Federal farm programs : USDA needs to strengthen controls to prevent payments to individuals who exceed income eligibility limits : report to the Ranking Member, Committee on Finance, U.S. Senate.
| Author/creator | United States |
| Other author | United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Finance. |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | [Washington, D.C.] : U.S. Govt. Accountability Office, [2008] |
| Description | ii, 45 p. : digital, PDF file |
| Supplemental Content | https://purl.fdlp.gov/GPO/LPS112565 |
| Subjects |
| Variant title | Federal farm programs : United States Department of Agriculture needs to strengthen controls to prevent payments to individuals who exceed income eligibility limits |
| Portion of title | USDA needs to strengthen controls to prevent payments to individuals who exceed income eligibility limits |
| Running title | Farm program payments |
| Abstract | GAO was asked to evaluate (1) how effectively USDA implemented 2002 Farm Bill provisions prohibiting payments to individuals or entities whose income exceeded $2.5 million and who derived less than 75 percent of that income from farming, ranching, or forestry operations, (2) the potential impact of the 2008 Farm Bill's income eligibility provisions on individuals who receive farm payments, and (3) the distribution of income of these individuals compared with all 2006 tax filers. |
| General note | Title from title screen (viewed on Mar. 2, 2009). |
| General note | "October 2008." |
| General note | "GAO-09-67." |
| General note | GPO Cataloging Record Distribution Program (CRDP). |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: Internet from GAO web site. Address as of 3/2/2009: http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d0967.pdf; current access available via PURL. |
| Technical rpt number | GAO-09-67 |
| GPO item number | 0546-D (online) |
| Govt. docs number | GA 1.13:GAO-09-67 |