House Panel Drops $26.3 Billion Agriculture, FDA Budget Bill (1)

House appropriators Wednesday proposed reducing the Agriculture Department’s budget by $675 million from 2026 enacted levels, avoiding a larger $4.9 billion cut President Donald Trump sought.

The fiscal 2027 Agriculture-FDA bill would allocate $22.5 billion in discretionary funding to the Agriculture Department and $7.1 billion to the Food and Drug Administration, an increase from its fiscal 2026 enacted budget Republicans attribute in part to supporting the Make America Healthy Again initiatives, according to a House Appropriations Committee bill summary.

In total, the panel is proposing $26.27 billion for USDA, FDA, and related agencies such as the Commodity Futures Trading ...