कृषि विधेयक सदनबाट पारित हुन सकेन; ग्रामीण अमेरिकाले जित्यो, अहिलेको लागि

LYONS, NEBRASKA – Today, the House of Representatives failed to pass H.R. 2, its draft of the Agriculture and Nutrition Act of 2018, commonly known as the farm bill. Representatives voted 198 in favor and 213 against.

Center for Rural Affairs Executive Director Brian Depew said this is a win for rural America.

“The bill’s proposals were a giant step in the wrong direction,” he said.

मस्यौदामा संरक्षण भण्डारी कार्यक्रम हटाउने र १० वर्षमा काम गर्ने भूमि संरक्षणको लागि कोषमा लगभग ५ अर्ब डलर कटौती गर्ने समावेश थियो।

“The bill also proposed a troubling set of rollbacks to common-sense limitations on subsidy payments, and created loopholes for the largest operations to access unlimited subsidy payments,” Depew said.

Finally, the bill aimed to slash funding for programs that spark rural economic development including the Value-Added Producer Grant Program, the National Organic Certification Cost-Share Program, and the Rural Microentrepreneur Program.

“These programs facilitate the development of rural businesses, and their loss would have been sorely felt in rural America,” Depew said.

सदन कृषि समितिले अप्रिल १८ मा विधेयकको मस्यौदा पारित गर्‍यो। यस हप्ता, सांसदहरूले १०६ संशोधनहरूमाथि विचार गरे र सदनको तल्लामा विधेयकमाथि छलफल गरे।

“Thankfully, these proposals will not be moving forward,” Depew said. “America needs a bipartisan farm bill that supports rural communities.”

हालको कृषि विधेयक सेप्टेम्बर ३०, २०१८ मा समाप्त हुँदैछ।