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Date June 15, 2001 Report No. GAO-01-606 Title

Farm Programs: Information on Recipients of Federal Payments

United States General Accounting Office GAO June 2001 Report to the Chairman, Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, U.S. Senate FARM PROGRAMS Information on Recipients of Federal Payments GAO-01-606 Contents Letter Appendix I Additional Analyses of the Distribution of Farm Payments 1 29 Appendix II Scope and Methodology 35 Appendix III GAO Contacts and Staff Acknowledgments 38 Tables ...
Date May 28, 1999 Report No. RCED-99-162 Title

Farm Service Agency: Characteristics of Small County Offices

United States General Accounting Office GAO May 1999 Report to the Chairman, Committee on the Budget, House of Representatives FARM SERVICE AGENCY Characteristics of Small County Offices GAO/RCED-99-162 GAO United States General Accounting Office Washington, D.C. 20548 Resources, Community, and Economic Development Division B-282568 May 28, 1999 The Honorable John R. Kasich Chairman, Committee on ...
Date June 15, 1995 Report No. RCED-95-220R Title

Agriculture and Food: Farmland Productivity

GAO United States General Accounting Office Washington, D.C. 20548 Resources, Economic Community, Development and Division B-261590 June 15, 1995 The Honorable Richard G. Lugar Chairman, Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry United States Senate Dear Mr. Chairman: Since 1933, federal farm programs have been focused on ensuring an abundant and stable food supply at reasonable prices whi...
Date April 28, 1995 Report No. RCED-95-169 Title

Agricultural Conservation: Status of Programs That Provide Financial Incentives

United States General Accounting Office GAO April 1995 Report to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, U.S. Senate AGRICULTURAL CONSERVATION Status of Programs That Provide Financial Incentives GAO/RCED-95-169 GAO United States General Accounting Office Washington, D.C. 20548 Resources, Community, and Economic Development Division B-261147 April 28, 1995 The Honorable Richard G. L...
Date July 1, 1992 Report No. GGD-92-12R Title

International Affairs: Foreign Direct Investment

GAO Unlted States General Accounting Of’ flce WashIngton, D.C. 20548 General Government Divielon B-234511 July 1, 1992 The Honorable John D. Dingell Chairman, Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations Committee on Energy and Commerce House of Representatives Dear Mr. Chairman: As you to two in the 91-140, National 1990). requested, we have assessed federal agency responses of our reports to y...
Date July 10, 1989 Report No. NSIAD-89-168FS Title

Foreign Investment: Trends in Foreign Ownership of U.S. Farmland and Commercial Real Estate

GAO _,-___-.__..l-l.-.-.-.-l.l..-.--.^--.l..._ l~-.l-l_.-w.v ziy I!Wj I”.-. FOREIGN INVESTMENT Trends in Foreign Ownership of U. S. Farmland and Commercial Real Estate _ __ _ .- “.. ,.,I_..“. .._ .-__..- ^...._.._... .--___-. -_____ .________~ .” - --__ f GAO .’ United States General Accounting Office Washiugton, D.C. 20648 National Security and Interuational Affairs Division B-2346 11 J...
Date Aug. 8, 1985 Report No. RCED-85-147 Title

Natural Resources: Surface Coal Mining Operations in Two Oklahoma Counties Raise Questions About Prime Farmland Reclamation and Bond Adequacy

BY THE U,S.GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE Report To The Chairman, Subcommittee On Environment, Energy, And Natural Resources Committee On Government Operations House of Representatives Surface Coal Mining Operations In Two Oklahoma Counties Raise Questions About Prime Farmland Reclamation And Bond Adequacy The Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 allows prime farmland to be mined but requ...
Date Oct. 13, 1982 Report No. PAD-83-10 Title

Financial Management: Congressional Attention Is Warranted When User Charges or Other Policy Changes Cause Capital Losses

l BY THE U.S.GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE Report To The Honorable Berkley U.S. House Of Representatives Bedell Congressional Attention Is Warranted When User Charges Or Other Policy Changes Cause Capital Losses Using a case study, GAO modeled how capital losses (diminished asset values) can result from increases in user charges. In this case, GAO demonstrates how farmland values decrease as the price...
Date Sept. 30, 1981 Report No. PAD-81-68 Title

Agriculture and Food: Special Estate Tax Provisions for Farmers Should Be Simplified To Achieve Fair Distribution of Benefits

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Date April 16, 1981 Report No. B-202612 Title

Government Operations: Views on S. 451, Farmland Protection Policy Act

UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE (4/O .- WASHINGTON, D.C. 20548 COMMUNITY AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DIVISION CEDl-125 April 16, 1981 The Honorable William V. Roth, Jr. Chairman, Committee on Governmental Affairs United States Senate Dear Mr. Chairman: Your letter of March 12, 1981, re Uested our r[ ews on S. 451, "farmland Protection Policy Acj," and any recommendations we may have concernin...
Date March 26, 1981 Report No. CED-81-86 Title

Agriculture and Food: Pension Fund Investment in Agricultural Land

. d I ’ ’ REPORT THEUS. BY General Accounting Office Pension Fund Investment In Agricultural Land Federal, State, and local laws and regulations limit the types of investments pension funds can make. Although comprehensive data is lacking, GAO found that a substantial portion of the $623 billion of 1979 pension funds is limited to certain types of investments. Federal laws alone limit about $9...
Date May 6, 1980 Report No. 112251 Title

Agriculture and Food: GAO Reviews of Department of Agriculture and Related Agencies' Activities

