Home/All Topics/Impact Legislative and Policy Analysis Section 20005: Enhancement of Department of Defense resources for scaling low-cost weapons into production Executive Summary Section 20005 appropriates $16.049 billion in fiscal year 2025 Department of Defense funding, available through September 30, 2029, to scale low-cost weapons, unmanned systems, autonomous capabilities, commercial defense technology, command-and-control tools, artificial intelligence,…

Home/All Topics/Impact Legislative and Policy Analysis Section 20004: Enhancement of Department of Defense resources for munitions and defense supply chain resiliency Executive Summary Section 20004 provides about $25.38 billion in fiscal year 2025 mandatory defense funding for munitions, missiles, torpedoes, mines, counter-unmanned aerial systems, air and missile defense interceptors, solid rocket motors, automated munitions factories,…

Home/All Topics/Impact Legislative and Policy Analysis Section 20003: Enhancement of Department of Defense resources for integrated air and missile defense Executive Summary Section 20003 provides $24.413 billion in fiscal year 2025 mandatory appropriations to the Secretary of Defense for integrated air and missile defense, with the money available through September 30, 2029.[1] The funding is…

Home/All Topics/Impact Legislative and Policy Analysis Section 20002: Enhancement of Department of Defense resources for shipbuilding Executive Summary Section 20002 appropriates $29.176301 billion in additional fiscal year 2025 funding to the Secretary of Defense for shipbuilding, naval industrial-base expansion, supplier development, shipyard capacity, maritime workforce programs, ship procurement, unmanned maritime systems, sealift, and related naval…

Home/All Topics/Impact Legislative and Policy Analysis Section 20001: Enhancement of Department of Defense resources for improving the quality of life for military personnel Executive Summary Section 20001 appropriates about $7.477 billion in fiscal year 2025 funding to the Secretary of Defense, available through September 30, 2029, for military quality-of-life programs.[1] The section directs money toward…

Home/All Topics/Impact Legislative and Policy Analysis Section 10607: Miscellaneous Executive Summary Section 10607 is a package of miscellaneous agricultural funding extensions and targeted mandatory funding increases. Its largest direct funding change is for animal disease prevention and management: $233 million per year from the Commodity Credit Corporation for fiscal years 2026 through 2030, followed by…

Home/All Topics/Impact Legislative and Policy Analysis Section 10606: Horticulture Executive Summary Section 10606 increases and extends mandatory funding for selected federal horticulture programs, primarily through the Commodity Credit Corporation. It focuses on specialty crops, plant pest and disease prevention, organic market data, organic import and certification systems, organic certification cost-share assistance, and pesticide-use survey data.[1]…

Home/All Topics/Impact Legislative and Policy Analysis Section 10605: Energy Executive Summary Section 10605 is a small but concrete rural energy funding extension. It amends Section 9005(g)(1)(F) of the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002, codified at 7 U.S.C. 8105, by replacing the prior fiscal year 2024 endpoint with fiscal year 2031.[1] The practical…

Home/All Topics/Impact Legislative and Policy Analysis Section 10604: Research Executive Summary Section 10604 expands federal support for agricultural research, education, extension, facilities, specialty crops, 1890 land-grant scholarships, and assistive technology for farmers with disabilities. It does this mostly by directing mandatory Commodity Credit Corporation funding through USDA rather than by creating a new standalone agency…

Home/All Topics/Impact Legislative and Policy Analysis Section 10603: Nutrition Executive Summary Section 10603 is a narrow nutrition-program extension. It amends Section 203D(d)(5) of the Emergency Food Assistance Act of 1983 by replacing the terminal fiscal year “2024” with “2031.”[1] In practical terms, this extends mandatory funding for The Emergency Food Assistance Program Farm to Food…

Home/All Topics/Impact Legislative and Policy Analysis Section 10602: Supplemental agricultural trade promotion program Executive Summary Section 10602 creates a new permanent mandatory-funded agricultural export promotion program. It directs the Secretary of Agriculture to carry out a program encouraging the accessibility, development, maintenance, and expansion of commercial export markets for United States agricultural commodities.[1] The section…

Home/All Topics/Impact Legislative and Policy Analysis Section 10601: Conservation Executive Summary Section 10601 rewrites major federal conservation funding levels for fiscal years 2026 through 2031, using the Commodity Credit Corporation as the funding vehicle for several USDA conservation programs. It increases or extends funding for the Agricultural Conservation Easement Program, Environmental Quality Incentives Program, Conservation…