TABLE 1


CHANGE IN CASH RECEIPTS
[In millions of dollars—6-year Average]
1-B phased-In 1-B with
assistance
1-B with additional assistance
New England –$.5 $2.4 $5.8
NY-NJ +5.3 11.7 19.0
Middle Atlantic –26.2 –22.8 –19.0
Carolina –15.2 –10.7 –6.5
Southeast –12.5 –3.4 5.1


















TABLE 2


COMMISSION ON 21ST CENTURY AGRICULTURE OBJECT CLASS TABLE
[Dollars in thousands]
Object class Fiscal year 1998 Fiscal year 1999
Salaries 137
Benefits 38
Travel 45 100
Rent, Communications, and Utilities 1 35
Printing and Reproduction 25
Other Services 4 15
Total 50 350


















TABLE 3


U.S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE—OFFICE OF BUDGET AND PROGRAM ANALYSIS
[Dollars in Thousands]
Key ares SY FY 1997 SY FY 1998 SY FY 1999
Program review/policy analysis 28 $2,246 27 $2,335 26 $2,297
Budget preparation, presentation and execution 25 2,068 24 2,035 24 2,116
Legislative reporting and regulatory analysis 9 709 9 778 9 786
Administrative management and automated systems 11 886 10 838 10 846
Total 73 5,909 70 5,986 69 6,045


















TABLE 4


U.S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE—OFFICE OF BUDGET AND PROGRAM ANALYSIS
[Dollars in Thousands]
Service 1997 Actual 1998 Estimate 1999 Estimate
Contractual Services and Agreements $10 $14 $14
Equipment/Software Maintenance 40 42 42
Training 15 23 19
Other Services 19 4 3
Total 84 83 78


















TABLE 5


FSA WORK-DAYS BY PROGRAM/FUNCTION IN COUNTY OFFICES, FISCAL YEARS 1996 To 1999
[Work-days and staff years in thousands]
Program delivery functions Inital estimates— Actual and current estimates—
1996w/o AMTA 1996 w/AMTA 1997 w/AMTA 1996 actual 1997 actual 1998 estimate 1999 estimate
Conservation and related programs 199 284 547 255 398 424 406
Wool and mohair 10 10 0 11 0 0 0
Commodity loan activity 176 129 142 114 119 150 165
Compliance 529 458 398 373 389 386 347
Yield and base establishment 11 140 600 77 18 17 15
Commodity program payments 275 258 156 353 316 290 258
Basic farm records 382 420 260 381 305 318 286
Peanut quotas and mktgs 17 20 19 1724 25 22
Tobacco allotments and mktgs 61 61 61 53 66 65 59
Referenda 1 1 1 1 0 3 3
Administration 878 784 753 902 709 666 559
Committee elections 76 76 31 36 22 22 20
Miscellaneous 172 171166 206 161 67 59
Automation coordinators 15 15 15 20 174 171 153
Reinsured companies and NAP 87 181 179 125 91 99 89
Credit, nonfederal county 78 78 130 70 22 53 105
Credit, federal county 608 608 608 540 561 578 578
Measurement service 120 46 46 98 62 56 48
Catastrophic insurance 252 204 142 220 86 5 0
Undistributed wkload reduction 0 0 0 0 na na na
Federal county work-days 608 608 608 540 561 578 578
Non-Federal county work-days 3,438 3,337 3,106 3,312 2,964 2,817 2,595
Total county level work-days 4,047 3,945 3,714 3,852 3,525 3,395 3,173
Federal county staff years 2,340 2,340 2,340 2,076 2,160 2,224 2,224
Non-Federal county staff years 13,224 12,835 11,946 12,738 11,399 10,835 9,980
Total county level staff years 15,564 15,175 14,286 14,814 13,559 13,059 12,204


















