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S. 2256 · 119th CongressIn committee

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

Latest action. Placed on Senate legislative calendarThe list of measures reported out of committee and eligible for floor action. Being on the calendar is not a promise of a vote.Read the full definition (opens a new tab) under General Orders. Calendar No. 112. · July 10, 2025

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What this bill would do
Official summary · Congressional Research Service

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.

Written by analysts at the Congressional Research Service and published on Congress.gov, not by Civibrief. Summarized at the "Reported to Senate" stage on July 10, 2025. It describes the bill, it is not the legal text.

Status
Introduced
July 10, 2025
In committee
July 10, 2025
Passed a chamber
Cleared Congress
Enacted
Where this sits in the process
Common questions
Composed from the official record
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 10, 2025: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 112.

  1. Clearing the committees it was referred to, and being scheduled for a floor vote
  2. Passage by the Senate
  3. Passage by the House
  4. 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 118th Congress (2023-24), 274 of the 16,565 bills and joint resolutions introduced became law, about 1.7 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?

John Hoeven (R-ND) introduced it on July 10, 2025. 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 10, 2025, 427 days ago. The most recent recorded action was 427 days ago, on July 10, 2025.

Measures do not carry over. Anything the 119th Congress has not finished by January 3, 2027 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

  1. Senate
    In committee, no floor vote yet
  2. House
    Awaits Senate passage
  3. President
    Awaits both chambers
No recorded votes yet
No roll call in this Congress cites this bill. Most bills die in committee without ever reaching a recorded floor vote.