Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP) : Status and Issues (R40197) / / Megan Stubbs

• Autore: Stubbs Megan
• Pubblicazione: Washington, D.C. : , : Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress, , 2009
• Edizione: [Library of Congress public edition].
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (12 unnumbered pages)
• Disciplina: 658.3142
• Soggetto topico: Incentives in conservation of natural resources
• Note generali: The 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.
• Nota di bibliografia: Report includes bibliographical references.
• Sommario/riassunto: 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP)
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910714645803321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: CRS report for Congress.