TABLE 6


Name Firm
Edward M. Tsuji (Sole practitioner)
Neal Young (Sole practitioner)
John Murphy Dunlap and Murphy
(Firm) Golson and Associates
Christopher McQuarrie Hicks and McQuarrie
(Firm) Annis, Mitchell, Cockey, Edwards, and Roehn
Gregory deKeyser (Sole practitioner)*
(Firm) Canova and Delahye
William O'Regan III (Sole Practitioner)*
(Firm) McGlinchey, Stafford and Lang
H. James Lossin, Sr. (Sole practitioner)
D. O'Regan, III (Sole practitioner)
(Firm) Tillery and Tillery
(Firm) Winchell and Dougan*
(Firm) Horne, Hollingsworth and Parker
Richard L. Cox (Sole practitioner)
(Firm) Dyke, Henry, Goldsholl and Winzerling
(Firm) Wilson and Associates, P.A.
Donnie Floyd (Sole practitioner)*
Richard Rozanski (Sole practitioner)*
Kaliste Saloom, III (Sole practitioner)*
Ann B. McIntyre (Sole practitioner)
(Firm) Twilley & Street
(Firm) McIntire, Johnson, Levin and Weeb, LLC
(Firm) Broderick and Broderick
(Firm) Mattleman, Weinroth and Miller
(Firm) Robert H. Green, PC
Kent Cooper Cooper, Kretek and Associates
Elizabeth Losee (Sole practitioner)
Elizabeth Mason Elizabeth Mason, P.C.
Susan Wooley Shapiro and Meinhold
William Santiago Sastre Melendez, Perez, Moran, and Santiago
Stephen D. Miles (Sole practitioner)
(Firm) Rieger, Spencer, Carpenter and Daugherty
(Firm) Robert Tremaine Associates, P.C.*
(Firm) Scheuerle and Zitta*
Kenneth William Jost Jost Law Office
Duncan Delhey Gray and End
Marvin V. Daniel (Sole practitioner)
Samuel R. Cari Heywood and Carey, S.C.
Robert Winter, Sharon Taylor, Stevenson Parker Arnold and Porter**
Michael Zimmer, Deborah DeMasi Reid and Priest**
George J. Martin, Jr., David J. Schmidt Coudert Brothers**
John Vogel, George J. Schutzer, Robert Hager Patton Boggs, L.L.P.**
Guy Morley, Lori Ann Bean Winston and Strawn**
Filberto Agusti Steptoe and Johnson**

Firms marked with a double asterisk (**) were placed under contract to provide expert legal advice to the Rural Utilities Service. The fees were paid by the utility involved and the services were provided at no cost to the Government under section 18(c) of the Rural Electrification Act of 1936.

Firms marked with a single asterisk (*) were placed under contract to the Farm Service Agency to provide services relating to foreclosure under farmer loan programs of the agency. Most of these firms were or are also under contract to the Rural Housing Service to provide foreclosure services under section 502 of the Housing Act of 1949. The amount expended by the Farm Service Agency in fiscal year 1997 for foreclosure services totaled approximately $51,300. Contracts are authorized under section 331(c) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act.

Firms not designated, as explained above, performed foreclosure services for the Rural Housing Service. Amounts expended during fiscal year 1997 as payment under contracts to private attorneys equaled approximately $1,265,330.00. Contracts are authorized under section 510(d) of the Housing Act of 1949.

















TABLE 7


CONSERVATION RESERVE PROGRAM
[Dollars in thousands]
Fiscal year Cash outlays CCC commodity certificates Total
1986$23,146$23,146
1987267,024$409.969676,993
1988291,477759,0671,050,544
19891,372,205–13,5091,358,696
19901,513,092–3,5071,509,585
19911,630,9771,630,977
19921,669,275–1781,669,097
19931,689,602–2511,689,351
19941,735,587–2681,735,319
19951,732,343–2371,732,106
19961,732,1941501,732,144
19971,690,960 2–441,690,916
19981,860,408(3)1,860,408
Total 17,208,290 1,150,992 18,359,282

1Outlays in FY 1996 include funds from the appropriated account ($1.730 billion) and the CCC account ($1.946 million).

2Outlays in FY 1997 include funds from the appropriated account ($20.3 million) and the CCC account ($1.671 billion).

3Outlays in FY 1998 include funds from the appropriated account ($62.5 million) and the CCC account ($1.798 billion).

Note.—The Federal Agriculture Improvement and Reform Act of 1996 changed the funding source for CRP from direct appropriation to the Commodity Credit Corporation Fund.

















TABLE 8


FUND FOR RURAL AMERICA FY 1997 FUNDING
[Dollars in Thousands]
Program Budget authority Program level
Rural Development Activities:
Rural Housing Service:
Section 502 Housing Loans $15,500 $109,309
Farm Labor Housing Loans 569 1,191
Farm Labor Housing Grants 1,431 1,,431
Total, Rural Housing Service D17,500 D111,931rn,d
Rural Utilities Service:
Direct Water and Waste Disposal Loans 381 4,224
Direct Water and Waste Disposal Grants 4,219 4,219
Distance Learning and Medical Link Grants 6,500 6,500
Total, Rural Utilities Service D11,100 D14,943rn,d
Rural Business Service:
Rural Business Enterprise Grants 6,600 6,600
Cooperative Development Services 1,100 1,100
EZ/EC Technical Assistance 600 600
Total, Rural Business Service D8,300 D8,300rn,d
Alternative Agricultural Research and Commercialization Corporation
Natural Resources Conservation Service:
Outreach for Socially Disadvantaged Farmers 4,500 4,500
Farm Service Agency:
Beginning Farmer Loan Program 2,000 9,510
Total, Rural Development Activities D43,900 D49,684rn,d
Research, extension and Education Grants:
Core Initiative 26,100 26,100
Secretary's Initiative 7,800 7,800
Telecommunications Infrastructures Research 2,200 2,200
Total, Research, Extension and Education Grants1 36,100 36,100
Total 80,000 $185,784

1$34 million of the research funding, available for two years, was carried into 1998.

Note: No funding is authorized for the Fund in 1998.