Increasing Land Access, Security, and Opportunities Act

3.0.0 2340 2025-05-27T14:16:13Z 2025-05-27T14:16:13Z Senate S S 2023-07-18 118 ssaf00 Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee Senate Standing Referred To 2023-07-18T21:22:04Z Increasing Land Access, Security, and Opportunities Act 118 3955 HR 2023-07-28 Referred to the Subcommittee on General Farm Commodities, Risk Management, and Credit. Related bill CRS 2023-07-18 ssaf00 Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. IntroReferral 2023-07-18 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress S001203 Sen. Smith, Tina [D-MN] Tina Smith D MN N F000479 Sen. Fetterman, John [D-PA] John Fetterman D PA K. 2023-09-07 False W000800 Sen. Welch, Peter [D-VT] Peter Welch D VT 2023-10-17 False B001320 Sen. Butler, Laphonza R. [D-CA] Laphonza Butler D CA 2023-12-20 False G000555 Sen. Gillibrand, Kirsten E. [D-NY] Kirsten Gillibrand D NY E. 2024-02-29 False M001169 Sen. Murphy, Christopher [D-CT] Christopher Murphy D CT S. 2024-05-08 False B001230 Sen. Baldwin, Tammy [D-WI] Tammy Baldwin D WI 2024-06-03 False Agriculture and Food Agricultural conservation and pollution 2023-10-06T17:30:23Z Agricultural education 2023-10-06T17:30:23Z Agricultural marketing and promotion 2023-10-06T17:30:23Z Agricultural practices and innovations 2023-10-06T17:30:23Z Agricultural prices, subsidies, credit 2023-10-06T17:30:23Z Farmland 2023-10-06T17:30:23Z Foreign language and bilingual programs 2023-10-06T17:30:23Z Indian lands and resources rights 2023-10-06T17:30:23Z Land transfers 2023-10-06T17:30:22Z Public-private cooperation 2023-10-06T17:30:22Z Rural conditions and development 2023-10-06T17:30:23Z State and local government operations 2023-10-06T17:30:23Z Agriculture and Food 2023-08-23T19:30:27Z

00 2023-07-18 Introduced in Senate 2024-10-25T12:45:18Z Increasing Land Access, Security, and Opportunities ActThis bill provides statutory authority for and expands the Farm Service Agency's (FSA's) Increasing Land, Capital, and Market Access Program (the Increasing Land Access Program) for farmers, ranchers, and forest owners.Specifically, the FSA must make competitive grants to, enter into cooperative agreements with, or provide other capital support to eligible entities (e.g., state or local governments, Indian tribes, nonprofit organizations, and institutions of higher education) to provide direct assistance to (1) historically underserved farmers, ranchers, and forest owners; (2) farmers, ranchers, and forest owners operating in high-poverty areas; or (3) young and beginning farmers. The bill specifically excludes from assistance any foreign-based or foreign-owned corporation.The direct assistance may include payments to intended beneficiaries to acquire real property (including air rights and water rights), secure clear title on an heirs' property farmland, and improve or remediate land, water, and soil. Eligible entities may also use grants (1) to provide direct assistance to intended beneficiaries in assessing, purchasing, acquiring, or retaining eligible land; (2) for activities designed to support farm establishment and long-term viability; and (3) to provide technical assistance.The FSA must establish a stakeholder committee, and in collaboration with the committee, develop a process for evaluating and selecting applications submitted by eligible entities. The stakeholder committee must include perspectives from a diverse range of stakeholders, including a diverse representation of geographic distribution and farming models, practices, and purposes.

Increasing Land Access, Security, and Opportunities Act Display Title 45 Increasing Land Access, Security, and Opportunities Act 2024-07-24T15:21:05Z Short Title(s) as Introduced 101 Increasing Land Access, Security, and Opportunities Act 2024-05-24T13:37:51Z Introduced in Senate IS Official Title as Introduced 6 A bill to establish the Increasing Land, Capital, and Market Access Program within the Farm Service Agency Office of Outreach and Education. 2024-03-01T09:08:32Z Introduced in Senate IS Introduced in Senate 2023-07-18T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-118s2340is/xml/BILLS-118s2340is.xml 2023-07-18 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.