Vote Smart's Synopsis:

Vote to amend and pass a bill that expands assistance for the agricultural industry.

Highlights:

• Appropriates a budget of $60,653,000 and $​62,760,000​ for the Department of Agriculture in 2022 and 2023 respectively (Sec. 2).

• Specifies that the general budget for each year is divided into the following major subdivisions (Sec. 2):

• Protection Services with provisions of $19,734,000​ in 2022 and $20,810,000​ in 2023;

• Agricultural marketing and development with a budget of $4,200,000​ and $4,215,000​ in 2023;

• Agriculture, Bioenergy, and Bioproduct​ Advancement​ with $25,343,000​ and $26,057,000​; and

• Administration and Financial Assistance with $10,977,000 ​and $11,279,000​.

• Establishes broadband service and federal funding to unserved and underserved areas with individual grants not exceeding $5,000,000, and with a total of $15,000,000 available in appropriations (Art. 2, Sec. 2).

Full Bill Text

Vote Smart's Synopsis:

Vote to amend and pass a bill that expands assistance for the agricultural industry.

Highlights:

• Appropriates a budget of $60,653,000 and $​62,760,000​ for the Department of Agriculture in 2022 and 2023 respectively (Sec. 2).

• Specifies that the general budget for each year is divided into the following major subdivisions (Sec. 2):

• Protection Services with provisions of $19,734,000​ in 2022 and $20,810,000​ in 2023;

• Agricultural marketing and development with a budget of $4,200,000​ and $4,215,000​ in 2023;

• Agriculture, Bioenergy, and Bioproduct​ Advancement​ with $25,343,000​ and $26,057,000​; and

• Administration and Financial Assistance with $10,977,000 ​and $11,279,000​.

• Establishes broadband service and federal funding to unserved and underserved areas with individual grants not exceeding $5,000,000, and with a total of $15,000,000 available in appropriations (Art. 2, Sec. 2).

Full Bill Text