With House passage of an FY 22 Ag/FDA appropriations bill (+$257 billion in BA funding) and the Senate Appropriations Committee having passed a bill (+$200 million in BA funding), FDA is on track to receive a substantial budget increase. Still unresolved and essential is how we lock in a $200-250 million increase for the agency and how do we assure those monies arrive at (or soon after) the start of the new federal fiscal year on October 1.