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<br />IV. FUNDING AND BUDGETING <br /> <br />I'\) <br />~ <br />o <br />-.J <br /> <br />For FY 1985, USDA developed and su~itted a consolidated account for the USDA <br />CBSC program identical t.o the FY 1984 budget requests. The FY 1984 budget ' . <br />request was not funded due to lack of legislative authority, however, 8'.1842, <br />S.752, H.R. 2790; and H.R.3903 were all pending before the 98th Congress. <br />USDA fullyanticipate~,thatone of ,these bills, any of which could have <br />provided the necessary legislative programauthority,wou1d pass 'in,t~fora <br />FY 1985 appropriation. The legislation was not passed in t~e to honor the <br />FY 1985 requests of $12.5 million. Therefore, ASCS 8nd,SCS'budg~ts were <br />funded at tbe lower base level under a continuing resolution of the U.S. <br />Congress. <br /> <br />The consolidated aecount for the casc program was developed under the <br />leadership of ASCS and SCS with full support and eoncurrence,of the Under <br />Secretary for International Affairs and Commodity Programs and the Assistant' <br />Secretary for Natural Resources and Environment. Funds ine1uded in tbe <br />consolidated aceount would be budgeted and appropriated through ASCS and would <br />cover ASCS, SCS, and Extension Serviee (ES). These funds would ,support <br />federal eost-share assistance, technical assistanee, salinity planning' <br />studies, monitoring and extension education support. Funds for researeh <br />aetivities in Agricultural Researeh Serviee (ARS) and Cooper~tive State <br />Research Service (CSRS) were not ineluded in the consolidated aceount. <br /> <br />The FY 1985 funding levels were merely an extension and continuation,of prior <br />year funding levels. As a result, the two ongoing salinity eontrol projects. <br />(Grand Valley, CO and Uinta Basin, UT) were funded at the lower levels thr9ugh <br />the Agrieultural Conservation Program of ASCS and the SCS eonservati,on <br />teehnieal assistanee program. SCS salinity planning aetivities and ExtenSion <br />Serviee education programs were not funded for FY 1985. ~ <br /> <br />The general breakdown and fund distribution for 1983 through 1985 are as <br />follows: <br /> <br />Agencies <br />Activities <br /> <br />FY 83 FY 84 FY 85 FY 85 <br />Aetual Aetua1 AVDroD.ll Reauest <br />---------------($ millions)~-------------~ <br /> <br />ASCS <br />Cost Sharing <br /> <br />Edueation <br /> <br />4.0 4.0 4.0 10.0 <br />0.6 0.6 0.6 ,1.5 <br />0.4 0.2 0.2 0.7 <br />0 0 0 0.15 <br />lL lL lL 0.2 <br />5.0 4.8 4.8 12.55 <br /> <br />SCS <br /> <br />Technieal Assistance <br />Monitoring <br />Planning Studies <br /> <br />ES <br /> <br />l' Continuing Resolution in lieu of annual appropriations. <br /> <br />-10- <br /> <br />