House Committee Approves FY 2017 Agriculture Appropriations Bill
The House Appropriations Committee met today and approved the FY 2017 Agriculture Appropriations bill which funds the National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) and other USDA Agencies. As we mentioned in our last report, the spending bill would give the Agriculture and Food Research Initiative a $25 million boost, and all other core funding priorities would remain at FY 2016 levels. The following table provides the complete NIFA account level detail:
National Institute of Food and Agriculture | |||
FY 2017 | |||
(All $Millions) | |||
Research and Education Activities | FY 2016 | FY 2017 | FY 2017 |
Enacted | PBR | House | |
Hatch Act | 243.701 | 243.701 | 243.701 |
McIntire-Stennis Cooperative Forestry Act | 33.961 | 33.961 | 33.961 |
Research at 1890 Institutions (Evans-Allen Program) | 54.185 | 58.000 | 54.185 |
Payments to the 1994 Institutions (tribal Colleges Education Equity Grants Program) | 3.439 | 3.654 | 3.439 |
Education Grants for 1890 Institutions | 19.336 | 20.410 | 19.336 |
1890s Capacity Coordination Initiative | 0.000 | 10.000 | 0.000 |
Education Grants for Hispanic-Serving Institutions | 9.219 | 9.219 | 9.219 |
Education Grants for Alaska Native and Native Hawaiian-Serving Institutions | 3.194 | 3.194 | 3.194 |
Research Grants for 1994 Institutions | 1.801 | 3.914 | 1.801 |
Capacity Building Grants for Non Land-Grant Colleges of Agriculture | 5.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 |
Grants for Insular Areas | 2.000 | 1.800 | 1.800 |
Agriculture and Food Research Initiative | 350.000 | 375.000 | 375.000 |
Veterinary Medicine Loan Repayment | 5.000 | 5.000 | 6.500 |
Veterinary Services Grant Program | 2.500 | 0.000 | 2.500 |
Farm and Agriculture Resiliency Program for Military Veterans | 0.000 | 2.500 | 0.000 |
Continuing Animal Health and Disease Research Program | 4.000 | 0.000 | 4.000 |
Supplemental and Alternative Crops | 0.825 | 0.000 | 0.000 |
Multicultural Scholars, Graduate Fellowship and Institution Challenge Grants | 9.000 | 0.000 | 9.000 |
Secondary and 2-year Post-Secondary Education | 0.900 | 0.000 | 0.900 |
Aquaculture Centers | 4.000 | 0.000 | 4.000 |