[20170901]IF10722_农场法案入门：计划资格和付款限额.pdf

https:/crsreports.congress.gov September 1, 2017Farm Bill Primer: Program Eligibility and Payment LimitsSince 1970, Congress has used varying policies to address the issue of who should be eligible for farm payments and how much should an individual recipient be permitted to receive in a single year. In recent years, congressional debate has focused on (1) ensuring that payments go to persons or entities currently engaged in farming, (2) attributing payments directly to individual recipients, (3) capping the amount of payments that a qualifying recipient may receive in any one year, and (4) excluding from payment eligibility those farmers or farming entities with incomes above a certain level as measured by their adjusted gross income (AGI). Most recently, the 2014 farm bill (Agricultural Act of 2014, P.L. 113-79) specified eligibility requirements for benefits under current farm programs and annual payment limits that vary across different combinations of farm programs. Federal farm support programs, along with their current eligibility requirements and payment limits, are listed in Table 1 (for more detail, see CRS Report R44739, U.S. Farm Program Eligibility and Payment Limits)