Number: RL33829
Title: Domestic Food Assistance: The Farm Bill and Other Legislation in the 110th Congress
Authors: Joe Richardson, Domestic Social Policy Division 
Abstract: In the 110th Congress, legislative action on virtually all domestic food assistance issues outside the annual Agriculture appropriations measures has been focused on the omnibus "farm bill" - periodic legislation (the last farm bill was enacted in 2002) that covers most programs and activities carried out by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA or "Agriculture Department" in this report). Farm bills serve as a vehicle for reauthorizing a wide range of expiring authorities, making changes in (or ending) existing programs, and launching new initiatives.
Pages: 65
Date: August 22, 2008