1、 https:/crsreports.congress.gov February 16, 2018Agriculture Funding in the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2018 On February 9, 2018, Congress passed the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2018 (P.L. 115-123), which broadly authorized supplemental appropriations, including for crop and livestock losses from the 2017
2、 hurricane season and wildfires. The act also revised several existing agriculture programs, which has long-term policy implications because it changed farm bill statutes. This report discusses four of the changes and accounts for all agriculture-related funding in Table 1 (excluding the FY2018 cont
3、inuing resolution for general agricultural appropriations). The act adds $3.6 billion of disaster assistance in FY2018, adds $1.4 billion to the 10-year farm bill baseline, and offsets an estimated $2.6 billion from agriculture by extending sequestration two more years through FY2027. Block Grants f
4、or Agricultural Losses Title I, Division B, provides $2.36 billion to the Secretary of Agriculture to cover crop, tree, bush, and vine losses from 2017 hurricanes and wildfires that were not covered under the Federal Crop Insurance Program (crop insurance) and the Noninsured Crop Disaster Assistance
