Articles tagged under: agriculture appropriations
Ag Approps Bill Delayed
Published July 27, 2023
The House Rules Committee recessed without acting on the agriculture appropriations bill. This bill includes funding for the Food and Drug Administration which includes some controversial language. Without a vote in the rules committee, the bill is not expected to…Ag Approps Bill Includes Funding for Regional Priorities
Published August 5, 2021
The Senate Appropriations Committee has approved the ag spending bill for the 2022 fiscal year. This bill maintains support for crop insurance and adds more than $7 billion in disaster assistance. There’s a significant increase in research funding, including specialized…More Disaster Aid Proposed in FY2020 Ag Appropriations
Published December 16, 2019
In the Fiscal Year 2020 Agriculture Appropriations bill, there’s an additional $1.5 billion available for disaster assistance. According to Senate Agriculture Appropriations Committee Chair John Hoeven, the funds are being reprogrammed from unspent Fiscal Year 2017 disaster funding. "This is…