3.0.0 2839 2023-01-11T13:42:31Z 2023-01-11T13:42:31Z Senate S 2018-05-15 115 ssaf00 Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2018-05-15T15:44:07Z Assist Socially Disadvantaged and Veteran Farmers and Ranchers Act of 2018 115 5824 HR 2018-05-15 Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture. Identical bill CRS 2018-05-15 ssaf00 Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. IntroReferral 2018-05-15 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress V000128 Sen. Van Hollen, Chris [D-MD] Chris Van Hollen D MD N S001203 Sen. Smith, Tina [D-MN] Tina Smith D MN 2018-05-15 True J000300 Sen. Jones, Doug [D-AL] Doug Jones D AL 2018-05-15 True U000039 Sen. Udall, Tom [D-NM] TOM UDALL D NM 2018-05-15 True H001046 Sen. Heinrich, Martin [D-NM] Martin Heinrich D NM T. 2018-05-15 True W000779 Sen. Wyden, Ron [D-OR] Ron Wyden D OR 2018-05-23 False C001113 Sen. Cortez Masto, Catherine [D-NV] Catherine Cortez Masto D NV 2018-06-19 False Agriculture and Food Contracts and agency Farmland Forests, forestry, trees Government information and archives Minority and disadvantaged businesses Public-private cooperation Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation Agriculture and Food 00 2018-05-15 Introduced in Senate 2018-12-28T17:26:40Z Assist Socially Disadvantaged and Veteran Farmers and Ranchers Act of 2018

This bill amends the Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990 to reauthorize through FY2023 and modify the Department of Agriculture (USDA) Outreach and Assistance for Socially Disadvantaged Farmers and Ranchers and Veteran Farmers and Ranchers Program.

(The program provides funding to assist socially disadvantaged and veteran farmers and ranchers in participating in USDA programs and in owning and operating farms and ranches.)

The bill includes provisions that:

  • authorize multiyear grants, contracts, and agreements for terms of up to three years;
  • require USDA to establish an external peer review process to use in making grants and entering into contracts and agreements; and
  • modify reporting requirements.
]]> Assist Socially Disadvantaged and Veteran Farmers and Ranchers Act of 2018 Display Title Assist Socially Disadvantaged and Veteran Farmers and Ranchers Act of 2018 Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend the Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990 to improve assistance for socially disadvantaged farmers and ranchers and veteran farmers and ranchers, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Assist Socially Disadvantaged and Veteran Farmers and Ranchers Act of 2018 Introduced in Senate 2018-05-15T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-115s2839is/xml/BILLS-115s2839is.xml 2018-05-15 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.