1、 https:/crsreports.congress.gov May 18, 2022Farm Bill Primer: Programs Without Baseline Beyond FY2023In preparation for the next farm bill, Congress may give consideration to a subset of 19 programs in the 2018 farm bill (Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018, P.L. 115-334) that do not have a budget b
2、aseline for funding beyond FY2023. These 19 programs received $876 million of mandatory funding during the five years of the 2018 farm bill (out of total mandatory spending of $428 billion across all farm bill programs). Programs that receive mandatory funding do not require annual discretionary app
3、ropriations. From a budgetary perspective, many programs are assumed to continue beyond the end of their authorization. That is, they have a continuing baseline beyond the end of a farm bill, which gives them built-in future funding if policymakers decide that the programs should continue, or, if no
4、t, the baseline can be reallocated or used as an offset for deficit reduction. Reauthorizing farm bill programs without baseline would have a positive score (cost) and likely need to be offset by reductions elsewhere. Why some programs have baseline and others not Under budget rules, a program with
