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.
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.
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Evidence
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Food for Peace permanently transferred to USDA – Sen. Moran led an amendment that was approved during the markup, securing the inclusion of his legislation in the Farm Bill to permanently transfer administration of the Food for Peace program to USDA.
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U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Chairman John Boozman (R-AR) released the following statement after leading committee passage of the Agriculture Act of 2026:
Assessments
As of July 6, 2026, the Senate Agriculture Committee had released a 2026 farm bill discussion draft but had not advanced the legislation through committee, so the promise's timing condition remains open. The available draft and section-by-section summary include Food for Peace provisions but do not show the promised permanent transfer of Food for Peace administration to USDA. Moran did take concrete legislative action by sponsoring related Food for Peace transfer legislation, but the promised farm-bill outcome has not yet occurred and has not definitively failed.