NEWARK, DE - If the 1985
farm bill follows the route to
passage of the last one four years
ago, farmers and others who want
to communicate their views to the
Congress about proposed farm
policy should wait no longer.
“The 1981 farm bill wasn’t
passed until December, but
Congress had virtually set its
limits months before by budget
reconciliation measures,” says
University of Delaware extension
farm policy specialist Gerald
Vaughn. “The same procedures, if
used again, could largely shape the
1985 farm bill as early as May.”
In 1974 Congress passed the
Congressional Budget and Im
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known as the “budget act.” The
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Congress to set budget totals
before considering action on in
dividual appropriations. “Under
this act, the Senate and House-by
adopting two budget resolutions
(the first to occur on May 15)-put a
ceiling on total expenditures and
then allocate spending limits to the
standing committees on
agriculture and other programs,”
Vaughn explains. “The standing
committees then revise their
budget plans to be in line with the
spending limits. A second budget
resolution must be passed by
September 15.”
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congressional budget action, the
economist says. It doesn’t have the
force of law. However, the second
budget resolution in September,
which may revise the first, is
binding on appropriations. In
practice, the September resolution
differs little from the May
resolution.
According to Vaughn, the budget
act strongly influenced the farm
bill that emerged in 1981. He says
the tight lid put on farm program
spending compelled congressional
agriculture committees to redirect
farm and food policy before the
1981 farm bill draft was even
considered. And it provided the
administration with a powerful
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budget resolution could govern the
outcome of the 1985 farm bill
debate,” Vaughn believes.
“Now is the tune to contact
members of Congress,” he says,
"especially members of the Senate
and House budget committees.”
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