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- Cost Estimate
As posted on the Web site of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry on April 20, 2012.
- Cost Estimate
As approved by the House Committee on Agriculture on April 18, 2012 The Agricultural Reconciliation Act of 2012 would make several changes to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) and extend its authorization for one year. CBO estimates that enacting this legislation would reduce direct spending by $5.6 billion in 2013 and by $33.7 billion over the 2013-2022 period, relative to CBO’s March 2012 baseline projections. Those estimates are based on CBO’s assumption that the legislation will be enacted on or near October 1, 2012.
- Data and Technical Information
- Cost Estimate
Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Energy and Commerce on November 30, 2011
- Report
Using Biofuel Tax Credits to Achieve Energy and Environmental Policy Goals
- Blog Post
The federal government supports the use of biofuels—transportation fuel produced usually from renewable plant matter, such as corn—in the pursuit of national energy, environmental, and agricultural policy goals. Tax credits encourage the production and sale of biofuels in the United States, while federal mandates specify minimum amounts and types of biofuel usage each year through 2022. Tax credits effectively lower the private costs of producing biofuels relative to the costs of producing their substitutes, gasoline and diesel fuel.
- Data and Technical Information
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Testimony before the Subcommittee on Conservation, Credit, Energy, and Research, Committee on Agriculture, U.S. House of Representatives
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This paper presents an overview of the current understanding of the impacts of climate change in the United States, emphasizing the wide range of uncertainty about the magnitude and timing of those impacts and the implications of that uncertainty for the formulation of effective policy responses.
- Report