3.0.0 96 2025-12-11T05:02:29Z 2025-12-11T05:02:29Z Senate S S 2023-01-26 118 https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/senate-bill/96 ssaf00 Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee Senate Standing Referred To 2023-01-26T16:28:50Z 118 2633 S 2023-07-27 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. Related bill CRS 118 1167 HR 2023-02-24 Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, and in addition to the Committees on Education and the Workforce, Financial Services, the Judiciary, and 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 2023-01-26 ssaf00 Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. IntroReferral 2023-01-26 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress B001288 Sen. Booker, Cory A. [D-NJ] Cory Booker D NJ N W000817 Sen. Warren, Elizabeth [D-MA] Elizabeth Warren D MA A. 2023-01-26 True G000555 Sen. Gillibrand, Kirsten E. [D-NY] Kirsten Gillibrand D NY E. 2023-01-26 True S001203 Sen. Smith, Tina [D-MN] Tina Smith D MN 2023-01-26 True W000790 Sen. Warnock, Raphael G. [D-GA] Raphael Warnock D GA 2023-01-26 True S000033 Sen. Sanders, Bernard [I-VT] Bernard Sanders I VT 2023-01-26 True B001277 Sen. Blumenthal, Richard [D-CT] Richard Blumenthal D CT 2023-01-26 True M001176 Sen. Merkley, Jeff [D-OR] Jeff Merkley D OR 2023-03-21 False M000133 Sen. Markey, Edward J. [D-MA] Edward Markey D MA J. 2023-10-16 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 2024-01-10 False Agriculture and Food Agriculture and Food 2023-02-08T21:30:57Z

00 2023-01-26 Introduced in Senate 2023-02-10T02:02:40Z <p><strong>Justice for Black Farmers Act of 202</strong><b>3</b></p> <p>This bill directs the Department of Agriculture (USDA) to provide a variety of assistance to address historical discrimination and disparities in the agricultural sector. </p> <p>For example, the bill establishes an equity commission in USDA to examine discrimination by the agency against Black farmers and ranchers and recommend actions to end the systematic disparities in the treatment of Black farmers and ranchers.</p> <p>USDA must also establish a Farm Conservation Corps to provide young adults who are from socially disadvantaged groups with the skills necessary to pursue careers in farming and ranching.</p> <p>The bill provides funding for historically Black colleges and universities to commence and expand courses of study that are focused on careers in agriculture or related disciplines. The bill also increases the authorization of appropriations for a program to resolve issues relating to ownership and succession on farmland. Additionally, it expands credit assistance for socially disadvantaged farmers and ranchers.</p> <p>Further, the bill (1) establishes that a minimum of 50% of a covered packer's (not including a packer that owns only one livestock processing plant) daily volume of livestock slaughter must be purchased through spot market sales from nonaffiliated producers; (2) increases funding for the Local Agriculture Market Program; and (3) gives priority to socially disadvantaged farmers and ranchers for conservation technical assistance, the Conservation Stewardship Program, and the Rural Energy for America Program. </p>

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