Agriculture, Rural Development, FDA, and Related Agency Appropriations Act, 2027 - Detailed breakdown
This page contains a categorized breakdown of provisions within [H.R. 8646] Agriculture, Rural Development, FDA, and Related Agency Appropriations Act, 2027. For a high-level summary and broader context, please visit the overview page here.
Crime and Safety
| Amount | Description | |
|---|---|---|
| $20,000,000 | Providing at least $20,000,000 to fund the multi-agency ENDS Enforcement Task Force. |
Economy and Commerce
USDA role in foreign investment review
Includes the Secretary of Agriculture as a member of the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS) for transactions involving agricultural land, biotechnology, or the agriculture industry.
Prohibition on horse slaughter inspections
Prohibits the use of funds to pay salaries or expenses of personnel to inspect horses for human consumption.
Delay of food traceability rule
Prohibits enforcement of the FDA's food traceability rule before July 20, 2028, and requires the FDA to identify flexibilities, clarify terms, and engage with industry.
New federal standards for animal food
Establishes new federal regulations for animal food, including preemption of state labeling laws, a process for approving ingredients, and rules for marketing claims.
Waiver for specialty crop grants
Prohibits imposing any cost-sharing or matching requirements for awards under the Specialty Crop Block Grant Program for fiscal year 2027.
Millet defined as a specialty crop
Amends the Specialty Crops Competitiveness Act of 2004 to include millet in the definition of a specialty crop.
| Amount | Description | |
|---|---|---|
| $355,000,000 | Funding the Commodity Futures Trading Commission. | |
| $1,000,000 | Providing $1,000,000 for grants to processors of invasive, wild-caught catfish. |
Education and Research
Protection for agricultural research labs
Prohibits the Department of Agriculture from closing or consolidating Agricultural Research Service laboratories without prior congressional notification and approval.
| Amount | Description | |
|---|---|---|
| $1,795,813,000 | Funding salaries and expenses for the Agricultural Research Service. | |
| $1,046,500,000 | Funding research and education activities for the National Institute of Food and Agriculture. | |
| $240,000,000 | Funding the McGovern-Dole International Food for Education and Child Nutrition Program. |
Energy and Environment
| Amount | Description | |
|---|---|---|
| $800,000,000 | Funding conservation operations for the Natural Resources Conservation Service. |
Government Operations
Limitation on fund transfers within the Office of the Secretary
The Secretary of Agriculture may transfer funds between offices of the Office of the Secretary, but no appropriation for any office shall be increased or decreased by more than 5 percent.
Prohibition on closing Farm Service Agency county offices
Prohibits the use of any funds appropriated in this or any other act from being used to close Farm Service Agency county offices.
Humane slaughter enforcement
Requires that no fewer than 148 full-time equivalent positions be employed for inspections and enforcement related to the Humane Methods of Slaughter Act.
Restrictions on fund reprogramming
Prohibits agencies from reprogramming or transferring funds to create new programs, eliminate existing ones, or relocate offices without prior approval from the Committees on Appropriations.
Rescission of funds
Permanently cancels $95,000,000 in unobligated balances from Public Law 117-169 and rescinds $40,000,000 from the Distance Learning, Telemedicine, and Broadband Program.
Protection for USDA field offices
Prohibits the closure or consolidation of Natural Resources Conservation Service or Rural Development field offices without prior congressional notification and approval.
| Amount | Description | |
|---|---|---|
| $55,261,000 | Providing for necessary expenses of the Office of the Secretary of Agriculture. | |
| $134,913,000 | Supporting the Office of the Chief Information Officer, including cybersecurity requirements. | |
| $1,157,850,000 | Providing for salaries and expenses of the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service. | |
| $1,105,526,000 | Supporting salaries and expenses for the Farm Service Agency. | |
| $20,000,000 | Allowing up to $20,000,000 in unobligated Farm Service Agency funds for information technology expenses. | |
| $2,900,000 | Capping expenses for Department of Agriculture advisory committees, panels, commissions, and task forces. | |
| $0 | Allocating funds to the Spending Reduction Account. |
Health
FDA foreign inspection funding
Mandates that no less than $10,000,000 shall be used for pilots to increase unannounced foreign inspections of drug manufacturing facilities.
