HIGHLIGHTS OF SELECTED AGRICULTURE, ENERGY, AND ENVIRONMENT

PROGRAMS IN THE PRESIDENT’S FY 2013 BUDGET REQUEST

Updated March 2012

From the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA)

President’s FY 2013 Budget Request for the USDA (in millions)

FY 2011

Actual

FY 2012

Enacted

FY 2013 President’s

Budget Request

2012 v. 2013

% $

United States Department of

Agriculture (USDA) $140,677 $147,534 $154,666 4.6% $7,132

President’s FY 2013 Budget Request for the USDA Programs of Interest (in millions)

Program FY 2011 Actual FY 2012 Enacted FY 2013 President’s

Budget Request

Commodity Credit Corporation $8,816 $8,805 $9,119

Loan Incentives, Rural Development and Farm Loans

Environmental Quality Incentives Program

(EQIP) $1,238 $1,400 $1,400

Wetlands Reserve Program (WRP) $611 $707 $2241

Grasslands Reserve Program (GRP) $79 $67 $5

Farm and Ranch Lands Protection Program

(FRPP) $175 $150 $200

Wildlife Habitat Incentives Program (WHIP) $85 $50 $73

Voluntary Public Access and Habitat Incentive

Program (VPA-HIP) $0 $0 $5

Rural Business Enterprise Grants (RBEG) $38.7 $24.3 $30

Renewable Energy

Biomass Crop Assistance Program (BCAP) $112 $14 $0

Renewable Energy for America Program (REAP) $5 $4 $5

Conservation Stewardship Program (CSP) $649 $768.5 $9722

Research & Education

Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education

(SARE)3

$19.2 $19.2 $22.7

Organic Transitions Research Program (OTR) $4 $4 $4

Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (AFRI) $264 $264 $325

Organic Research and Education Initiative

(OREI) $20 $20 *

Specialty Crop Research Initiative (SCRI) $50 $50 *

Beginning Farmer and Rancher Development

Program (BFRDP) $19 $19 *

National Sustainable Agriculture Information

Service (ATTRA) $0 $2.25 $2.25

1. Includes a permanent reduction to the program of 759,632 acres ($68 million reduction over 5 years)

2. The additional $200 million will add an additional 12 million new acres to the program in 2013.

3. The total shown includes the SARE baseline in addition to the SARE Federal State Matching Grant Program and the SARE Professional

Development Grant Program (SARE-PDP)

* Subject for reauthorization in 2012.

From the Department of Energy (DOE)

President’s FY 2013 Budget Request for DOE (in millions)

FY 2011

Actual

FY 2012

Enacted

FY 2013 President’s

Budget Request

2012 v. 2013

% $

Department of Energy (DOE) $25,693 $26,300 $27,155 3.2% $856

President’s FY 2013 Budget Request for the DOE Programs of Interest (in millions)

FY 2011 Actual FY 2012 Enacted FY 2013 President’s

Budget Request

Weatherization Assistance Program (WAP) $174 $68 $139

State Energy Program Grants (SEP) $50 $50 $49

From the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)

President’s FY 2013 Budget Request for EPA (in millions)

FY

2011

Actual

FY 2012

Enacted

FY 2013 President’s

Budget Request

2012 v. 2013

% $

Environmental Protection

Agency (EPA) $9,991 $8,449 $8,340 -1.3% $104.9

President’s FY 2013 Budget Request for the EPA Programs of Interest (in millions)

FY 2011 Actual FY 2012 Enacted FY 2013 President’s

Budget Request

Clean Water State Revolving Fund $1,522 $1,466 $1,175

Drinking Water State Revolving Fund $963 $918 $850

Brownfields Cleanup $99.8 $94.8 $93.3

Diesel Emissions Reduction Program $49.9 $30 $15

Superfund $1,281 $1,214 $1,176

Leaking Underground Storage Tanks $113 $104.14 $104.12

From the Department of the Interior

President’s FY 2013 Budget Request for the Department of the Interior (in millions)

FY 2011

Actual

FY 2012

Enacted

FY 2013 President’s

Budget Request

2012 v. 2013

% $

Department of the Interior $11,700 $11,400 $11,300 1% -$100

President’s FY 2013 Budget Request for the Department of the Interior Programs of Interest (in millions)

FY 2011 Actual FY 2012 Enacted FY 2013 President’s

Budget Request

Abandoned Mine Land Reclamation $249 $247.6 $248.9

From the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)*

*This update includes the Low Income Home Energy Assistance (LIHEAP) budget request. LIHEAP, in conjunction with the Weatherization

Assistance Program, represents the cornerstone of the federal and state partnership to administer public energy assistance.

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