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# Sources — ep01_farm-subsidies

## PRIMARY SOURCES (verified 2026-09-12)

- **L1 admit state:** applied
- **L1 receipt id:** 11a67ad78124
- **FAISS indexed:** True (dim 4096)
- **R7 numeric grounding:** PASS

- **Congressional Budget Office, An Update to the Budget and Economic Outlook: 2024 to 2034 (May 2024)**
  - URL: https://www.cbo.gov/publication/59960
  - Supports: $10.8B FY2024 ARC/PLC outlays; $10.2B/yr avg 2025-2034
- **Congressional Research Service, Farm Commodity Programs in the 2018 Farm Bill (R45941, updated March 2024)**
  - URL: https://crsreports.congress.gov/product/pdf/R/R45941
  - Supports: ARC/PLC program structure
- **USDA Farm Service Agency, ARC/PLC outlay data**
  - URL: https://www.fsa.usda.gov/
  - Supports: FY2022 ~$3.5B; FY2023 ~$9.2B actual

**Status:** SOURCED — admitted to L1 truth ledger through the 10-rule L2 governance gate + FAISS 4096-d index. Receipt: `admit_receipts_first7.json`.