The House Appropriations Committee bill funds USDA, rural development, FDA, and the CFTC for fiscal year 2027, providing about $101.2 billion for SNAP (with a $3 billion reserve), $37.9 billion for school lunch and breakfast, $8 billion for WIC, $7.1 billion for the FDA, $800 million for NRCS conservation operations, and $25 billion in guaranteed Section 502 rural-housing loans. Headline policy riders block USDA's Packers and Stockyards poultry-grower transparency and fair-competition rules and order their rescission, delay the FDA Food Traceability Rule to July 2028, freeze new FDA sodium-reduction and Listeria guidance, and exempt wine grapes, hops, pulses, and almonds from FDA produce-safety rules. The package directs at least $200 million of tobacco user fees toward enforcement against illegal e-cigarettes and vapes, requires WIC food packages to include peanut-containing foods for early-allergen introduction, and rescinds $95 million of unobligated Inflation Reduction Act farm-loan distressed-borrower assistance plus $40 million of rural broadband pilot funding. A new PURR Act animal-food title (Sec. 772) preempts state pet-food labeling and advertising rules, sets a 180-day FDA review clock, and authorizes certain pet-food marketing claims without premarket FDA approval. Other provisions bar funds from horse-slaughter inspection, block USDA from cutting the Section 502 loan-limit ratio from 80 to 60 percent, prohibit Chinese poultry and seafood in school meals, and add a religious-belief shield against federal action over same-sex marriage views. Affected groups include SNAP and WIC families, school-meal participants, rural homeowners and water systems, family farmers, large meat and poultry processors, FDA-regulated food and drug manufacturers, pet-food companies, and rural broadband applicants.
Corporate Benefits
- Packers and Stockyards poultry-grower transparency rules — rescinded under Sec. 758
- FDA Food Traceability Rule for high-risk foods — implementation delayed to July 2028 under Sec. 770
- FDA sodium-reduction guidance — blocked until 2025-26 NHANES data publishes
- FDA produce-safety rule exemption — covers wine grapes, hops, pulses, and almonds
- State pet-food labeling and advertising laws — preempted by new federal animal-food section
- Pet-food marketing claims — allowed without FDA premarket approval if substantiated
Average Household Impact
- SNAP appropriation — funded at $101.2 billion with a $3 billion contingency reserve
- WIC cash-value fruit and vegetable voucher — set at 267% (children) and 428% (women) of FY2020
- WIC food packages — required to add peanut-containing foods for infant allergen introduction
- Child nutrition programs — funded at $37.9 billion through September 2028
- FDA Human Foods Program — funded at $1.28 billion including foreign seafood inspections
- Section 502 rural-housing loan limit — 80% ratio preserved against proposed reduction to 60%
- Inflation Reduction Act farm-loan distressed-borrower assistance — $95 million rescinded
- FDA Listeria guidance for low-risk ready-to-eat foods — blocked pending new science review
Civil Liberties
- Federal action against persons opposing same-sex marriage — barred under Sec. 764
Environmental Concerns
- NRCS conservation operations — funded at $800 million through September 2028
- Rural energy efficiency loan program — required to demonstrably reduce greenhouse gases
- Domestic iron and steel requirement — applied to rural water and wastewater projects
Transparency & Accountability
- USDA Office of Inspector General — funded at $99.97 million under the IG Act
- FDA OIG oversight transfer — $1.5 million added for FDA program oversight
- APHIS country audit reports on animal disease controls — required to be made public
- Grant and contract termination notice — 3 business days advance notice to Appropriations required
- Poultry-grower contracting transparency rule — withdrawal and enforcement closure ordered
- Rural broadband pilot prior-year balances — $40 million permanently rescinded
Congressional Summary
Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agency Appropriations Act, 2027This 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, includingthe 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, andthe Food Safety and Inspection Service.The bill also provides appropriations to USDA for farm production and conservation programs, includingthe Farm Production and Conservation Business Center,the Farm Service Agency,the Risk Management Agency, andthe Natural Resources Conservation Service.The bill provides appropriations to the Federal Crop Insurance Corporation Fund and the Commodity Credit Corporation Fund.For USDA rural development programs, the bill includes appropriations forSalaries and Expenses,the Rural Housing Service,the Rural Business-Cooperative Service, andthe Rural Utilities Service.The bill provides appropriations to the Food and Nutrition Service forChild Nutrition Programs;the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC);the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP);the Commodity Assistance Program; andNutrition 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 forthe Food and Drug Administration,the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, andthe 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.
Details
- Congress
- 119th
- Chamber
- House
- Status
- summarized
- Action
- Introduced in House
- Action Date
- 2026-05-01
- Date Added
- 2026-05-06
- Source
- Congress.gov →
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