Budget Issues Shaping A Farm Bill In 2013

Description: Please refer to the section BELOW (and NOT ABOVE) this line for the product details - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Title:Budget Issues Shaping A Farm Bill In 2013ISBN13:9781490944616ISBN10:1490944613Author:Monke, Jim (Author)Description:(This is a RePrint) - The Desire By Many To Redesign Farm Policy And Reallocate The Remaining Farm Bill Baseline-In A Sequestration And Deficit Reduction Environment-Is Driving Much Of The Farm Bill Debate This Year Several High-Profile Congressional And Administration Proposals For Deficit Reduction Have Specifically Targeted Agricultural Programs With Mandatory Funding The Political Dynamics Of Sequestration And Broader Deficit Reduction Goals Leave Open Difficult Questions About How Much And When The Farm Bill Baseline May Be Reduced In This Context, Congress Faces Difficult Choices About How Much Total Support To Provide For Agriculture, And How To Allocate That Support Among Competing Constituencies Funding To Write The Next Farm Bill Is Based On Congressional Budget Office (Cbo) Baseline Projections Of The Cost Of Farm Bill Programs, And On Varying Budgetary Assumptions About Whether Programs Will Continue The Cbo Baseline Is An Estimation (Projection) At A Particular Point In Time Of What Federal Spending On Mandatory Programs Likely Would Be Under Current Law In May 2013, Cbo Projected That The Current Farm Bill Programs, If They Were To Continue Beyond The 2008 Farm Bill, Would Cost $973 Billion Over The Next 10 Years (Fy2014-Fy2023) This Baseline Estimate Already Has Been Reduced By $6 4 Billion Over The Same Period Because Of The Sequestration Ordered On March 1, 2013 When New Bills Are Proposed That Affect Mandatory Spending, Their Impact (Or Score) Is Measured As A Difference From The Baseline This Baseline And Scoring Process Sets The Mandatory Budget For Considering A New Farm Bill The Senate-Reported Farm Bill, S 954, Would Reduce Spending By $17 9 Billion (-1 8%); And The House-Reported Bill, H R 1947, Would Reduce It By $33 4 Billion (-3 4%) Cbo Noted That If Sequestration Was Repealed And The Baseline Was Increased By The $6 4 Billion Adjustment That Has Been Taken, Then The Farm Bill Proposals Would Reduce Spending By $24 Billion (Senate) And $40 Billion (House) Over The Next 10 Years Moreover, Some Popular 2008 Farm Bill Programs Do Not Have A Baseline To Continue, And Will Require Additional Budgetary Offsets If They Are Included In A New Farm Bill Binding:Paperback, PaperbackPublisher:Createspace Independent Publishing PlatformPublication Date:2013-07-08Weight:0.28 lbsDimensions:0.09'' H x 11.02'' L x 8.5'' WNumber of Pages:44Language:English

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