The Lacuna Project

lacuna (n.) a gap in a record where something should be

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Agency

Congressional Budget Office

Findings that rest on exhibits naming this entity

  • AGR-3.12: P.L. 119-21 (4 July 2025) set higher statutory reference prices from crop year 2025, allocated up to 30,000,000 additional base acres, raised the payment limit from $125,000 to $155,000 with inflation indexing, and defined partnerships, S corporations and LLCs as qualified pass-through entities. It also raised the premium subsidy for area-based crop insurance coverage from 65 to 80 percent and raised five other premium support rates by 3 to 5 percentage points.
  • AGR-3.13: CBO estimated that Title I of P.L. 119-21 reduces outlays by $121 billion over fiscal years 2025 to 2034, with nutrition changes reducing outlays by $187 billion and other agriculture subtitles adding a net $66 billion. CRS reports that the nutrition title makes up about 72 percent of farm bill mandatory spending in CBO’s February 2026 baseline.
  • DEF-5.3: CBO estimated that in each year since 2006 more than $50 billion, on average, of funding designated for Overseas Contingency Operations supported enduring activities, and GAO found that the share DoD itself considers non-war rose from about 4 percent in fiscal year 2010 to 12 percent in fiscal year 2015.
  • DEF-5.6: The 2022 PACT Act presumes exposure to burn-pit hazards for veterans who served at listed locations and presumes service connection for listed respiratory diseases and cancers without a service record of the disease.

Exhibits naming this entity

  • Exhibit 247 October 2018. Congressional Budget Office: Funding for Overseas Contingency Operations and Its Impact on Defense Spending
  • Exhibit 254 6 June 2022. Congressional Budget Office: Estimated Budgetary Effects of H.R. 3967, Honoring our PACT Act of 2021, as Passed by the House and as Amended by the Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs
  • Exhibit 255 February 2026. Congressional Budget Office: Baseline Projections: Toxic Exposures Fund
  • Exhibit 663 1 June 2026. Congressional Research Service: Farm Bill Primer: Budget Dynamics (CRS IF12233)
  • Exhibit 664 15 April 2026. Congressional Research Service: Farm Bill Primer: SNAP and Nutrition Title Programs (CRS IF12255)
  • Exhibit 665 2025. Congressional Research Service: The Farm Bill After FY2025 Budget Reconciliation: Frequently Asked Questions (CRS R48775)