S. 2256 · 119th Congress

Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2026

Introduced on Jul 10, 2025 by John Hoeven (R-ND). Latest action (Jul 10, 2025): Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 112.

Stage
Reported by committee
Introduced
Jul 10, 2025
Cosponsors
0
Policy area
Economics and Public Finance
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Progress

The furthest stage the measure reached. Simple and concurrent resolutions do not go to the President.

  1. Introduced
  2. Reported by committee
  3. 3Passed one chamber
  4. 4Passed both chambers
  5. 5Sent to the President
  6. 6Became law

Official title

An original bill making appropriations for Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2026, and for other purposes.

Subjects

  • Agricultural conservation and pollution
  • Agricultural education
  • Agricultural insurance
  • Agricultural marketing and promotion
  • Agricultural research
  • Agricultural trade
  • Alabama
  • Alaska
  • Animal and plant health
  • Appropriations
  • Arizona
  • California
  • Census and government statistics
  • Child health
  • Commodities markets
  • Commodity Credit Corporation
  • Community life and organization
  • Computers and information technology
  • Congressional oversight
  • Data collection, sharing, protection
  • Department of Agriculture
  • Department of Health and Human Services
  • Drug safety, medical device, and laboratory regulation
  • Drug, alcohol, tobacco use
  • Economic development
  • Education programs funding
  • Educational technology and distance education
  • Electric power generation and transmission
  • Elementary and secondary education
  • Energy efficiency and conservation
  • Energy prices
  • Executive agency funding and structure
  • Farm Credit Administration
  • Federal Crop Insurance Corporation
  • Floods and storm protection
  • Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
  • Food assistance and relief
  • Food supply, safety, and labeling
  • Foreign aid and international relief
  • Georgia
  • Government buildings, facilities, and property
  • Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
  • Government information and archives
  • Government lending and loan guarantees
  • Government studies and investigations
  • Hawaii
  • Hazardous wastes and toxic substances
  • Health care costs and insurance
  • Health care coverage and access
  • Health technology, devices, supplies
  • Higher education
  • Horticulture and plants
  • Housing and community development funding
  • Housing finance and home ownership
  • Indian social and development programs
  • Infrastructure development
  • Internet, web applications, social media
  • Kentucky
  • Land use and conservation
  • Livestock
  • Low- and moderate-income housing
  • Maine
  • Maryland
  • Meat
  • Medical tests and diagnostic methods
  • Minority education
  • Mississippi
  • New Hampshire
  • New Mexico
  • New York State
  • North Carolina
  • Nutrition and diet
  • Ohio
  • Pennsylvania
  • Poverty and welfare assistance
  • Prescription drugs
  • Public housing
  • Public utilities and utility rates
  • Regional and metropolitan planning
  • Research administration and funding
  • Rural conditions and development
  • Seafood
  • Small business
  • South Carolina
  • Telecommunication rates and fees
  • Tennessee
  • Texas
  • User charges and fees
  • Vermont
  • Veterinary medicine and animal diseases
  • Virginia
  • Water quality
  • Water storage
  • Watersheds
  • West Virginia
  • Wetlands

Summary

By the Congressional Research Service (Reported to Senate, Jul 10, 2025). Public domain.

Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2026

This bill provides FY2026 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 (1) the Food and Drug Administration, and (2) the Farm Credit Administration.

Additionally, the bill sets forth requirements and restrictions for using funds provided by this and other appropriations acts.

Sponsor and cosponsors

Cosponsors by party as of the day they signed on. Original cosponsors signed on the day of introduction.

John HoevenR-NDSponsor

No cosponsors.

Roll calls

Recorded votes on the measure. Most measures move by voice vote or unanimous consent, which record no individual positions.

No recorded roll call on this measure: it moved by voice vote or unanimous consent, or has not reached the floor.

History

Every action as published, oldest first. Roll calls link to how each member voted.

  1. May 6, 2025 · SenateSubcommittee on Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies. Hearings held on the subject prior to the subcommittee ordering to be reported an original measure. With printed Hearing: S.Hrg. 119-61.
  2. May 22, 2025 · SenateSubcommittee on Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies. Hearings held on the subject prior to the subcommittee ordering to be reported an original measure. With printed Hearing: S.Hrg. 119-61.
  3. Jul 10, 2025Introduced in Senate
  4. Jul 10, 2025Committee on Appropriations. Original measure reported to Senate by Senator Hoeven. With written report No. 119-37.
  5. Jul 10, 2025 · SenateCommittee on Appropriations. Original measure reported to Senate by Senator Hoeven. With written report No. 119-37.
  6. Jul 10, 2025 · SenatePlaced on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 112.

Committees

Committees and subcommittees the measure was referred to.

Who lobbied on it

Organizations whose lobbying reports (LD-2) name this measure. Spending is what they reported for those quarters on all issues, not on this measure alone.

