H.R. 4356: Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2022
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H.R. 4356: Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2022
117th Congress · introduced 2021-07-02 · Economics and Public Finance · Latest: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 57.
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- Where it came from: introduced 2021-07-02 · official record
- Who proposed it: Rep. Bishop, Sanford D., Jr. [D-GA-2] · what a sponsor is
- What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
- Where it stands now: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 57. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
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Official title
Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2022
Plain summary
Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2022 This bill provides FY2022 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 Office of Civil Rights, 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.
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Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2022
Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Reported to House)
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Officials and money
Sponsor: Rep. Bishop, Sanford D., Jr. [D-GA-2] · 0 cosponsors
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Sponsor's campaign money: Rep. Bishop, Sanford D., Jr. [D-GA-2] reported raising $1.4 million (2025–2026). Details. Shown for context only; it does not mean any donor supported this bill.
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Words on this page, explained (2)
- Appropriation
- Money a legislature sets aside by law for a specific purpose. Government agencies may spend public money only as it has been appropriated.
- Bill
- A proposed law. It becomes law only if it passes the legislature and is signed by the president or governor (or a veto is overridden).
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Sources
- Congressional Research Service summary (Reported to House)
- Congress.gov
- Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-117hr4356.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/117/hr>
Record fed-us-cong117-hr4356 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong117 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong117