An amendment to protect immigrants that would make it illegal for the federal government to require the disclosure of personal information for immigration enforcement purposes to receive USDA funding; An amendment to limit the use of USDA programs or data for immigration enforcement to protect immigrants;
Janelle Bynum will block federal immigration-enforcement data demands tied to USDA funding.
Occurrences
including amendments to protect immigrants
Evidence
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Rep. Janelle Bynum said she introduced 13 Farm Bill amendments, including one that would make it illegal for the federal government to require disclosure of personal information for immigration enforcement in order to receive USDA funding, and another that would limit use of USDA programs or data for immigration enforcement.
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The Rules Committee record for H.R. 7567 lists Bynum amendment #80 as prohibiting the use of USDA programs or data collection for immigration enforcement, and amendment #86 as prohibiting conditioning state and local access to USDA program funding on disclosure of personal information for immigration enforcement purposes. Both are marked "Submitted."
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GovInfo identifies H.R. 7567 as the Engrossed in House version, an act for USDA programs through FY2031. Searches of the engrossed House text found no matches for "immigration" or "personal information."
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The Senate Agriculture Committee business meeting record lists "S. ____, Agricultural Act of 2026, as an original bill, with amendments" as "Not Agreed to by Roll Call Vote: 10-11."
Assessments
Bynum materially attempted to fulfill the promise by submitting Farm Bill amendments to bar USDA program/data use and USDA funding conditions tied to immigration-enforcement personal-information demands. However, the House-passed H.R. 7567 did not include those restrictions, and the Senate Agriculture Committee's later farm-bill action failed to advance. There is no evidence that a federal block on these USDA immigration-enforcement data demands was enacted during her current federal term.
Bynum introduced and submitted Farm Bill amendments aimed at prohibiting USDA programs or data collection from being used for immigration enforcement and barring USDA funding access from being conditioned on disclosure of personal information for immigration enforcement. However, the evidence only shows proposal/submission, not adoption, enactment, or an actual block on federal data demands. Because she made a serious legislative attempt but the promised outcome was not delivered, this is scored as never with effort credit.