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1 online resource. |
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Agriculture issues and policies
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Agriculture issues and policies.
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Includes index. |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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FARM PROGRAMS PREVENTING PAYMENTS FOR EXCESSIVE INCOMES AND DECEASED INDIVIDUALS; FARM PROGRAMS PREVENTING PAYMENTS FOR EXCESSIVE INCOMES AND DECEASED INDIVIDUALS; Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data; CONTENTS; PREFACE; Chapter 1 FARM PROGRAMS: ADDITIONAL STEPS NEEDED TO HELP PREVENT PAYMENTS TO PARTICIPANTS WHOSE INCOMES EXCEED LIMITS; WHY GAO DID THIS STUDY; WHAT GAO RECOMMENDS; WHAT GAO FOUND; ABBREVIATIONS; BACKGROUND; FSA STATE OFFICES' REVIEWS OF TAX RETURNS VARY IN QUALITY AND HAVE LED TO SOME ERRONEOUS ELIGIBILITY DETERMINATIONS. |
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Fsa's review of accountants' and attorneys' statements cannot ensure that participants receiving payments comply with income limitsfsa is recovering overpayments, but the natural resources conservation service has not begun to do so; conclusion; matter for congressional consideration; recommendations for executive action; agency comments and our evaluation; appendix i: objectives, scope, and methodology; appendix ii: farm and conservation program income limits in the 2008 farm bill. |
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APPENDIX III: INFORMATION ON NRCS AND FSA WAIVERS OF STATUTORY INCOME LIMIT FOR CONSERVATION PAYMENTS, 2009 AND 2010APPENDIX IV: NUMBER OF FARM AND CONSERVATION PROGRAM PARTICIPANTS INELIGIBLE BECAUSE OF INCOME LIMITS, 2009 AND 2010; APPENDIX V: FARM PROGRAM PARTICIPANTSDETERMINED TO BE ELIGIBLE FOR DIRECT PAYMENTS IN2009 AND 2010; Chapter 2 FARM PROGRAMS: USDA NEEDS TO DO MORE TO PREVENT IMPROPER PAYMENTS TO DECEASED INDIVIDUALSā; WHY GAO DID THIS STUDY; WHAT GAO RECOMMENDS; WHAT GAO FOUND; ABBREVIATIONS; BACKGROUND |
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Fsa has established procedures for preventing improper payments to the deceased, but some supporting information is incompletenrcs does not have procedures in place to prevent improper payments to deceased individuals; rma does not have procedures in place to prevent improper subsidies on behalf of deceased individuals; conclusion; recommendations for executive action; agency comments and our evaluation; appendix i: objectives, scope, and methodology; index. |
| Summary |
In light of high farm incomes and constrained federal budgets, the cost of federal farm and conservation programs, about 15 billion annually from 2009 through 2012, has come under scrutiny. Under the 2008 Farm Bill, participants whose incomes exceed specific limits are ineligible for certain program payments. The USDA's Farm Service Agency (FSA) makes income eligibility determinations for programs it administers and also for conservation programs administered by the Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS). The FSA verifies that participants have incomes below the limits by reviewing eith. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
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United States. Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008.
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Agriculture and state -- United States.
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Agriculture and state. |
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United States. |
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Agriculture -- Economic aspects -- United States.
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Agriculture -- Economic aspects. |
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Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Roeder, Edward A., editor.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Farm programs. New York : Novinka, [2013] 1629486221 (DLC) 2013478757 |
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9781629486239 (ebook) |
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162948623X |
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1629486221 (hardback) |
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9781629486222 (hardback) |
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