H.R. 8646 – Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agency Appropriations Act, 2027
Green indicates amendments en bloc. Black indicates standalone amendments.
En bloc receives up to 20 minutes of debate. Standalone amendments receive up to 10 minutes of debate
En Bloc #1 – OFFERED BY REP. HARRIS (R-MD) – ADOPTED BY VOICE
Boebert (R-CO) – Amendment No. 1 – Redirects $2 million in funding from Office of General Counsel to the Office of the Inspector General to prevent waste, fraud, and abuse
Boebert (R-CO) – Amendment No. 2 – Redirects $2 million in funding from FPAC Business Center to the Farm Service Agency
Boebert (R-CO) – Amendment No. 3 – Redirects $2 million in funding from Office of the Chief Information Officer to Rural Development Programs
Boebert (R-CO) – Amendment No. 4 – Redirects $2 million in funding from Office of the Chief Information Officer to Rural Utilities Service
Boebert (R-CO) – Amendment No. 5 – Redirects $2 million in funding from Office of the Chief Information Officer to the Natural Resources Conservation Service Conservation Operations
Buchanan (R-FL) – Amendment No. 6 – Increases and decreases the USDA Office of Inspector General by $2 million for the purposes of enforcing existing animal fighting statutes
Figures (D-AL) – Amendment No. 7 – Increases and decreases the United States Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) account by $2 million to encourage the CFTC to create a pilot program focused on improving digital access and financial literacy in rural communities
Figures (D-AL) – Amendment No. 8 – Increases and decreases the Distance Learning, Telemedicine, and Broadband Program account by $1 million to prioritize telemedicine and distance learning grant applications from rural applicants located more than 30 miles from a federally qualified health center or community mental health center, with a focus on those providing mental health and substance use disorder services
Flood (R-NE) – Amendment No. 9 – Redirects $500,000 from the Office of the Chief Financial Officer to support the National Drought Mitigation Center to maintain and update critical drought-related tools used by producers, water-managers, and USDA; enhance new monitoring and modeling; and support USDA in anticipating and reducing the effects of extreme weather on U.S. agricultural producers, livestock, and the economy
Gosar (R-AZ) – Amendment No. 10 – Transfers $2 million from the Chief Information Officer to APHIS port of entry inspections for New World Screwworm
Leger Fernandez (D-NM) – Amendment No. 11 – Increases and decreases funding for the Agricultural Research Service by $1,000,000 for the purpose of a conducting a comprehensive study on large-scale algae-based production for agricultural and livestock uses
Malliotakis (R-NY) – Amendment No. 12 – Prohibits funding for the Center for Drug Evaluation and Research, Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research, or Center for Devices and Radiological Health within the Food and Drug Administration to issue or finalize guidance recommending or requiring testing in dogs
Malliotakis (R-NY) – Amendment No. 13 – Prohibits the National Institute of Food and Agriculture within the Department of Agriculture from funding painful research on dogs and cats
Ogles (R-TN) – Amendment No. 14 – Ensures FDA does not deprioritize review, inspection, import screening, or shortage-mitigation activities for sterile injectable cancer drugs that are currently listed in shortage and keeps the agency focused on restoring access to critical cancer treatments without weakening FDA’s safety standards
Pettersen (D-CO) – Amendment No. 16 – Increases and decreases the National Institute of Food and Agriculture, Research and Education Activities by $10,000,000 for the purposes of research using data and tools available from commercial weather services for wildfire and drought mitigation measures
Stanton (D-AZ) – Amendment No. 17 – Increases and decreases the Farm Services Agency account by $5 million to provide funding for USDA to revise the Livestock Indemnity Program and Emergency Assistance for Livestock, Honeybees and Farm-Raised Fish Program to provide compensation to producers for both confirmed and probable Mexican wolf attacks on livestock
Stanton (D-AZ) – Amendment No. 18 – Increases and decreases funding for the Agricultural Research Service by $2 million for the purpose of conducting research on soil erosion and soil health in the arid and semiarid West to reduce risk of exposure to coccidioidomycosis, or “Valley Fever”
Subramanyam (D-VA) – Amendment No. 21 – Increase and decrease the value-added agricultural product market development grants account by $10,000,000 to emphasize the importance of value-added agricultural businesses and agritourism farms in the health of American farm economy
Sykes (D-OH) – Amendment No. 22 – Increases and decreases funding for the Food and Drug Administration by $1 million to emphasize the importance of infant formula and toddler food safety and to demonstrate support for the FDA to consider requiring manufacturers to implement an environmental monitoring regime for contaminants, including cronobacter spp., salmonella, and botulism
Thompson (D-CA) – Amendment No. 23 – Increases/Decreases $7,000,000 to APHIS Account to provide needed funding to address the Glassy Wing Sharp Shooter infestation discovered in California
Thompson (R-PA) – Amendment No. 24 -Provides $2 million to fund the Grants for Youth Organizations program. Decreases the Office of the General Counsel by $2 million
Vasquez (D-NM) – Amendment No. 25 – Increases and decreases funding by $2 million for addressing challenges facing chile pepper production in the southwest and researching chile pepper farming through precision, data-driven cultivation using AI-powered innovation
Vindman (D-VA) – Amendment No. 26 – Redirects $2,500,000 from USDA Office of the Chief Information Officer to fund the Binational Agricultural Research and Development (BARD) Food Security Accelerator
Standalone Amendments
WILL NOT BE OFFERED Ogles (R-TN) – Amendment No. 15 – Prevents FDA from requiring a separate REMS safety program for a biosimilar when FDA has already determined the biosimilar and reference product present the same serious risks and require the same safety controls. It reduces duplicative regulatory burdens that can delay lower-cost biosimilar competition without weakening FDA’s underlying safety authority
WILL NOT BE OFFERED Steube (R-FL) – Amendment No. 19 – Strikes funding ($900,000,000) for Food for Peace Title II Grants, transfers to Spending Reduction Account
WILL NOT BE OFFERED Steube (R-FL) – Amendment No. 20 – Strikes provision providing $240,000,000 for the McGovern-Dole International Food for Education and Child Nutrition Program Grants