date:Sep 29, 2018
the parity system of the Agricultural Act of 1949. Crop insurance, by comparison, is permanently authorized and is not impacted by expiration. For SNAP, the benefits are generally authorized on a permanent basis but authorizations for funding parts of the program expire with the 2018 fiscal year. Appropriators, however, are expected to continue funding program operations so long as the Federal government remains open. For conservation programs, the authority to enter into new contracts will expi