Appropriates $31,287,300 to the Agricultural Research and Cooperative Extension Service for fiscal year 2018; and exempts object transfer limitations.

This is the FY 2018 appropriation to the Agricultural Research and Extension Service at the University of Idaho in the amount of $31,287,300. This appropriation provides for increased cost of benefits, replacement items, and a 3% merit-based increase in employee compensation for permanent employees to be distributed at the discretion of the agency or university head. There is one line item in this appropriation and it includes $500,000 ongoing from the General Fund for continuing capital outlay needs of the program. Overall, this budget is a 2.4% increase above the FY 2017 appropriation.