What Is the ‘Farm Bill’?

The Congressional Research Service, a department of the Library of Congress, conducts research and analysis for Congress on a broad range of national and international policy issues. Some of the CRS work is carried out specifically for individual members of Congress or their staff and is confidential. However, there is also much CRS compiled material which is considered public but is not formally published on the CRS website.

For that reason a number of other organisations try to keep track of these publications and make them publicly available via their own websites. Currently, ESO uses the following websites to track these reports and allow access to them in ESO:

EveryCRSReport.com
Federation of American Scientists (FAS)

In some cases hyperlinks allows you to access all versions of a report, including the latest. Note that many reports are periodically updated.The farm bill, renewed about every five years, governs federal farm and food policy. The Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 (P.L. 107-171) is the most recent omnibus farm bill, covering a wide range of programs including commodity price and income support, farm credit, agricultural conservation, research, rural development,
and foreign and domestic food programs, among others. On July 27, 2007, the House passed its version of the 2007 farm bill, H.R. 2419, which changes some aspects of the current commodity support system and other farm programs. On December 14, the Senate passed its version of the 2007 farm bill, which was offered as a substitute to H.R. 2419. Conference negotiations have been delayed because of differences between committee leadership and the Administration. Consequently, Congress temporarily extended portions of the expiring 2002 farm bill until March 15, 2008, as part of the Consolidated Appropriations Act for FY2008 (P.L. 110-161). On March 12, Congress approved a second one-month extension (S. 2745) that lasts through April 18, 2008.

• Primary Source

EveryCRSReport.com https://www.everycrsreport.com/

United States: Library of Congress: Congressional Research Service (CRS): The U.S. Farm Economy, April 2008 http://fpc.state.gov/documents/organization/105186.pdf

Federation of American Scientists (FAS): Congressional Research Service [CRS] Reports https://fas.org/sgp/crs/index.html

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