# H.R. 8646 (119th): Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agency Appropriations Act, 2027

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. 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.

## How this bill is scored

Tier: no Tier 1 record. A bill with no record cannot newly become Tier 1.
Lane: agriculture. Category: not stored. Lane tag: not stored.
Lane: appropriations. Category: corruption_stewardship. Lane tag: general equity.
Lane: family_policy. Category: children. Lane tag: command.
Lane: federal_funding. Category: not stored. Lane tag: not stored.
Lane: food_safety. Category: not stored. Lane tag: not stored.
Lane: foreign_aid. Category: not stored. Lane tag: not stored.
Lane: nutrition_assistance. Category: not stored. Lane tag: not stored.
Lane: rural_development. Category: not stored. Lane tag: not stored.
Tier 1 sign-off: no record. A bill with no record cannot newly become Tier 1.
Stored polarity: mixed. Only tags the rules mark scoreable on a mixed bill are scored. A yea can draw a penalty or a credit according to the tag. A nay on a tag scored as good can draw a penalty.
Roll 204: On Motion to Recommit. Vote type: recommit.
Roll 205: On Passage. Vote type: final_passage.
Polarity rationale: Reviewed enrichment (llm_import) polarity: The bill is a broad appropriations measure that combines ordinary and arguably good purposes (nutrition assistance, food safety, agricultural research, rural infrastructure, humanitarian food aid) with prudential concerns about spending levels and unstated riders. It does not directly advance a named moral harm, and it does not directly restrain one, so mixed is the prudent classification.
Theological note: This is an ordinary appropriations measure, so its moral relevance lies mainly in stewardship and justice. Scripture calls rulers to faithful stewardship of public resources and to care for the poor, the hungry, and the stranger, which bears on the nutrition and food-aid lines. It also calls for honest weights and measures and fair dealing, which bears on food safety and agricultural oversight. The bill's spending levels, debt effects, and the adequacy of its safeguards are prudential questions that Christians may weigh differently. This classification is an issue-relevance note, not a final candidate judgment.

## Recorded votes

Roll 204: On Motion to Recommit. Yea 210 · Nay 212 · Other 8.
Roll 205: On Passage. Yea 213 · Nay 210 · Other 7.

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