Project 2025 Tracker / What’s done, what’s next

Section 3 · The General Welfare

10 Department of Agriculture

289–318 · Daren Bakst

49 not started by status
49 counted
  • Not started 49

What has happened

Nothing verified in this chapter yet.

Still to come

Executive action 23

  1. 293 Withdraw the U.S. from U.N. sustainable-development food schemes Major Not started
  2. 299 Reinstate SNAP work requirements for able-bodied adults Major Not started
  3. 293 Issue an executive order announcing agriculture policy principles Notable Not started
  4. 294 Stop using CCC Charter Act Section 5 discretionary spending authority Notable Not started
  5. 300 Issue a rule clarifying state options for the SNAP general work requirement Notable Not started
  6. 300 Close the SNAP broad-based categorical eligibility loophole Notable Not started
  7. 301 Eliminate the SNAP heat-and-eat loophole Notable Not started
  8. 301 Reform the WIC infant formula voucher and rebate bidding system Notable Not started
  9. 303 Issue a rule narrowing Community Eligibility Provision groupings Notable Not started
  10. 303 Stop USDA summer meals for students not in summer school Notable Not started
  11. 304 Strip NRCS authority to prescribe farm practices for program eligibility Notable Not started
  12. 306 Reject new marketing orders and checkoff programs and end existing ones Notable Not started
  13. 308 Revive Executive Order 13855 on active forest management and timber sales Notable Not started
  14. 291 Adopt a narrower, agriculture-focused USDA mission statement Minor Not started
  15. 293 Denounce placing climate change ahead of food productivity Minor Not started

and 8 more →

Needs Congress 26

  1. 296 Repeal the federal sugar program Major Not started
  2. 296 Repeal the ARC and PLC farm subsidy programs Major Not started
  3. 298 Move USDA food and nutrition programs to HHS Major Not started
  4. 304 Eliminate the Conservation Reserve Program Major Not started
  5. 309 Repeal the Dietary Guidelines for Americans Major Not started
  6. 310 Eliminate the Food and Nutrition Service Major Not started
  7. 290 Have Congress narrow the USDA's statutory role and mission Notable Not started
  8. 295 Repeal the Agriculture Secretary's CCC Section 5 discretionary authority Notable Not started
  9. 295 Require prior congressional approval before CCC funds are spent Notable Not started
  10. 297 Bar ARC/PLC payments in the same year as a crop insurance indemnity Notable Not started
  11. 297 Cut the federal crop insurance premium subsidy rate Notable Not started
  12. 298 Split the farm bill's agriculture provisions from its nutrition provisions Notable Not started
  13. 303 Eliminate the Community Eligibility Provision Notable Not started
  14. 303 Restore school meal programs to serving only children in need Notable Not started
  15. 305 Devolve erodible land and wetlands conservation power to the states Notable Not started

and 11 more →

All recommendations in this chapter

Every recommendation this chapter is the home of, in printed-page order.

  1. 290 Have Congress narrow the USDA's statutory role and mission Needs Congress Not started
  2. 291 Adopt a narrower, agriculture-focused USDA mission statement Not started
  3. 293 Denounce placing climate change ahead of food productivity Not started
  4. 293 Withdraw the U.S. from U.N. sustainable-development food schemes Not started
  5. 293 Issue an executive order announcing agriculture policy principles Not started
  6. 293 Delete all USDA references to transforming the food system Not started
  7. 294 Review USDA efforts imposing preferred agricultural practices on farmers Not started
  8. 294 Stop using CCC Charter Act Section 5 discretionary spending authority Not started
  9. 295 Repeal the Agriculture Secretary's CCC Section 5 discretionary authority Needs Congress Not started
  10. 295 Require prior congressional approval before CCC funds are spent Needs Congress Not started
  11. 295 Limit CCC spending to genuine emergencies for farmers and ranchers Needs Congress Not started
  12. 295 Bar CCC assistance to anyone other than farmers and ranchers Needs Congress Not started
  13. 295 Restrict CCC spending to temporary, targeted problems Needs Congress Not started
  14. 295 Tighten Section 5 discretion and allow court challenges Needs Congress Not started
  15. 296 Repeal the federal sugar program Needs Congress Not started
  16. 296 Repeal the ARC and PLC farm subsidy programs Needs Congress Not started
  17. 297 Bar ARC/PLC payments in the same year as a crop insurance indemnity Needs Congress Not started
  18. 297 Cut the federal crop insurance premium subsidy rate Needs Congress Not started
  19. 297 Demand an open, transparent farm bill reform process Not started
  20. 298 Split the farm bill's agriculture provisions from its nutrition provisions Needs Congress Not started
  21. 298 Move USDA food and nutrition programs to HHS Needs Congress Not started
  22. 299 Reinstate SNAP work requirements for able-bodied adults Not started
  23. 300 Issue a rule clarifying state options for the SNAP general work requirement Not started
  24. 300 Close the SNAP broad-based categorical eligibility loophole Not started
  25. 300 Re-evaluate the Thrifty Food Plan benefit increase Not started
  26. 301 Eliminate the SNAP heat-and-eat loophole Not started
  27. 301 Reform the WIC infant formula voucher and rebate bidding system Not started
  28. 302 Re-evaluate baby formula labeling and manufacturing regulations Not started
  29. 303 Issue a rule narrowing Community Eligibility Provision groupings Not started
  30. 303 Eliminate the Community Eligibility Provision Needs Congress Not started
  31. 303 Stop USDA summer meals for students not in summer school Not started
  32. 303 Restore school meal programs to serving only children in need Needs Congress Not started
  33. 304 Eliminate the Conservation Reserve Program Needs Congress Not started
  34. 304 Strip NRCS authority to prescribe farm practices for program eligibility Not started
  35. 305 Devolve erodible land and wetlands conservation power to the states Needs Congress Not started
  36. 305 Limit permanent USDA conservation easements and bar new ones Needs Congress Not started
  37. 305 Allow state-inspected meat and poultry in interstate commerce Needs Congress Not started
  38. 306 Reject new marketing orders and checkoff programs and end existing ones Not started
  39. 306 Reject any return of commodity volume controls Not started
  40. 306 Work with Congress to abolish marketing orders and checkoff programs Needs Congress Not started
  41. 306 Require votes at least every five years on checkoffs and marketing orders Needs Congress Not started
  42. 307 Repeal agricultural export promotion programs like the Market Access Program Needs Congress Not started
  43. 307 Remove regulatory barriers to agricultural biotechnology Not started
  44. 307 Repeal the federal GE food labeling mandate Needs Congress Not started
  45. 307 Work with USTR to remove foreign barriers to U.S. biotech crops Not started
  46. 308 Revive Executive Order 13855 on active forest management and timber sales Not started
  47. 309 Repeal the Dietary Guidelines for Americans Needs Congress Not started
  48. 309 Reform the Dietary Guidelines process and codify the reforms in law Needs Congress Not started
  49. 310 Eliminate the Food and Nutrition Service Needs Congress Not started