agreement, or contract award from $1 million to $500,000. | Submitted |
| 76 | Version 1 | Figures (AL) | Democrat | Late Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to submit a report to Congress on barriers faced by heirs’ property owners in accessing federal agriculture and rural development programs, including data on denied applications and recommendations for addressing such barriers. | Submitted |
| 77 | Version 1 | Pettersen (CO), Moolenaar (MI) | Bi-Partisan | Late Increases and decreases the National Institute of Food and Agriculture, Research and Education Activities by $10,000,000 for the purposes of research using data and tools available from commercial weather services for wildfire and drought mitigation measures. | Submitted |
| 78 | Version 1 | Figures (AL) | Democrat | Late Directs the Secretary of Agriculture, in awarding Rural Hospital Pilot Program funds, to prioritize rural hospitals located in persistent poverty counties and critical access hospitals that experienced a net operating loss in at least two of the preceding three fiscal years. | Submitted |
| 79 | Version 1 | Stanton (AZ) | Democrat | Late Increases and decreases the Farm Services Agency account by $5 million to provide funding for USDA to revise the Livestock Indemnity Program and Emergency Assistance for Livestock, Honeybees and Farm-Raised Fish Program to provide compensation to producers for both confirmed and probable Mexican wolf attacks on livestock. | Submitted |
| 80 | Version 1 | Stanton (AZ) | Democrat | Late Redirects $5 million to the Rural Water and Waste Disposal Program to support solid waste management in small towns and support the water and wastewater needs of colonias communities. | Submitted |
| 81 | Version 1 | Hernández (PR) | Democrat | Late Increases funding for Puerto Rico's Nutrition Assistance Program (NAP) by $923,246,000. | Submitted |
| 82 | Version 2 | Roy (TX) | Republican | Late Revised Directs the Secretary of the USDA to prohibit foreign adversaries from purchasing American farmland. | Revised |
| 83 | Version 2 | Roy (TX) | Republican | Late Revised Directs the Secretary of the USDA to prohibit any non-citizen from purchasing American farmland. | Revised |
| 84 | Version 1 | Subramanyam (VA) | Democrat | Late Includes the language of H.R. 3470 the AGRITOURISM Act in the Agriculture Appropriations Bill | Submitted |
| 85 | Version 1 | Pocan (WI) | Democrat | Late Directs the FDA to clarify that using historical control data derived from purpose-bred laboratory dogs constitutes an acceptable alternative to live control groups in Target Animal Studies supporting new animal drug applications. | Submitted |
| 86 | Version 1 | Subramanyam (VA), Beyer (VA), Norton (DC) | Democrat | Late Blocks the use of funding to carry out the USDA's planned break-up and reorganization of the Food and Nutrition Service (FNS). | Submitted |
| 87 | Version 1 | Roy (TX) | Republican | Late Prohibits funds from going to individuals or entities located in sanctuary jurisdictions. | Submitted |
| 88 | Version 1 | Roy (TX) | Republican | Late Prevents funds from going to jurisdictions, individuals, or entities that are not enrolled in E-Verify. | Submitted |
| 89 | Version 1 | Stansbury (NM) | Democrat | Late Requires the immediate release of funds appropriated for the supplemental nutrition assistance program (SNAP) and the special supplemental nutrition program for women, infants, and children (WIC) in the case of lapsed appropriations for the Department of Agriculture. | Submitted |
| 90 | Version 1 | Roy (TX) | Republican | Late Prohibits the FDA from using funds to implement or enforce post-January 2023 REMS changes for mifepristone and other chemical abortion drugs until the Commissioner briefs Congress on adverse events, complications, mail-order dispensing practices, and the safety and efficacy impacts of those changes. | Submitted |
| 91 | Version 1 | Roy (TX) | Republican | Late Prohibits any funds from being used to implement, administer, or enforce the January 2023 FDA REMS change for mifepristone. | Submitted |
| 92 | Version 2 | Thompson (CA), Valadao (CA), Costa (CA) | Bi-Partisan | Late Revised Increases/Decreases $7,000,000 to APHIS Account to provide needed funding to address the Glassy Wing Sharp Shooter infestation discovered in California. | Revised |
| 93 | Version 1 | Cloud (TX), Moore (AL), Biggs (AZ) | Republican | Late Prohibits the Federal Reserve from studying, developing, or issuing a central bank digital currency. | Submitted |
| 94 | Version 1 | Roy (TX) | Republican | Late Directs funding to mandatory photo ID on all new and reissued EBT Cards. | Submitted |
| 95 | Version 1 | Roy (TX) | Republican | Late Prohibits funds appropriated for SNAP from going to soda. | Submitted |
| 96 | Version 1 | Roy (TX) | Republican | Late Prohibits funds appropriated in this act from going to subsidized energy sited on converted farm land. | Submitted |
| 97 | Version 1 | Balint (VT) | Democrat | Late Increases/decreases the Office of the Secretary to highlight the importance of the Institutes for Rural Partnerships. | Submitted |
| 98 | Version 1 | Stanton (AZ) | Democrat | Late Increases and decreases funding for the Agricultural Research Service by $2 million for the purpose of conducting research on soil erosion and soil health in the arid and semiarid West to reduce risk of exposure to coccidioidomycosis, or “Valley Fever.” | Submitted |
| 99 | Version 1 | Subramanyam (VA) | Democrat | Late Increase and decrease the value-added agricultural product market development grants account by $10,000,000 to emphasize the importance of value-added agricultural businesses and agritourism farms in the health of American farm economy. | Submitted |