SOURCE: CORNERSTONE GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS 8/6/18 On July 31, the Senate passed H.R. 6147, a four-bill FY 2019
minibus appropriations bill. The package includes funding for Interior,
Environment, and Related Agencies; Financial Services and General Government;
Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies; and
Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related
Agencies. The package was approved 92-6 and provides $145.1 billion in
discretionary and mandatory funding for agriculture. The bill increases total funding for the
National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) by $21.4 million to total
$1.483 billion for FY 2019. The bill increases funding to support research and
education activities administered by the National Institute of Food and
Agriculture to $901.535 million, including $405 million for the Agriculture and
Food Research Initiative (AFRI), a $5 million increase over FY 2018. The bill
also includes $488.7 million for NIFA extension activities, a $6 million
increase from FY 2018. In addition to research and extension
priorities, the package also includes $1.004 billion for the Animal and Plant
Health Inspection Service to support programs that control and eradicate pests
and diseases and $5 million for the Food-Safety Outreach Program to provide
farm-level food safety, training, education, outreach, and technical
assistance. The table below highlights funding for APLU's six priority
lines: Land-Grant NIFA Priorities ($Millions)
|
Priority
|
FY 18 Enacted
|
FY 19 House
|
FY 19 Senate
|
Difference
vs. House
|
Difference
vs. 2018
|
APLU Ask
|
|
McIntire-Stennis
|
33.961
|
36.000
|
36.000
|
0.000
|
2.039
|
40.572
|
|
1890 Extension
|
45.620
|
45.620
|
48.620
|
3.000
|
3.000
|
54.500
|
|
Evans-Allen
|
54.185
|
55.000
|
57.185
|
2.185
|
3.000
|
64.732
|
|
Hatch Act
|
243.701
|
259.000
|
243.701
|
-15.299
|
0.000
|
291.138
|
|
Smith-Lever
|
300.000
|
315.000
|
300.000
|
-15.000
|
0.000
|
358.396
|
|
AFRI
|
400.000
|
415.000
|
405.000
|
-10.000
|
5.000
|
418.129
|
The following table provides the complete NIFA account level
detail:
|
National Institute of Food and Agriculture
|
|
(All
$Millions)
|
|
|
|
|
Research and
Education Activities
|
FY 2018
|
FY 2019
|
FY 2019
|
FY 2019
|
|
Enacted
|
PBR
|
House
|
Senate
|
|
Hatch
Act
|
243.701
|
243.238
|
259.000
|
243.701
|
|
McIntire-Stennis
Cooperative Forestry Act
|
33.961
|
28.867
|
36.000
|
36.000
|
|
Research
at 1890 Institutions (Evans-Allen Program)
|
54.185
|
53.817
|
55.000
|
57.185
|
|
Payments
to the 1994 Institutions (tribal Colleges Education Equity Grants Program)
|
3.439
|
3.416
|
3.439
|
3.439
|
|
Education
Grants for 1890 Institutions
|
19.336
|
19.205
|
19.336
|
19.336
|
|
Education
Grants for Hispanic-Serving Institutions
|
9.219
|
9.156
|
9.219
|
9.219
|
|
Education
Grants for Alaska Native and Native Hawaiian-Serving Institutions
|
3.194
|
3.172
|
3.172
|
3.194
|
|
Research
Grants for 1994 Institutions
|
3.801
|
1.789
|
3.801
|
3.801
|
|
Capacity
Building Grants for Non-Land-Grant Colleges of Agriculture
|
5.000
|
0.000
|
5.000
|
5.000
|
|
Grants
for Insular Areas
|
2.000
|
1.986
|
2.000
|
2.000
|
|
Agriculture
and Food Research Initiative
|
400.000
|
375.000
|
415.000
|
405.000
|
|
Veterinary
Medicine Loan Repayment
|
8.000
|
4.991
|
8.000
|
8.000
|
|
Veterinary
Services Grant Program
|
2.500
|
0.000
|
2.500
|
3.000
|
|
Continuing
Animal Health and Disease Research Program
|
4.000
|
0.000
|
4.000
|
4.000
|
|
Supplemental
and Alternative Crops
|
0.825
|
0.000
|
0.825
|
1.000
|
|
Multicultural
Scholars, Graduate Fellowship and Institution Challenge Grants
|
9.000
|
0.000
|
9.000
|
9.000
|
|
Secondary
and 2-year Post-Secondary Education
|
0.900
|
0.000
|
0.900
|
0.900
|
|
Aquaculture
Centers
|
5.000
|
0.000
|
5.000
|
5.000
|
|
Sustainable
Agriculture Research and Education
|
35.000
|
19.009
|
30.000
|
37.000
|
|
Farm
Business Management
|
2.000
|
0.000
|
2.000
|
2.000
|
|
Sun
Grant Program
|
3.000
|
0.000
|
3.000
|
3.000
|
|
Alfalfa
and Forage Research Program
|
2.250
|
0.000
|
2.250
|
3.000
|
|
Minor
Crop Pest Management (IR-4)
|
11.913
|
11.832
|
11.913
|
11.913
|
|
Special
Research Grants
|
|
|
|
|
|
Global
Change/UV Monitoring
|
1.405
|
0.000
|
1.400
|
1.405
|
|
Potato
Research
|
2.500
|
0.000
|
2.500
|
2.750
|
|
Aquaculture
Research
|
1.350
|
0.000
|
1.350
|
2.000
|
|
Necessary
Expenses of Research & Education Activities
|
|
|
|
|
|
Grants
Management Systems
|
7.830
|
7.424
|
7.830
|
7.830
|
|
GSA
Rent and DHS Security Expenses
|
0.000
|
0 (moved to other)
|
|
|
|
Federal
