Senate Appropriations Committee

Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Subcommittee

A Review of the President’s Fiscal Year 2024 Budget Request for the U.S. Department of Agriculture

192 Dirksen
Wed, 29 Mar 2023 14:00:00 GMT

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Chair Heinrich

Witness:
  • Tom Vilsack, Secretary, U.S. Department of Agriculture
FY 2024 Budget: $32.6 billion, slightly more than 16.9 percent increase, or $4.7 billion, above the 2023 enacted level $12 billion of the budget is seen by USDA as climate-related, including:
  • $4.6 billion of the Forest Service budget
  • $3.2 billion of the Natural Resources Conservation Service budget
  • $2.2 billion of the Farm Service Agency budget
  • $1.3 billion in rural development services
  • $0.5 billion in scientific research programs