2021 Senate Bill 77

Appropriations: Department of Agriculture and Rural Development

Introduced in the Senate

Feb. 2, 2021

Introduced by Sen. Roger Victory (R-30)

To provide a template or "place holder" for a potential supplemental appropriation for the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development in Fiscal Year 2021-2022. This bill contains nominal appropriations only, but may be amended at a later date to include real ones. Federal food stamps are administered by this agency.

Referred to the Committee on Appropriations

May 6, 2021

Reported without amendment

With the recommendation that the substitute (S-1) be adopted and that the bill then pass.

May 11, 2021

Amendment offered by Sen. Sean McCann (D-20)

To authorize an expansion of department staffs.

The amendment failed 15 to 20 (details)

Amendment offered by Sen. Sean McCann (D-20)

To increase spending on a certain food stamps-related program.

The amendment failed 15 to 20 (details)

Amendment offered by Sen. Sean McCann (D-20)

To add $100,000 to the food safety and quality line item.

The amendment failed 15 to 20 (details)

Passed in the Senate 20 to 15 (details)

The Senate version of the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development budget for the fiscal year that begins Oct. 1, 2021. This would appropriate $122.2 million in gross spending, of which $13.6 million is federal money, compared to $107.9 million enrolled the previous year.

Received in the House

May 13, 2021

May 19, 2021

Substitute offered by Rep. Thomas Albert (R-86)

The substitute passed by voice vote

May 20, 2021

Passed in the House 108 to 0 (details)

To send back to the Senate a substitute version of the bill that is "stripped" of all actual appropriations, and instead authorizes just $100 “placeholders.” This is part of a process for reconciling the House and Senate-passed department budgets for the next fiscal year.

Received in the Senate

May 25, 2021

May 26, 2021

Failed in the Senate 0 to 36 (details)

June 10, 2021

Received