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The bill preserves modest, near-term funding and prevents an immediate gap for a USDA information clearinghouse that serves rural communities and farmers, but the fixed annual amount may limit growth and leaves funding beyond FY2032 uncertain.
Rural communities and farmers retain a USDA information clearinghouse funded at $750,000 per year for FY2026–FY2032, ensuring continued access to information and resources.
State governments and program operators avoid an immediate funding gap because the bill maintains funding through FY2025, providing continuity until the new FY2026–FY2032 appropriation schedule begins.
Rural communities and farmers may face constrained services because the specified $750,000 annual appropriation is fixed and could be insufficient for program expansion or to cover inflationary cost increases.
State governments and stakeholders face uncertainty about funding after FY2032 because replacing the prior multi-year funding end date creates a need for future reauthorization or appropriations actions.
Based on analysis of 2 sections of legislative text.
Sets annual funding of $750,000 for the federal hunger information clearinghouse for FY2026–FY2032, retains prior funding through 2025, and inserts two additional text provisions.
Introduced November 25, 2025 by Joseph Morelle · Last progress November 25, 2025
Amends the federal information clearinghouse statute that supports hunger-related information by adding two unspecified text insertions and changing the statute's funding language. It replaces the prior multi-year end-date with a fixed annual appropriation of $750,000 for each fiscal year 2026 through 2032 while leaving the existing funding authority through 2025 in place. The change makes the clearinghouse's post-2025 funding explicit and multi-year, clarifying dollars available for FY2026–FY2032 and altering the statute's prior funding duration and amounts.