CRS INSIGHT Prepared for Members and Committees of Congress INSIGHTINSIGHTi i Funding for Agriculture and Forestry in the Build Back Better Act November 19, 2021 Title I of the House-passed Build Back Better Act (BBBA; H.R. 5376) would increase spending within the jurisdiction of the House Agriculture Committee by $81.7 billion over the 10-year period FY2022-FY2031 (Table 1). The increase in spending is allowed under budget reconciliation instructions provided in S.Con.Res. 14. This amount does not include $10 billion of increases through the BBBA for child nutrition programs that are within the jurisdiction of the House Education and Labor Committee and the Senate Agriculture Committee. It also does not include funding in the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (P.L. 117-58), such as $2.9 billion for rural broadband and agricultural watersheds, and other funding for forestry. In the BBBA, forestry programs would receive about $27 billion to support climate change and wildfire reduction objectives. Agricultural conservation programs also would receive about $27 billion. Rural development programs would receive about $18 billion, including for rural electricity transition to clea
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