H.R. 4368 – Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2024

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EN BLOC #1 – OFFERED BY REP. HARRIS – PASSED BY VOICE

Balint (D-VT) – Amendment No. 1 – Increases and decreases funding for the Office of the Secretary by $1 million with the intent to direct the Secretary to implement all disaster response and assistance authorities provided under the law to assist agricultural producers and rural communities affected by recent flooding in the State of Vermont as quickly as possible

Valadao (R-CA) – Amendment No. 2 – Decreases and increases funding for the Office of the Secretary of Agriculture for the purpose of addressing critical needs of the dairy industry impacted by natural disasters

Steil (R-WI) – Amendment No. 3 – Transfers $500,000 from the Office of the Secretary to the Agricultural Research Service

Leger Fernández (D-NM) – Amendment No. 4 – Increases funds for the Office of Tribal Relations to the FY23 enacted amount. Decreases the Office of Safety, Security, and Protection by an equal amount

Porter (D-CA) – Amendment No. 5 – Increases funding for 4-H by $1 million

Sewell (D-AL) – Amendment No. 6 – Increases funding by $1,000,000 for the rural decentralized water systems program authorized by section 306E of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act

Pettersen (D-CO) – Amendment No. 7 – Increases funding for the Snow Survey and Water Forecasting Program within Natural Resources Conservation Services (NRCS) to provide greater investments in monitoring seasonal snowpack and annual mountain precipitation

Pettersen (D-CO) – Amendment No. 8 – Increases funding for the repair, rehabilitation, and new construction for Rural Housing

Boebert (R-CO) – Amendment No. 9 –  Redirects resources in the bill from government employees to the Inspector General to prevent waste, fraud, and abuse, and to bring funding for the IG up closer to the budget request

Edwards (R-NC) – Amendment No. 10 – Increases funding to the Farmers’ Market Nutrition Program by $1,000,000, specifically for the Seniors Farmers’ Market Nutrition Program

Edwards (R-NC) – Amendment No. 11 – Increases funding by $1,000,000 to the Agricultural Research Service (ARS), specifically for purposes of researching tomato brown rugose fruit virus (ToBRFV)

Boebert (R-CO) – Amendment No. 12 – Redirects resources in the bill to help reduce specialty crop pests

Molinaro (R-NY) – Amendment No. 13 – Increases funding to the National Institute of Food and Agriculture, Extension Activities account by $5 million for the Farm and Ranch Stress Assistance Network. Decrease funding to the Office of the Chief Economist and Chief Information Officer by $2.5 million each

Miller (R-OH) – Amendment No. 14 – Restores FY23 funding level of $2 million (total funding) to the Rural Innovation Stronger Economy (RISE) Grant Program, USDA’s Rural Development economic workforce program to provide job training skills that equip individuals with career skills to meet local workforce challenges and bolster rural economies, by transferring $2 million to the Rural Business Program Account reducing $2 million from the Office of the Chief Information Officer account

Boebert (R-CO) – Amendment No. 16 – Redirects resources in the bill to competitive grants to State agencies for subgrants to schools to purchase equipment and support school breakfast programs 

Boebert (R-CO) – Amendment No. 17 – Redirects resources in the bill to the National School Lunch Program

Jackson Lee (D-TX) – Amendment No. 18 – Increases funding by $2,000,000 for the USDA agency that provides grant research funding for “1890s Land Grant Universities” which are 28 Historically Black Colleges and Universities. Decreases funding for Office of the Chief Information Officer by $3 million

Escobar (D-TX) – Amendment No. 19 – Increases the Community Facilities Program by $5 million to ensure rural communities have the needed resources to develop or improve essential public services and facilities

Boebert (R-CO) – Amendment No. 20 – Redirects resources in the bill to cooperative forestry research to actively manage forests and reduce wildfires, insects, diseases, and other destructive agents

Molinaro (R-NY) – Amendment No. 21 – Decreases $3,000,000 from the Office of the Chief Financial Officer and increases $3,000,000 for grants for telemedicine and distance learning services in rural areas

Caraveo (D-CO) – Amendment No. 22 – Increases by $2 million to Rural Cooperative Development Grants, offset by a decrease to the Office of the Chief Financial Officer, for the purpose of Value-Added Producers Grants to provide more support for our agricultural producers to engage in value added activities for new products and market opportunities

Caraveo (D-CO) – Amendment No. 23 – Increases funding for the Rural Health and Safety Education Program by $1,000,000, offset by a decrease in funding to the Office of the Chief Financial Officer, to help provide increased mental and behavioral health education in rural communities

Leger Fernández (D-NM) – Amendment No. 25 – Increases funds for inspections within Section 515 of Rural Multi Family Rental Housing Loan Program by $7 million. Decreases the Office of Safety, Security, and Protection by an equal amount

Neguse (D-CO) – Amendment No. 26 – “Increases and decreases the USDA Office of Inspector General by $1 million for the purposes of enforcing existing animal fighting statutes.”

