Written by Jim Monke - CRS report (21 July 2020) 'Agriculture and Related Agencies: FY2021 Appropriations'.
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Here we go...from the report:
Summary
The Agriculture appropriations bill funds the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) except for the U.S. Forest Service. It also funds the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and—in even-numbered fiscal years—the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC).
Agriculture appropriations include both mandatory and discretionary spending. Discretionary amounts, though, are the primary focus during the bill’s development. The largest discretionary spending items are the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC); agricultural research; rural development; FDA; foreign food assistance and trade; farm assistance loans and salaries; food safety inspection; animal and plant health programs; and technical assistance for conservation programs.
On July 9, 2020, the House Appropriations Committee reported a FY2021 Agriculture appropriations bill (H.R. 7610). The House-reported bill was added as Division B of a four-bill minibus appropriation (H.R. 7608) that is scheduled for consideration. The House-reported bill would provide $23.97 billion in discretionary appropriations for FY2021, an increase of $489 million (+2%) over the regular annual FY2020 appropriation. The primary changes in the House-reported bill compared to FY2020 include increases for rural broadband (+$615 million), foreign assistance (+$72 million), and the FDA (+$41 million). The bill would reduce domestic nutrition programs (-$183 million), rural development (-$17 million), the CFTC (-$11 million), and other programs in General Provisions (-$32 million).The Senate has not yet marked up an FY2021 Agriculture appropriations bill.
The Trump Administration requests $19.9 billion for discretionary-funded accounts within the jurisdiction of Agriculture appropriations subcommittees. The request would be a reduction of $3.6 billion from FY2020 (-15%). The primary changes in the Administration’s request includes reductions to foreign food assistance (-$1.97 billion); domestic nutrition assistance (-$1.06 billion); and agricultural research, rural development, regulatory, and farm production and conservation agencies (-$530 million). The overall nondefense spending cap for FY2021 that Congress may use to develop the FY2021 appropriations is about 1% higher than in FY2020.
Separate from the regular FY2020 annual appropriation, Congress passed four supplemental appropriations acts in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, all designated as emergency spending. These acts provide $53 billion during FY2020 to programs in the jurisdiction of the Agriculture appropriations subcommittees. Of this, $36 billion are specified supplemental amounts, $3 billion is from an indefinite authorization, and $14 billion is reimbursement for past obligations that is comparable to the annual appropriation.
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