2022 House Bill 5778

Appropriations: Department of Agriculture and Rural Development

Introduced in the House

Feb. 23, 2022

Introduced by Rep. Sue Allor (R-106)

To provide a “template” or “place holder” for the Fiscal Year 2022-2023 Department of Agriculture and Rural Development budget. This bill contains no appropriations, but may be amended at a later date to include them.

Referred to the Committee on Appropriations

April 28, 2022

Reported without amendment

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

May 4, 2022

Amendment offered by Rep. Alex Garza (D-12)

To increase spending on a particular social welfare grocery subsidy program operated by this department ("double up food bucks"), and on corporate subsidies provided by this department that are related to the food and agriculture industries.

The amendment failed by voice vote

Passed in the House 64 to 39 (details)

The House version of the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development budget for the fiscal year that begins Oct. 1, 2022. This would appropriate $122.2 million in gross spending, of which $14.2 million is federal money.

Received in the Senate

May 5, 2022

Referred to the Committee on Appropriations

May 11, 2022

Passed in the Senate 21 to 12 (details)

To send the bill back to the House stripped of all actual appropriations except for $100 “placeholders," as part of a process to work out the differences between the House and Senate budgets.

Received in the House

May 11, 2022

May 19, 2022

Failed in the House 0 to 106 (details)