Johnson (R-SD) – Amendment No. 27 – Restores funding for the Sun Grant Program within the National Institute of Food and Agriculture

Boebert (R-CO) – Amendment No. 28 – Redirects spending in the bill to provide increased resources for technical assistance grants for rural water and waste systems

Gluesenkamp Perez (D-WA) – Amendment No. 30 – Increases and decreases funding for the Agricultural Research Service by $1,000,000 with the intent to conduct research to understand the amount of microplastics in land-applied biosolids on farmland and the potential impacts on soil health, crops, public health, and the environment

Gluesenkamp Perez (D-WA) – Amendment No. 31 – Increases and decreases funding for USDA Agricultural Research Service (ARS) salaries and expenses by $1 million for the purposes of requesting preference to equipment purchased that comes with service manuals and dealer equivalent software to improve the Agency’s ability to repair the equipment

Slotkin (D-MI) – Amendment No. 34 – Decreases and increases funding for the Farm and Ranch Stress Assistance Network

Molinaro (R-NY) – Amendment No. 35 – Increase-decrease funding to the National Institute of Food and Agriculture, Extension Activities account to support full funding for USDA’s AgrAbility Program, which provides support to farmers and farm families with disabilities

Fischbach (R-MN) – Amendment No. 37 – Increases funding for the National Animal Health Laboratory Network (NAHLN) to assist in the detection and response to animal disease outbreaks

Molinaro (R-NY) – Amendment No. 39 – Increases and decreases the Risk Management Agency to show strong Congressional concern on their proposed changes to apple insurance, and to encourage the agency to incorporate the feedback of farmers and crop insurance agents

Raskin (D-MD) – Amendment No. 40 – Increases and decreases funding to USDA’s Urban Agriculture and Innovative Production Program by $8.5 million. Expresses support for restoring funding to urban agriculture at FY23 levels

Houlahan (D-PA) – Amendment No. 44 – Increases and decreases the funding for Rural Business Development Programs, to emphasize the need to provide federal support for America’s domestic infant formula manufacturing base

Escobar (D-TX) – Amendment No. 46 – Increases and decrease funding for the Rural Economic Development Loan Grant Program to highlight the importance of funding rural projects

Caraveo (D-CO) – Amendment No. 47 – Increases and decreases funding by $10 million to the Distance Learning, Telemedicine, and Broadband Program to emphasize the importance of increased opportunities for the expansion of telehealth services into rural communities

Escobar (D-TX) – Amendment No. 49 – Increases and decrease the Community Connect Grant Program to provide broadband service in economically disadvantaged communities

Molinaro (R-NY) – Amendment No. 50 – Increases and decreases the Foreign Agricultural Service to signal support for the Technical Assistance for Specialty Crops program, which provides critical support in helping fruit and vegetable growers access foreign markets

Kiggans (R-VA) – Amendment No. 58 – Increases and decreases funding for the Food and Drug Administration by $1,000,000 to express the intent that the FDA improve its enforcement against the importation of illegally imported vaporizers (eg. vapes, e-cigarettes), most of which come from China

Kiggans (R-VA) – Amendment No. 59 – Increases and decreases funding for the Food and Drug Administration by $1,000,000 to express the intent that FDA begin requiring drug manufacturers to label prescribed pharmaceuticals with any known drug interactions with marijuana

Molinaro (R-NY) – Amendment No. 60 – Increases and decreases the Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition to signal support for the existing cooperative agreement that provides outreach, training, and technical assistance to small farms on compliance requirements of the Food Safety Modernization Act

Gottheimer (D-NJ) – Amendment No. 63 – Restores FY2023 funding levels for the Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Program (FFVP) by adding $3 million back to the program

Biggs (R-AZ) – Amendment No. 15 – Restores funding to the Office of the Chief Economist to FY16 levels, exempting the Office of Pest Management Policy, and directs the difference to the spending reduction account – ADOPTED BY VOICE

Good (R-VA) – Amendment No. 24 – Reduces funding for the USDA Office of Civil Rights by 50% from FY23 levels – VOTE REQUESTED

Biggs (R-AZ) – Amendment No. 29 – Restores funding to the National Agricultural Statistical Service to FY19 levels and directs the difference to the spending reduction account – VOTE REQUESTED

NOT OFFERED Bishop (R-NC) – Amendment No. 32 – returns the Agricultural Research Service to FY 20 levels

Biggs (R-AZ) – Amendment No. 33 – Restores funding to the National Institute of Food and Agriculture to FY19 levels and directs the difference to the spending reduction account – VOTE REQUESTED

