USDA announced this week its plans for moving forward with COVID relief funds. On 27 January, the Biden USDA announced a freeze on processing and payment of CFAP funds until it conducted a review. This week’s plan was a product of that review. The funds to be divvied up came from the following:
Under CFAP 1 and 2 there were unspent monies – a carry-over of about $2.3 billion.
In January 2021, Congress passed the Omnibus Appropriations Act which provided another $11.2 billion at the Secretary’s discretion for agriculture COVID relief. This was for a third round of payments known as CFAP - Additional Assistance (CFAP-AA).
Congress passed, and the President signed on 11 March, the...
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