1、CRS INSIGHT Prepared for Members and Committees of Congress INSIGHTINSIGHTi i Commodity Credit Corporation: Q&A name redacted Specialist in Agricultural Conservation and Natural Resources Policy July 27, 2018 On July 24, 2018, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced the use of up to $12
2、billion in funding authorized under the Commodity Credit Corporation (CCC) to compensate agricultural producers for losses in response to retaliatory tariffs on certain U.S. agricultural commodities. This has raised general questions related to the CCC, its use, and authorities. In brief, CCC makes
3、payments to producers and conducts other operations to support U.S. agriculture. Typically, Congress passes laws, such as omnibus farm bills, that specifically direct USDA on how to administer these activities and in what amounts to fund them. The underlying authorization for CCC also provides the S
4、ecretary of Agriculture with general powers to take certain actions in support of U.S. agriculture at the discretion of the Secretary. This discretionary use has historically been somewhat intermittent and limited in its scale. It is this discretionary use of CCC authority that USDA cites for the su