  1. BROWN-FORMAN CORPORATION9 reports
    $600K reported (all issues)
  2. NATIONAL BEER WHOLESALERS ASSOCIATION9 reports
    $2M reported (all issues)
  3. Altria Client Services LLC8 reports
    $12.4M reported (all issues)
  4. AMERICAN SUGAR ALLIANCE6 reports
    $890K reported (all issues)
  5. ANHEUSER-BUSCH COMPANIES INC.6 reports
    Federal contractor: ANHEUSER-BUSCH, LLCAI match · 99%
  6. Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids6 reports
    $83K reported (all issues)
  7. INTERNATIONAL DAIRY FOODS ASSOCIATION6 reports
    $740K reported (all issues)
  8. PHARMACEUTICAL RESEARCH & MANUFACTURERS OF AMERICA6 reports
    $44.6M reported (all issues)
  9. PHARMAVITE LLC6 reports
    $270K reported (all issues)
  10. At-Sea Processors Association5 reports
  11. Baylor University5 reports
    $270K reported (all issues)Federal contractor: BAYLOR UNIVERSITY$1.3M in contracts, FY2026AI match · 100%
  12. GSK (fka GLAXOSMITHKLINE INC.)5 reports
    $6.6M reported (all issues)
  13. MOLSON COORS BEVERAGE COMPANY USA LLC5 reports
  14. PACIFIC SEAFOOD PROCESSORS ASSOCIATION5 reports
    $280K reported (all issues)
  15. STEALTH BIOTHERAPEUTICS INC.5 reports
    $570K reported (all issues)
  16. Share Our Strength5 reports
    $290K reported (all issues)
  17. ACCENTURE FEDERAL SERVICES LLC4 reports
    Federal contractor: ACCENTURE FEDERAL SERVICES LLC$3.2B in contracts, FY2026AI match · 100%
  18. AMERICAN LUNG ASSOCIATION4 reports
    $430K reported (all issues)
  19. American Heart Association4 reports
    $1.3M reported (all issues)Federal contractor: AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION, INC.$333.7K in contracts, FY2026AI match · 100%
  20. American Sugar Cane League of the USA, Inc.4 reports
    $420K reported (all issues)
  21. Boise State University4 reports
    $160K reported (all issues)Federal contractor: BOISE STATE UNIVERSITY$37.1K in contracts, FY2026AI match · 100%
  22. CARDINAL HEALTH INC.4 reports
    Federal contractor: CARDINAL HEALTH 200, LLC$276.6M in contracts, FY2026AI match · 100%
  23. CMS ENERGY CORPORATION4 reports
    $890K reported (all issues)
  24. CROPLIFE AMERICA4 reports
  25. California Walnut Commission4 reports
    $200K reported (all issues)
  26. Cotton Growers Warehouse Association4 reports
    $80K reported (all issues)
  27. DUKE ENERGY CORPORATION4 reports
    $8M reported (all issues)Federal contractor: DUKE ENERGY PROGRESS, LLC$17.5M in contracts, FY2026AI match · 100%
  28. FLORIDA SUGAR CANE LEAGUE4 reports
  29. Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology4 reports
    $299K reported (all issues)
  30. GE HEALTHCARE TECHNOLOGIES INC.4 reports
    $1.8M reported (all issues)
  31. HUMAN RIGHTS CAMPAIGN4 reports
    $769.8K reported (all issues)
  32. I AM ALS4 reports
    $110K reported (all issues)
  33. ILLINOIS ASSOCIATION OF SCHOOL BOARDS4 reports
    $170K reported (all issues)
  34. INTERNATIONAL FOODSERVICE DISTRIBUTORS ASSOCIATION4 reports
    $1M reported (all issues)
  35. JUUL LABS, INC.4 reports
    $2.7M reported (all issues)
  36. Jushi Holdings Inc.4 reports
    $180K reported (all issues)
  37. Molson Coors Beverage Company USA LLC (formerly known as MillerCoors LLC)4 reports
    $240K reported (all issues)
  38. NCTA - THE INTERNET & TELEVISION ASSOCIATION4 reports
    $13.6M reported (all issues)
  39. North Carolina State University4 reports
    $190K reported (all issues)Federal contractor: NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY$1.6M in contracts, FY2026AI match · 100%
  40. Phitec, LLC4 reports
    $96K reported (all issues)

Reports filed in 2025, 2026.

Sources and method

Every figure on this page traces to these records.

  • Bill status: bills and resolutions, sponsors, actions, subjects and CRS summaries (U.S. Government Publishing Office (GovInfo), from Congress.gov (Library of Congress))GovInfo Bill Status bulk data (Congress.gov; summaries by the Congressional Research Service) · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Members of Congress, their terms, committees and identifiers (The @unitedstates project (from the Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress, the House and the Senate))unitedstates/congress-legislators: legislators, committees and current committee membership · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)
  • House roll-call votes (Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives)Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives, roll-call vote records · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Senate roll-call votes and DW-NOMINATE scores (Voteview (UCLA Department of Political Science))Lewis, Jeffrey B., Keith Poole, Howard Rosenthal, Adam Boche, Aaron Rudkin, and Luke Sonnet (2026). Voteview: Congressional Roll-Call Votes Database. https://voteview.com/ · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Free to use with the required citation
  • Lobbying disclosures (LD-1 registrations, LD-2 quarterly reports, LD-203 contribution reports) (Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives)Clerk of the House, Lobbying Disclosure Act filings (organizations only; lobbyists' names are not loaded) · data current to Oct 5, 2026 · loaded Oct 5, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Positions are shown only where a roll call recorded them; voice votes and unanimous consent record none.
  • Money and votes are shown side by side; neither explains the other.