Making appropriations for Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies programs for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2021, and for other purposes.
Latest action. Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 358.
Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2021
This bill provides FY2021 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
Rural Development 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, formerly known as the food stamp program);
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.
Written by analysts at the Congressional Research Service and published on Congress.gov, not by Civibrief. Summarized at the "Reported to House" stage on July 13, 2020. It describes the bill, it is not the legal text.
Where is it in the process, and what happens next?
4 steps remain before this bill could become law.
The record's latest action, on July 13, 2020: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 358.
- Clearing the committees it was referred to, and being scheduled for a floor vote
- Passage by the House
- Passage by the Senate
- The President's signature. If the President vetoes it, two-thirds of both chambers must vote to override.
How likely is it to become law?
Civibrief does not forecast outcomes and this page has no opinion about this one. What the record supports is a base rate, which is a fact about the whole pile, not a prediction about this measure.
In the 116th Congress (2019-20), 344 of the 14,345 bills and joint resolutions introduced became law, about 2.4 percent. That count covers every measure at every stage, including the many that never left committee.
This one is not there yet: 4 steps are still outstanding, listed above.
Has anyone actually voted on it?
No. No roll call in this Congress cites this measure. That is the ordinary outcome: most measures never reach a recorded floor vote, and a committee ends most of them simply by not acting.
A vote is not the only thing that happens to a measure. Hearings, markups, and referrals are all recorded actions, and none of them is a vote of the full chamber.
Who is behind it?
SANFORD BISHOP (D-GA) introduced it on July 13, 2020. No cosponsors are recorded.
Cosponsoring is a formal signature on the text. It is not a commitment to vote for the measure, it does not bind anyone's party, and a long list of cosponsors is a measure of attention rather than of prospects.
How long has it been in play?
It was introduced on July 13, 2020, 2250 days ago. The most recent recorded action was 2250 days ago, on July 13, 2020.
Measures do not carry over. Anything the 116th Congress has not finished by January 3, 2021 dies when the term ends, and has to be introduced again from the start in the next Congress.
Every answer above is assembled from this measure's own record on Congress.gov and from published counts of what Congress has passed before. Civibrief does not predict outcomes and takes no position on any measure.
Vote history
- HouseIn committee, no floor vote yet
- SenateAwaits House passage
- PresidentAwaits both chambers