Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2019
Latest action · May 24, 2018 Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 438.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedMay 24, 2018
- Passed SenateNot reached
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2019
Provides FY2019 appropriations for the Department of Agriculture (USDA), the Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies.
Provides appropriations to USDA for Agricultural Programs, including:
- the Office of the Secretary,
- Executive Operations,
- the Office of the Chief Information Officer,
- the Office of the Chief Financial Officer,
- the Office of Civil Rights,
- Agriculture Buildings and Facilities,
- Hazardous Materials Management,
- the Office of Inspector General,
- the Office of the General Counsel,
- the Office of Ethics,
- 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.
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.
Provides appropriations to the Federal Crop Insurance Corporation Fund and the Commodity Credit Corporation Fund.
Provides appropriations to USDA for Rural Development Programs, including:
- Rural Development Salaries and Expenses,
- the Rural Housing Service,
- the Rural Business-Cooperative Service, and
- the Rural Utilities Service.
Provides appropriations to USDA for the Food and Nutrition Service, including:
- 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.
Provides appropriations to USDA for the Foreign Agricultural Service, including Food for Peace Title II Grants and McGovern-Dole International Food for Education and Child Nutrition Program Grants.
Provides appropriations for the Food and Drug Administration and the Farm Credit Administration.
Sets forth permissible and prohibited uses for funds provided by this and other appropriations Acts.
Cosponsors
Members who signed on, in the order they did.
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| Senate | Appropriations Committee | Reported as an original measure May 24, 2018 |
| Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Subcommittee | Hearings Apr 11, 2018Hearings Apr 24, 2018 |
Actions 5
Everything that happened, newest first.
- May 24, 2018Introduced in Senate
- May 24, 2018Committee on Appropriations. Original measure reported to Senate by Senator Hoeven. With written report No. 115-259.
- May 24, 2018Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 438.
- Apr 24, 2018Committee on Appropriations Senate Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies. Hearings held prior to introduction and/or referral. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 115-458.
- Apr 11, 2018Committee on Appropriations Senate Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies. Hearings held prior to introduction and/or referral. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 115-458.
In the Congressional Record 1
Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.
| Where | In the Record | Members | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Senate | Debate and remarks S6203 | Jerry Moran R-KS | Sep 18, 2018 |
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
Committee report
Printed hearings 3
Hearings whose printed record names this bill, newest first: hearings on it, and wider hearings where it came up.
| Number | Hearing | Committee | Held |
|---|---|---|---|
| S. Hrg. 115-458 | AGRICULTURE, RURAL DEVELOPMENT, FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION, AND RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS FOR FISCAL YEAR 201944 pages | Appropriations Committee | Apr 24, 2018 |
| S. Hrg. 115-458 | AGRICULTURE, RURAL DEVELOPMENT, FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION, AND RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS FOR FISCAL YEAR 201955 pages | Appropriations Committee | Apr 11, 2018 |
| Serial No. 115-5 | WATCHDOG RECOMMENDATIONS: A BETTER WAY AHEAD TO MANAGE THE DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY63 pages | Homeland Security Committee | Feb 16, 2017 |
CRS reports 6
Congressional Research Service work that CRS links to this bill or the law it became, newest first.
Cite it 6
Products on other subjects that cite it, usually among other measures.
| Product | Title | Kind | Published |
|---|---|---|---|
| R45406 | FY2018 and FY2019 Appropriations for Agricultural Conservation Archived | Report | May 10, 2019 |
| R45230 | Agriculture and Related Agencies: FY2019 Appropriations Archived | Report | May 8, 2019 |
| RL33816 | Broadband Loan and Grant Programs in the USDA’s Rural Utilities Service Archived | Report | Mar 22, 2019 |
| R45457 | Animal and Plant Health Import Permits in U.S. Agricultural Trade Archived | Report | Jan 11, 2019 |
| R45413 | FY2018 and FY2019 Agriculture Appropriations: Federal Food Safety Activities Archived | Report | Nov 27, 2018 |
Related bills 2
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HR 5961 | Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2019 | Related bill | May 24, 2018 |
| HR 6147 | Interior, Environment, Financial Services and General Government, Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Transportation, Housing and Urban Development Appropriations Act, 2019 | Related bill | Sep 7, 2018 |
Titles 3
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- An original bill making appropriations for Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies programs for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2019, and for other purposes.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2019
- Short Titles as Reported to Senate
- Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2019
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Economics and Public Finance.
- Advisory bodies
- Agricultural conservation and pollution
- Agricultural education
- Agricultural marketing and promotion
- Agricultural prices, subsidies, credit
- Agricultural research
- Alcoholic beverages
- Animal and plant health
- Appropriations
- Cell biology and embryology
- Child health
- Computers and information technology
- Congressional oversight
- Department of Agriculture
- Department of Health and Human Services
- Drug safety, medical device, and laboratory regulation
- Drug trafficking and controlled substances
- Drug, alcohol, tobacco use
- Economics and Public Finance
- Educational technology and distance education
- Elementary and secondary education
- Energy efficiency and conservation
- Executive agency funding and structure
- Farm Credit Administration
- Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
- Food assistance and relief
- Food supply, safety, and labeling
- Foreign aid and international relief
- Forests, forestry, trees
- Fruit and vegetables
- Genetics
- Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
- Government information and archives
- Government lending and loan guarantees
- Grain
- Health technology, devices, supplies
- Housing supply and affordability
- Internet and video services
- Internet, web applications, social media
- Kansas
- Livestock
- Mammals
- Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
- Natural disasters
- Nutrition and diet
- Poverty and welfare assistance
- Prescription drugs
- Public utilities and utility rates
- Retail and wholesale trades
- Rural conditions and development
- Small business
- Solid waste and recycling
- State and local government operations
- Tax administration and collection, taxpayers
- User charges and fees
- Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation
- Water use and supply
- Wildlife conservation and habitat protection
- Women's health
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- May 24, 2018Placed on Calendar Senate
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
