Work to ensure the Senate Farm Bill permanently transfers administration of Food for Peace to the U.S. Department of Agriculture before the Senate Agriculture Committee advances the legislation.

The House-passed version of the Farm Bill includes this provision, and the Senate Agriculture Committee should not advance this legislation until this omission is resolved.

Moran said the Senate Agriculture Committee should not advance the Farm Bill draft unless it adds his provision permanently transferring Food for Peace administration to USDA.

Sen. Moran Statement on Senate Farm Bill Discussion Draft
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The Senate Agriculture Committee chairman unveiled the Agricultural Act of 2026 as a farm bill discussion draft, said it incorporated more than 100 bipartisan Senate bills and priorities, and described it as a foundation while conversations continue.

Within the lookback window, the Senate farm bill was still at discussion-draft stage rather than having been advanced by the committee.

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Chairman Boozman: Farm Bill 2.0 Is Built for the People Who Feed America
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The Food for Peace title amends the Food for Peace Act by adding child wasting, modifying food aid quality provisions, repealing minimum levels, reauthorizing programs through 2031, and allowing Commodity Credit Corporation payments for costs. The draft repeatedly refers to funds made available to the Administrator, not a permanent transfer of administration to USDA.

The released Senate farm bill discussion draft addresses Food for Peace but does not appear to include the promised permanent transfer of administration to USDA before committee advancement.

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Agricultural Act of 2026 Discussion Draft
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The section-by-section summary lists Food for Peace changes: adding child wasting to policy, capping non-commodity and non-ocean-transport spending at 50 percent, reauthorizing the Food Aid Consultative Group, oversight, International Food Relief Partnership, micronutrient fortification, and Farmer-to-Farmer through 2031. It does not summarize any transfer of Food for Peace administration to USDA.

The official summary confirms Food for Peace changes in the draft, but not the specific permanent USDA-administration transfer promised.

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Farm Bill 2.0 Section by Section
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The committee hearings page listed June 2026 activity including a June 10 USDA oversight hearing and a June 8 business meeting for the Glen Smith nomination. It did not list a farm bill markup or business meeting advancing the Agricultural Act of 2026 before July 6, 2026.

No official committee event in the lookback window shows the Senate Agriculture Committee advanced the farm bill, so the timing condition remains open.

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Hearings | Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition & Forestry
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The Wall Street Journal reported that legislation to preserve Food for Peace by transferring it to USDA included Republican Sens. Jerry Moran of Kansas and John Hoeven of North Dakota among the sponsors.

This is concrete evidence of Moran taking action toward the transfer goal, but it does not prove the transfer was included in or advanced through the Senate farm bill.

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Republicans Try to Save USAID Food Program
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