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handle is hein.crs/crsaavi0001 and id is 1 raw text is: 98-478 ENR May 19, 1998 Agricultural Provisions in the FY1998 Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Act (P.L. 105-174) Ralph M. Chite Specialist in Agricultural Policy Environment and Natural Resources Policy Division Summary A $6.1 billion FY1998 supplemental appropriations bill (P.L. 105-174), signed into law on May 1, 1998, contains $175.6 million in additional spending for agricultural programs within the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA). Of this amount, $159.8 million is provided to help agricultural producers recover from various natural disasters. Another $15.8 million is for non-emergency supplemental spending within USDA, primarily for farm loans and the Department's civil rights activities. Virtually all of the agricultural spending was offset by reductions in other programs. Background On May 1, 1998, the President signed into law an FY1998 supplemental appropriations bill (P.L. 105-174, H.R. 3579), which provides a total of $6.1 billion in additional spending for FY1998. Overall, P.L. 105-174 includes $2.6 billion in assistance for regions of the U.S. affected by natural disasters, $2.86 billion in supplemental defense spending, $550 million in new mandatory spending for veterans compensation, and $142 million in miscellaneous non-emergency discretionary spending. Almost all of the disaster spending was offset by a $2.3 billion reduction in HUD Section 8 housing grants and a $241 million cut in airport grants-in-aid. Total cuts of $142 million were made in numerous federal agencies to fully compensate for the new non-emergency spending. None of the supplemental defense spending was offset. (For a more detailed overview of P.L. 105-174, see CRS Report Number 98-123, Supplemental Appropriations and Rescissions for FY1998.) Included within P.L. 105-174 is $175.6 million in supplemental spending for agricultural programs within the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA).1 Most of this 1Appropriations for all USDA programs except for the Forest Service are provided through the Agriculture Subcommittee of the House and Senate Appropriations Committees. The totals in this (continued...) Congressional Research Service **** The Library of Congress CRS Report for Congress Received through the CRS Web