LEADER 03156nam 2200421 450 001 9910714645803321 005 20230616162022.0 035 $a(CKB)4950000000072678 035 $a(NjHacI)994950000000072678 035 $a(OCoLC)1139344564 035 $a(EXLCZ)994950000000072678 100 $a20230616d2009 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||||||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aEnvironmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP) $eStatus and Issues (R40197) /$fMegan Stubbs 205 $a[Library of Congress public edition]. 210 1$aWashington, D.C. :$cCongressional Research Service, Library of Congress,$d2009. 215 $a1 online resource (12 unnumbered pages) 225 1 $aCRS report for Congress 300 $aThe CRS report home page provides access to all versions published since 2018 in accordance with P.L. 115-141; earliest version dated 2011. 300 $aReport includes illustrations. 320 $aReport includes bibliographical references. 330 $aEQIP 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 $1.6 billion from FY2005 through FY2010.19 With the 111th Congress facing tighter budget constraints, similar cuts to EQIP could be considered either in the appropriations process or by the authorizing [...] Most of the concern about the child nutrition bill appears to revolve around the proposed reduction of EQIP funding to offset the bill's funding increases. 410 0$aCRS report for Congress. 606 $aIncentives in conservation of natural resources 615 0$aIncentives in conservation of natural resources. 676 $a658.3142 700 $aStubbs$b Megan$01366630 712 02$aLibrary of Congress.$bCongressional Research Service, 801 0$bNjHacI 801 1$bNjHacl 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910714645803321 996 $aEnvironmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP)$93389271 997 $aUNINA