NOT OFFERED Bishop (R-NC) – Amendment No. 36 – reduces funding for Animal and Plant Health Inspection

Biggs (R-AZ) – Amendment No. 38 – Restores funding to the Farm Production and Conservation Business Center to FY19 levels and directs the difference to the spending reduction account – ADOPTED BY VOICE

Brecheen (R-OK) – Amendment No. 41 – Reduces Natural Resources Conservation Service funding to FY16 levels – VOTE REQUESTED

NOT OFFERED Good (R-VA) – Amendment No. 42 – Reduces funding for the USDA Rental Assistance Program to FY19 levels 

Brecheen (R-OK) – Amendment No. 43 – Eliminates funding for USDA’s Rental Assistance Program – VOTE REQUESTED

Perry (R-PA) – Amendment No. 45 – Cuts the Rural Business— Cooperative Service Rural Business Program Account by 50% from FY23 enacted – VOTE REQUESTED

WITHDRAWN Nunn (R-IA) – Amendment No. 48 – Revises the ReConnect Program to increase rural broadband speed requirements to at least 100/20 downstream and upstream transmission capacity – Ten minutes of debate began at 10:33 p.m.

Donalds (R-FL) – Amendment No. 51 – Restores funding for the Foreign Agricultural Service to FY19 levels – ADOPTED BY VOICE

NOT OFFERED Ogles (R-TN) – Amendment No. 52 – Reduces funding for Food for Peace by 50%

NOT OFFERED Good (R-VA) – Amendment No. 53 – Reduces the Food for Peace program by $1,000,000,000

Biggs (R-AZ) – Amendment No. 54 – Strikes funding for Food for Peace Title II Grants and directs the total to the spending reduction account – VOTE REQUESTED

NOT OFFERED Good (R-VA) – Amendment No. 55 – Reduces funding for the McGovern-Dole International Food for Education Program by $40 million

Ogles (R-TN) – Amendment No. 56 – Reduces funding for the McGovern-Dole program by 50% – ADOPTED BY VOICE

Biggs (R-AZ) – Amendment No. 57 – Strikes funding for the McGovern-Dole International Food for Education and Child Nutrition Program and directs the total to the spending reduction account – VOTE REQUESTED

Biggs (R-AZ) – Amendment No. 61 – Restores funding for the Commodity Futures Trading Corporation to FY19 levels, and directs the remainder to the spending reduction account – VOTE REQUESTED

Donalds (R-FL) – Amendment No. 62 – Restores funding for the Commodity Futures Trading Commision (CFTC) to FY18 spending levels – ADOPTED BY VOICE

NOT OFFERED Graves (R-LA) – Amendment No. 64 – Limits the use of funds under this Act to restrict the exemption of certain individuals from the work requirement of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008

Graves (R-LA) – Amendment No. 65 – Limits the use of funds under this Act to carry out the provision that allows a lack of sufficient jobs to qualify for statewide and partial work requirement waivers for able-bodied adults without dependents – ADOPTED BY VOICE

Tiffany (R-WI) – Amendment No. 66 – Ensures that none of the funds made available by this bill will go towards funding a rule that will ban flavored milk, like chocolate milk, in schools and this would ensure that all types of milk are available to school children – ADOPTED BY VOICE

Bost (R-IL) – Amendment No. 67 – Prohibits the Secretary of Agriculture from purchasing electric vehicles – ADOPTED BY VOICE

McCormick (R-GA) – Amendment No. 68 – Prohibits funds from being used to continue implementing the the FDA’s 2006 and 2011 Compliance Policy guide which created the Unapproved Drugs Initiative – ADOPTED BY VOICE

Miller (R-IL) – Amendment No. 69 – Ensures none of the funds made available go towards implementing the recommendations in the 2023 Interim Report issued by the USDA Equity Commission – ADOPTED BY VOICE

NOT OFFERED Greene (R-GA) – Amendment No. 70 – Prohibits funding for the development of any COVID-19 vaccine

Hageman (R-WY) – Amendment No. 71 – Prohibits any of the funds being appropriated in this act from going to the World Health Organization – ADOPTED BY VOICE

Crawford (R-AR) – Amendment No. 72 – Prevents the closing or continuous closing of offices of the Farm Service Agency, including any such offices still on a closed or hybrid schedule related to COVID-19 – ADOPTED BY VOICE

Cammack (R-FL) – Amendment No. 73 – Prohibits funds from being used to finalize any rule or regulation that has resulted in or is likely to result in an annual effect on the economy of $100 million or more – ADOPTED BY VOICE

Van Orden (R-WI) – On behalf of Steil (R-WI) – Amendment No. 74 – Appropriates $10,000,000 for dairy business innovation initiatives – ADOPTED BY VOICE

