[Congressional Bills 107th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1938 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







107th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 1938

To amend the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act to establish a 
 grant program to train farm workers in new agricultural technologies.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                           February 13, 2002

Mr. Graham (for himself, Mrs. Boxer, and Mrs. Feinstein) introduced the 
 following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on 
                  Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act to establish a 
 grant program to train farm workers in new agricultural technologies.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. GRANTS FOR TRAINING FARM WORKERS.

    Subtitle D of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act (7 
U.S.C. 1981 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following:

``SEC. 376. GRANTS FOR TRAINING FARM WORKERS.

    ``(a) Definition of Eligible Organization.--In this section, the 
term `eligible organization' means--
            ``(1) a nonprofit organization; or
            ``(2) a consortium of nonprofit organizations, 
        agribusinesses, State and local governments, agricultural labor 
        organizations, or community-based organizations
that has the ability to train farm workers.
    ``(b) Grants.--The Secretary shall make grants to eligible 
organizations to provide training to farm workers--
            ``(1) on the use of technology in agriculture; and
            ``(2) to develop the specialized skills necessary to 
        produce higher value crops.
    ``(c) Authorization of Appropriations.--There is authorized to be 
appropriated to carry out this section $10,000,000 for each of fiscal 
years 2002 through 2006.''.
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