1、1 Under the REE mission, the USDA is responsible for conducting agricultural research at thefederal level, and for providing partial support for cooperative research, extension, and post-secondary agricultural education programs in the states. The USDAs intramural activities arecarried out by the Ag
2、ricultural Research Service (ARS), Economic Research Service (ERS),National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS), and National Agriculture Library (NAL). Thefederally funded extramural activities are managed by the Cooperative State Research, Education,and Extension Service (CSREES).Order Code RS2
3、2693Updated November 2, 2007Agricultural Research, Education, andExtension in the 2007 Farm BillJean M. RawsonSpecialist in Agriculture PolicyResources, Science, and Industry DivisionSummaryCongress is currently considering a new multi-year farm bill to govern U.S.Department of Agriculture (USDA) re
4、search programs. The Administration, the landgrant university system, and a congressionally authorized task force earlier put forthproposals to make major changes to the management structure. The 2007 House farmbill (H.R. 2419) and the Senate Agriculture Committee-approved farm bill reflectvarious a