Prohibition on certain genetic research
Prohibits funds from being used for research in which a human embryo is intentionally created or modified to include a heritable genetic modification.
WIC food package modifications
Requires the Secretary of Agriculture to amend WIC food packages to include peanut-containing foods for infants to allow for early introduction of potential allergens.
E-cigarette enforcement and reporting
Requires the FDA to update its enforcement priorities for e-cigarettes by November 2026 and submit semi-annual reports to Congress on progress in removing illegal products from the market.
Pause on sodium reduction guidelines
Prohibits the FDA from using funds to issue new population-wide sodium reduction guidelines for food manufacturers until the 2025-26 National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey is published.
| Amount | Description | |
|---|---|---|
| $1,226,000,000 | Funding the Food Safety and Inspection Service. | |
| $7,109,336,000 | Providing for salaries and expenses of the Food and Drug Administration. | |
| $200,000,000 | Providing at least $200,000,000 from tobacco user fees for enforcement activities related to e-cigarettes and vapes. |
Infrastructure
Broadband pilot program standards
Requires that at least 90% of households served by the broadband pilot program must be in a rural area without sufficient access (defined as 25 Mbps downstream/3 Mbps upstream).
Buy American for rural water projects
Requires all iron and steel products used in rural water and wastewater projects funded by this Act to be produced in the United States, with certain waiver provisions.
Arkansas Valley Conduit repayment terms
Modifies the repayment contract for the Arkansas Valley Conduit, setting the payment at 35% of the cost and allowing a repayment period of up to 75 years for parties demonstrating financial hardship.
| Amount | Description | |
|---|---|---|
| $40,000,000 | Funding the broadband loan and grant pilot program. |
Social services
Increased WIC cash-value voucher for fruits and vegetables
Requires the Secretary to provide a cash-value voucher for WIC participants for fruits and vegetables at a significantly increased amount compared to fiscal year 2020 levels.
Persistent poverty county assistance
Mandates that at least 10 percent of funds from various rural development programs be allocated for assistance in persistent poverty counties.
Prohibition on Chinese poultry and seafood in school meals
Prohibits the use of funds to procure raw or processed poultry products or seafood imported from the People’s Republic of China for use in national school meal programs.
Liability protection for pet product donations
Provides civil and criminal liability protection to individuals and organizations that donate pet food and supplies in good faith to nonprofits or government entities for distribution.
| Amount | Description | |
|---|---|---|
| $1,795,000,000 | Funding the Rental Assistance Program for rural housing. | |
| $48,000,000 | Providing for the Rural Housing Voucher Account program. | |
| $37,900,930,000 | Funding Child Nutrition Programs, including the National School Lunch Act. | |
| $8,000,000,000 | Funding the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC). | |
| $101,241,955,000 | Funding the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP). | |
| $1,717,000,000 | Limiting spending for salaries and expenses for the Section 32 program. | |
| $485,000,000 | Providing for Child Nutrition Programs Entitlement Commodities under the Section 32 program. | |
| $1,500,000 | Providing $1,500,000 for the emergency pet shelter and housing assistance grant program. | |
| $2,500,000 | Providing $2,500,000 for the Senior Farmers’ Market Nutrition Program. |
Other
Protection for religious beliefs on marriage
Prohibits funds from being used to take discriminatory action against any person who acts in accordance with a sincerely held religious belief that marriage is a union of one man and one woman.
| Amount | Description | |
|---|---|---|
| $900,000,000 | Providing for Food for Peace Title II Grants. | |
| $2,000,000 | Appropriating funds to carry out a provision from a previous public law. |