Miller (R-IL) – Amendment No. 75 – Prevents funds from going towards USDA’s Climate Hubs – ADOPTED BY VOICE

Spartz (R-IN) – Amendment No. 76 – States that none of the funds made available by this bill may be used to carry out commodity checkoff programs – VOTE REQUESTED

Boebert (R-CO) – Amendment No. 77 – Utilizes the Holman Rule to reduce the salary of the Deputy Under Secretary of the Food and Nutrition Service of the Department of Agriculture, Stacy Dean, to $1 – ADOPTED BY VOICE

Miller (R-IL) – Amendment No. 78 – Prohibits funds to implement the COVID–19 Workplace Safety Plan issued by the Department of Agriculture – ADOPTED BY VOICE

Boebert (R-CO) – Amendment No. 79 – Prevents funds for USDA’s Equity Commission – VOTE REQUESTED

Self (R-TX) – Amendment No. 80 – This amendment would prohibit funds in this bill from being used toward the Civilian Climate Corps – ADOPTED BY VOICE

Burlison (R-MO) – Amendment No. 81 – Prevents the use of funds under this Act to carry out the provision that allows states to waive work requirements for ablebodied adults in areas with high unemployment or a lack of sufficient jobs – ADOPTED BY VOICE

Cammack (R-FL) – On behalf of Roy (R-TX) – Amendment No. 82 – Prohibits funds in this act from being used to carry out Biden’s climate change executive orders – ADOPTED BY VOICE

Hageman (R-WY) – Amendment No. 83 – Prevents funds from being used to mandate electronic identification eartags for cattle and bison – VOTE REQUESTED

NOT OFFERED – Greene (R-GA) – Amendment No. 84 – Prohibits assistance to the government of Ukraine

Good (R-VA) – Amendment No. 85 – Reduces to $1 the salary of the Director of the Center for Drug Evaluation and Research at the FDA – VOTE REQUESTED

Massie (R-KY) – Amendment No. 86 – None of the funds made available by this Act may be used to fund any grant related to any transgenic edible vaccine – ADOPTED BY VOICE

Massie (R-KY) – Amendment No. 87 – None of the funds made available by this Act may be used to issue any new rule related (1) regarding the number of owners of an animal for purposes of the custom slaughter exemption of the Food Safety and Inspection Service; (2) limiting the persons that may own an animal; or (3) requiring custom operators to keep records – ADOPTED BY VOICE

NOT OFFERED – Greene (R-GA) – Amendment No. 88 – Prohibits funding for the development of climate change or green energy initiatives

Boebert (R-CO) – Amendment No. 89 – Prevents USDA from using funds for woke courses, books and study guides – VOTE REQUESTED

Good (R-VA) – Amendment No. 90 –  Reduces to $1 the salary of the Director of the Office of Surveillance and Epidemiology at the FDA – VOTE REQUESTED

Good (R-VA) – Amendment No. 91 – Reduces to $1 the salary of the Director of the Division of Risk Management at the FDA – VOTE REQUESTED

Good (R-VA) – Amendment No. 92 – Reduces to $1 the salary of the Director of the Office of New Drugs at the FDA – VOTE REQUESTED

Good (R-VA) – Amendment No. 93 – Reduces to $1 the salary of the Director of the Office of Compliance at the FDA – VOTE REQUESTED

Good (R-VA) – Amendment No. 94 – Reduces to $1 the salary of the (10 Director of the Office of Medical Policy at the FDA – VOTE REQUESTED

Good (R-VA) – Amendment No. 95 – Reduces to $1 the salary of the Director of the Office of Regulatory Policy at the FDA – VOTE REQUESTED

NOT OFFERED – Perry (R-PA) – Amendment No. 96 – Prohibits the use of funds to provide non-recourse loans for raw cane sugar or refined beet sugar

NOT OFFERED – Bishop (R-NC) – Amendment No. 97 – Prevents funding for the USDA Farmers Market

NOT OFFERED – Arrington (R-TX) – Amendment No. 98 – Prohibits the use of funds from being used to carry out the Justice40 Initiative

Stauber (R-MN) – Amendment No. 99 – Prohibits any funds made available by this bill from being used to fund the Farm to School Network Racial Equity Learning Lab – VOTE REQUESTED

Good (R-VA) – Amendment No. 100 – Blocks funding for the implementation of Executive Order 14075, Executive Order 14021, and Executive Order 13988 – ADOPTED BY VOICE

Miller (R-IL) – Amendment No. 101 – To prohibit funds to implement the Climate Corp – VOTE REQUESTED

Rosendale (R-MT) – Amendment No. 102 – Reduces the amount appropriated in this Act by $717,000,000 – VOTE REQUESTED