03156nam 2200421 450 991071464580332120230616162022.0(CKB)4950000000072678(NjHacI)994950000000072678(OCoLC)1139344564(EXLCZ)99495000000007267820230616d2009 uy 0engur|||||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierEnvironmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP) Status and Issues (R40197) /Megan Stubbs[Library of Congress public edition].Washington, D.C. :Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress,2009.1 online resource (12 unnumbered pages)CRS report for CongressThe CRS report home page provides access to all versions published since 2018 in accordance with P.L. 115-141; earliest version dated 2011.Report includes illustrations.Report includes bibliographical references.EQIP is the largest agriculture conservation program for working lands.3 The program encourages farmers and ranchers to participate in conservation efforts by paying a portion of the cost of installing or constructing approved conservation practices. [...] EQIP was amended and reauthorized in both the 2002 and 2008 farm bills.4 The U. S. Department of Agriculture's Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) administers EQIP under a final rule.5 NRCS implemented EQIP by establishing national priorities to reflect the most pressing natural resource needs and emphasize offsite benefits to the environment. [...] The FY2010 appropriations act (Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act of 2010, P. L. 111-80) limited EQIP to $1.18 billion for FY2010-a reduction of $270 million from the authorized level of $1.45 billion in the 2008 farm bill.11 For FY2011, the Administration has proposed a limit of $1.208 billion-a reduction of $380 million from the [...] As shown in Figure 1, the authorized funding level has continued to increase since the 2002 farm bill; however, annual appropriations acts have reduced the actual funding levels by a total of nearly $1.6 billion from FY2005 through FY2010.19 With the 111th Congress facing tighter budget constraints, similar cuts to EQIP could be considered either in the appropriations process or by the authorizing [...] Most of the concern about the child nutrition bill appears to revolve around the proposed reduction of EQIP funding to offset the bill's funding increases.CRS report for Congress.Incentives in conservation of natural resourcesIncentives in conservation of natural resources.658.3142Stubbs Megan1366630Library of Congress.Congressional Research Service,NjHacINjHaclBOOK9910714645803321Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP)3389271UNINA