Congress periodically establishes agricultural and food policy in
an omnibus farm bill. The 112th Congress faces reauthorization of
the current five-year farm bill (the Food, Conservation, and Energy
Act of 2008, P.L. 110-246) because many of its provisions expire in
2012. The 2008 farm bill contained 15 titles covering farm
commodity support, horticulture, livestock, conservation, nutrition
assistance, international trade and food aid, agricultural
research, farm credit, rural development, bioenergy, and forestry,
among others. The Senate Agriculture Committee approved its version
of the 2012 omnibus farm bill on April 26, 2012 (Agriculture
Reform, Food, and Jobs Act of 2012), and officially filed the
measure, S. 3240, on May 24, 2012. Within its 12 titles, the
five-year Senate bill would reshape the structure of farm commodity
support, expand crop insurance coverage, consolidate conservation
programs, revise the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program
(formerly food stamps), and extend authority to appropriate funds
for many U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) discretionary
programs through FY2017. Senate floor action on the measure is
expected in June, as is House Agriculture Committee consideration
of its version of a 2012 farm bill.
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