Administration - Other Necessary Expenses
|
11.862
|
11.577
|
11.577
|
11.862
|
|
Subtotal
|
887.171
|
794.479
|
915.012
|
901.535
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Extension Activities
|
FY 2018
|
FY 2019
|
FY 2019
|
FY 2019
|
|
Enacted
|
PBR
|
House
|
Senate
|
|
Smith-Lever
Act, Sections 3(b) and (c) programs and Cooperative Extension
|
300.000
|
299.43
|
315.000
|
300.000
|
|
Extension
Services at 1890 Institutions
|
45.620
|
45.31
|
45.620
|
48.620
|
|
Extension
Services at 1994 Institutions
|
6.446
|
4.416
|
6.446
|
6.446
|
|
Facility
Improvements at 1890 Institutions
|
19.730
|
19.596
|
19.730
|
19.730
|
|
Renewable
Resources Extension Act
|
4.060
|
0.000
|
4.060
|
4.060
|
|
Rural
Health and Safety Education Programs
|
3.000
|
0.000
|
3.000
|
3.000
|
|
Food
Animal Residue Avoidance Database Program
|
2.500
|
1.242
|
2.500
|
2.500
|
|
Women
and Minorities in STEM Fields
|
0.400
|
0.000
|
0.400
|
0.400
|
|
Food
Safety Outreach Program
|
7.000
|
4.966
|
5.000
|
8.000
|
|
Smith-Lever
Act, Section 3(d) programs:
|
|
|
|
|
|
Food
and Nutrition Education (EFNEP)
|
67.934
|
55.100
|
67.934
|
70.000
|
|
Farm
Safety and Youth Farm Safety Education Programs
|
4.610
|
0.000
|
4.610
|
4.610
|
|
New
Technologies for Agriculture Extension
|
1.550
|
0.000
|
1.550
|
1.550
|
|
Children,
Youth, and Families at Risk
|
8.395
|
8.338
|
8.395
|
8.395
|
|
Federally
Recognized Tribes Extension Program
|
3.039
|
3.018
|
3.039
|
3.039
|
|
Necessary
Expenses of Extension Activities
|
|
|
|
|
|
Agriculture
in the K-12 Classroom
|
0.552
|
0.548
|
0.552
|
0.552
|
|
Federal
Administration - Other Necessary Expenses for Ext. Activities
|
7.790
|
8.221
|
7.790
|
7.790
|
|
Federal
Administration - Eliminated New Hires
|
|
|
|
|
|
Federal
Administration - Pay Costs
|
|
|
|
|
|
Subtotal
|
483.626
|
450.185
|
495.626
|
488.692
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Integrated
Activities
|
FY 2018
|
FY 2019
|
FY 2019
|
FY 2019
|
|
Enacted
|
PBR
|
House
|
Senate
|
|
Methyl
Bromide Transition Program
|
2.000
|
0.000
|
2.000
|
2.000
|
|
Organic
Transition Program
|
5.000
|
0.000
|
4.000
|
6.000
|
|
Regional
Rural Development Centers
|
2.000
|
0.000
|
2.000
|
2.000
|
|
Food
and Agriculture Defense Initiative
|
8.000
|
0.000
|
8.000
|
8.000
|
|
Crop
Protection / Pest Management Program
|
20.000
|
13.037
|
20.000
|
20.000
|
|
Subtotal
|
37.000
|
13.037
|
36.000
|
38.000
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total
NIFA
|
FY 2018
|
FY 2019
|
FY 2019
|
FY 2019
|
|
Enacted
|
PBR
|
House
|
Senate
|
|
1407.800
|
1257.701
|
1446.638
|
1428.227
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Committee Report Highlights Nutrition Education -
Minority Outreach - The Committee is concerned that extension service resources
do not reach minority, socially disadvantaged, and tribal communities in
proportion to their participation in the agricultural sector. All institutions
that receive extension activity funding should seek to ensure that an equitable
percentage of their overall extension work reaches minority, socially
disadvantaged, and tribal communities. The Committee directs NIFA to evaluate
distribution of extension resources to these three populations and report to
the Committee no later than 90 days after enactment of this Act. Amendments Adopted During the Senate's consideration of the
package, the following amendments related to research, extension or teaching
were adopted: Gardner (R-CO) amendment to designate $2 million in
Agricultural Research Service funding for dryland agriculture research. Whitehouse (D-RI) amendment to establish a new research
program on ocean agriculture in conjunction with the National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration. Baldwin (D-WI) amendment to provide $7 million in grants to
State departments of agriculture, State cooperative extension services,
institutions of higher education, and nonprofit organizations to carry out
programs and provide technical assistance to promote innovation, process
improvement, and marketing relating to dairy products, Brown (D-OH) and Portman (R-OH) amendment to increase
funding for Evans-Allen Programs and 1890 Extension by $3 million each. Next Steps In June, the House passed its version of a
minibus, including two of the four bills passed in the Senate. The modified
package containing all four bills will now move to a conference committee to
resolve the differences between the House and Senate versions with a goal to
complete their work prior to September 30.
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