United States General Accounting 20546 Washington, C.C. Office FCR RELEASE 01: CELIVERY Expected at 9:30 a.m. EL?: Tuesday, May 6, 1980 Statement of Elmer E. Staats General of the United States before the on Agriculture, Rural Cevelopment, and Related Agencies Committee on Appropriations reviews of and related Comptroller Subcommittee Senate 31-7 Gm-e-r~I Aeeattrrti.nGnC%%-ce k egartment of Agricu...
Date Dec. 18, 1979 Report No. CED-80-38 Title

Agriculture and Food: Implementation of the Agricultural Foreign Investment Disclosure Act of 1978

RESTRICTED - Not to be released outside the Cene-al Accounting Office except on the basis of specific approval II I 3 ,~2? l~by the Office of Congressional Relations. COMPTROLLER GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES WASHINGCTON. D.C. 205 RELEASED B-196874 The Honorable Charles E. Grassley House of Representatives Dear hr. Grassley: Subject: IImplementation of the Agricultural Foreign 'Investment Disclosur...
Date Dec. 18, 1979 Report No. CED-80-37 Title

Agriculture and Food: Implementation of the Agricultural Foreign Investment Disclosure Act of 1978

Not to -1b".rGe , of's apovalthe ic en Accounting Office except on the Iasis of specific approval RESTRICTED I sI by the Office of Congressional Relations. COMPTROLLE R GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES WASHINGTON. D.C. ZOS4 B-196874 RELEASED &/ DECEMBER 18, 1979 The Honorable Herman E. Talmadge ~\- Chairman, Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry United States Senate Dear Mr. Chairman: Subj...
Date Dec. 14, 1979 Report No. CED-80-14 Title

Natural Resources: Federal Drive To Acquire Private Lands Should Be Reassessed

Comptroller General OF THE UNITEDSTATES The Federal Drive To Acquire Private Lands Should Be Reassessed The Federal Government owns over one-third of all U.S. land with authorization to acquire up to $4 billion of private land during the next 11 years. The National Park, Forest, and Fish and Wildlife Services had been following a general practice of acquiring as much private land as possible regar...
Date Sept. 20, 1979 Report No. CED-79-109 Title

Natural Resources: Preserving America's Farmland--A Goal the Federal Government Should Support

.,> r-+.--- BY THECOMPTROLLERGENERAL OF THEUNITEDSTATES Report To The Congress -IIOS?3 Preserving America‘s Farmland-A Goal The Federal Government Should Support Concern IS growmg about the amount of farmland bemg converted to urban and other nonagricultural uses Estimates of the loss range from 3 to 5 mrl lion acres a year, of which roughly half IS cons1 dered to be prime farmland particularly ...
Date July 30, 1979 Report No. CED-79-114 Title

Agriculture and Food: Foreign Investment in U.S. Agricultural Land--How It Shapes Up

c * . REPORTBY THE Comptroller General OF THE UNITEDSTATES Foreign Investment In U.S. Agricultural Land--How It Shapes Up This report, requested by the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, provides an indepth perspective on foreign investment in U.S. agricultural land. Foreign buyers from at least 30 countries bought about 8 percent (248,146 acres) of the 3 million acres of ag...
Date Sept. 15, 1978 Report No. CED-78-173 Title

Natural Resources: Department of Commerce Activities Regarding Foreign Investment in U.S. Farmland

l~lIllllIllllIlllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll LMl07047 S-114824 SEP15 878 The Honorable Richard Nolan Chairman, Subcommittee on Family Rural Development, and Special Committee on Agriculture House of Fepresentatives Dear Mr. Chairman: Farms, Studies In meetings with your office, we agreed to take a quick look at the activities of the Department of Commerce's Office of Foreign Investment in the...
Date June 12, 1978 Report No. CED-78-132 Title

Foreign Ownership of U.S. Farmland: Much Concern, Little Data

DOCUMENT RESUME 06469 - [ B20870901 ata. uch Ccacern, Little Foreign Ownership of U.S. Farmland: CED-78-132; B-114824. June 12, 1978. 13 pp. * 8 appendices (65 PP. ·. Report to Sen. Herman E. Talmadge, Chdiran, Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry; by Robert F. eller, Acting Comptroller General. Issue Area: Land Use Planning and Control: Planning Future Land Use (2 .,j1). Cont...
Date July 19, 1977 Report No. 102754 Title

Natural Resources: The Use of Prime Agricultural Land for Nonagricultural Purposes in the United States

D'C". NT RESUME 02754 - [A209320'4 (Restricted) [(The ruse of Prime Agricultural Lar 'or Nonagricultural Purposes in the Un'c.ed States]. Jujy 19, 1977. 4 pp. + enclosure (3 pp.).Report to R. M. Davis, Administrator, Soil Conservation Service; by Brian P. Crowley, Assistant Director, Community and EcoLomic Development Div. Issue Area- Land Use Planning and Control (2300). Contact: Community and Ec...
Date May 23, 1977 Report No. CED-77-78 Title

Environmental Protection: Sewage Sludge Disposal on Agricultural Land

i , )0CfE N -I sEUmj No I -, A V AT L A 6 L E I PedJ UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE WASHINGTON, D.C. 20548 COMMUNITY AND ECONOMIC DVCLIPMIIT DIVISION B-166506 The Honorable Douglas M. Costle Administrator, Environmental Protection Agency Dear Mr. Costle: MAY z 1977 We are currently reviewing the Environmental Protection Agency's management of sewage sludge disposal practices. Our review i...