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FY 2026 House Action:
Subcomm: 6/5/25 approved FY26 bill: Text | Summary | Earmarks | R-Stmt | D-Stmt | D-FactSheet
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Background:
The Farm Bill: The programs funded by annual discretionary appropriations bills are initially established and governed by “authorizing” legislation developed by Congress’ authorizing committees. In the case of agriculture programs, the authorizing legislation is compiled by the House and Senate Agriculture Committees in a multiyear “farm bill.” Congress typically passes a new farm bill about every 5 years, most recently in 2018 with a new farm anticipated in 2023. CBO 2023 baseline for farm programs. | Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018 (P.L. 115-334). | CRS background on the 2018 Farm Bill
The AG bill funds the following agencies:
Food and Drug Administration (HHS)
U.S. Department of Agriculture (Except Forest Service)
–Agricultural Marketing Service (USDA)
–Agricultural Research Service (USDA)
–Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (USDA)
–Child Nutrition Programs (USDA)
–Commodity Credit Corporation (USDA)
–Economic Research Service (USDA)
–Farm Service Agency (USDA)
–Federal Crop Insurance Corporation (USDA)
–Food and Nutrition Service (USDA)
–Food Safety and Inspection Service (USDA)
–Foreign Agricultural Service (USDA)
–Grain Inspection, Packers, and Stockyards Administration (USDA)
–Inspection and Weighing Services (USDA)
–National Agricultural Statistics Service (USDA)
–National Appeals Division (USDA)
–National Institute of Food and Agriculture [NIFA] (USDA)
–Native American Institutions Endowment Fund (USDA)
–Natural Resources Conservation Service (USDA)
–Nutrition Program Administration (USDA)
–Risk Management Agency (USDA)
–Rural Business-Cooperative Service (USDA)
–Rural Housing Service (USDA)
–Rural Utilities Service (USDA)
–Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children [WIC] (USDA)
–Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (USDA)
Related Agencies:
Farm Credit Administration
In most respects House and Senate appropriations subcommittee jurisdictions are parallel.
Historical Database – Ag-Rural Dev-FDA:
Open a document below, press the Ctrl + F buttons, and enter relevant terms to locate the bill or report provisions you need.
Omnibus or Consolidated: all (or most) regular appropriations bills packaged together.
Minibus: several regular appropriations bills packaged together.
CR: continues agency funding at a particular level–often the previous year–without detailed appropriations.
Cromnibus: a CR for some agencies and detailed appropriations for others.
Note on Joint Statements: In many cases, (House-Senate) joint explanatory statements on omnibus appropriations bills are printed only in the Congressional Record–which is impossible to read on mobile devices. In those cases, we have uploaded House Rules Committee PDFs.
Please note: When you click on the links below, the bill your browser opens may not be what you expect, because the appropriations language you need has been included by the Committee in a bill with an unrelated title. For example, LHHS appropriations might be included in a bill titled Mil-Con-VA. Simply proceed to the relevant “title” or “division” of the bill.
