1、CRS INSIGHT Prepared for Members and Committees of Congress INSIGHTINSIGHTi i Funding for Agriculture and Forestry in the Build Back Better Act November 19, 2021 Title I of the House-passed Build Back Better Act (BBBA; H.R. 5376) would increase spending within the jurisdiction of the House Agricultu
2、re Committee by $81.7 billion over the 10-year period FY2022-FY2031 (Table 1). The increase in spending is allowed under budget reconciliation instructions provided in S.Con.Res. 14. This amount does not include $10 billion of increases through the BBBA for child nutrition programs that are within t
3、he jurisdiction of the House Education and Labor Committee and the Senate Agriculture Committee. It also does not include funding in the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (P.L. 117-58), such as $2.9 billion for rural broadband and agricultural watersheds, and other funding for forestry. In the
4、BBBA, forestry programs would receive about $27 billion to support climate change and wildfire reduction objectives. Agricultural conservation programs also would receive about $27 billion. Rural development programs would receive about $18 billion, including for rural electricity transition to clea