3.0.0 837 2019-11-15T21:44:07Z 2019-11-15T21:44:07Z Senate S S 2013-04-25 113 ssaf00 Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2013-04-25T21:24:55Z Beginning Farmer and Rancher Opportunity Act of 2013 113 1727 HR 2013-04-25 Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, and in addition to the Committee on the Budget, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. Related bill CRS 2013-04-25 ssaf00 Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. IntroReferral 2013-04-25 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S3038-3039) IntroReferral B00100 9 Library of Congress 2013-04-25 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress H000206 Sen. Harkin, Tom [D-IA] THOMAS HARKIN D IA RICHARD N L000174 Sen. Leahy, Patrick J. [D-VT] Patrick Leahy D VT 2013-04-25 True B000944 Sen. Brown, Sherrod [D-OH] Sherrod Brown D OH 2013-04-25 True T000464 Sen. Tester, Jon [D-MT] Jon Tester D MT 2013-04-25 True C001070 Sen. Casey, Robert P., Jr. [D-PA] Bob Casey D PA 2013-04-25 True K000367 Sen. Klobuchar, Amy [D-MN] Amy Klobuchar D MN 2013-04-25 True U000039 Sen. Udall, Tom [D-NM] TOM UDALL D NM 2013-04-25 True M001176 Sen. Merkley, Jeff [D-OR] Jeff Merkley D OR 2013-04-25 True F000457 Sen. Franken, Al [D-MN] Al Franken D MN 2013-04-25 True J000177 Sen. Johnson, Tim [D-SD] TIM JOHNSON D SD 2013-04-25 True G000555 Sen. Gillibrand, Kirsten E. [D-NY] Kirsten Gillibrand D NY E. 2013-05-08 False H001046 Sen. Heinrich, Martin [D-NM] Martin Heinrich D NM T. 2013-05-09 False B001230 Sen. Baldwin, Tammy [D-WI] Tammy Baldwin D WI 2013-05-22 False K000383 Sen. King, Angus S., Jr. [I-ME] Angus King I ME S. 2013-05-22 False Agriculture and Food Agricultural conservation and pollution Agricultural education Agricultural insurance Agricultural marketing and promotion Agricultural prices, subsidies, credit Agricultural research Air quality Business education Department of Agriculture Employment and training programs Executive agency funding and structure Farmland Foreign labor Government lending and loan guarantees Minority and disadvantaged businesses Rural conditions and development Small business Soil pollution Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation Veterans' loans, housing, homeless programs Water quality Wetlands Agriculture and Food 00 2013-04-25 Introduced in Senate 2013-06-05T18:34:27Z Beginning Farmer and Rancher Opportunity Act of 2013 - Amends the Food Security Act of 1985 to extend: (1) the conservation reserve and related programs, and (2) assistance to disadvantaged or beginning farmers or ranchers for access to the environmental quality incentives and the conservation stewardship programs.

Permits conservation reserve contract modification to facilitate transfers from retiring owners to limited resource farmers or ranchers.

Amends the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act to: (1) reduce the number of operating years required for a beginning farmer or rancher to qualify for a direct real estate loan; (2) extend conservation loan and loan guarantee authority, and reserve specified amounts for beginning farmers and ranchers; (3) extend the beginning farmer and rancher individual development accounts pilot program; (4) authorize micro loans for beginning farmers or ranchers; and (5) make the direct operating loan set-aside for beginning farmers and ranchers permanent.

Amends the Agricultural Risk Protection Act of 2000 to extend the value-added agricultural product market development grant program.

Amends the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 to extend the beginning farmer and rancher development program. Provides assistance for agricultural rehabilitation and vocational training for veterans.

Amends the Competitive, Special, and Facilities Research Grant Act to extend the Agriculture and Food Research Initiative. Provides priority assistance for new farming opportunities, including young, beginning, socially disadvantaged, and immigrant issues, as well as farm entry, transition, and transfer issues.

Amends the Federal Crop Insurance Act to provide for risk management programs targeted at beginning, socially disadvantaged, transitioning, or legal immigrant farmers and ranchers.

Amends the Department of Agriculture Reorganization Act of 1994 to establish in the Department of Agriculture (USDA) the position of Military Veterans Agricultural Liaison.

]]> Beginning Farmer and Rancher Opportunity Act of 2013 Short Titles as Introduced Beginning Farmer and Rancher Opportunity Act of 2013 Display Title Beginning Farmer and Rancher Opportunity Act of 2013 Official Title as Introduced A bill to expand and improve opportunities for beginning farmers and ranchers, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate 2013-04-25T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-113s837is/xml/BILLS-113s837is.xml 2013-04-25 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.