[20190523]IF11225_2018年农业法案入门：农村发展计划.pdf

https:/crsreports.congress.gov May 23, 20192018 Farm Bill Primer: Rural Development ProgramsTitle VI of the enacted 2018 farm bill (Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018, P.L. 115-334) includes provisions that address rural and regional development issues. While other legislation has significant implications for rural areas and rural residents (e.g., transportation initiatives, environmental regulation, finance and taxation, Medicare, Social Security), Congress has used periodic omnibus farm bills to address emerging rural issues as well as to reauthorize a wide range of rural programs administered by the U.S. Department of Agricultures (USDA) rural development mission agencies: Rural Utilities Service, Rural Business-Cooperative Service, and Rural Housing Service. Although the extent of overlap between federal agencies and programs targeting rural areas has been of concern to some rural policy observers, USDA Rural Development has primary federal statutory responsibility for rural development and has the largest number of programs providing assistance to rural areas. The Rural Development title of the 2018 farm bill (Title VI) provides assistance for rural business creation and exp