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Dec 21, 2017
ASA led a coalition of farm bill stakeholder groups in a letter to House leadership Thursday urging the House to include a waiver of funding sequestration under the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010 that could have significantly impacted a vast majority of USDA programs.
“Funding for mandatory programs and activities subject to sequestration that are administered by USDA is estimated at $20 billion in FY-2018. Programs affected would include virtually all provisions of the Agricultural Act of 2014, with the exception of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, the Conservation Reserve Program, and the crop insurance program,” wrote the groups.
“Action by the House and the Senate to waive sequestration under Statutory PAYGO is essential to keeping these vital programs funded in 2018,” the letter states. “The consequences of even a short delay in providing a waiver would be severe.”
Following the letter to the House, both the House and the Senate passed their Continuing Resolutions containing the PAYGO waiver on to President Trump for his signature.
A full copy of the letter can be found at the link below:
House Letter on Statutory PAYGO Final With Signatures
