[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2380 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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118th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 2380

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.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             July 19, 2023

   Ms. Smith 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 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.

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

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Farming Opportunities Training and 
Outreach Grant Program Reauthorization Act of 2023''.

SEC. 2. OUTREACH AND ASSISTANCE FOR SOCIALLY DISADVANTAGED, VETERAN, 
              AND BEGINNING FARMERS AND RANCHERS.

    Section 2501 of the Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act 
of 1990 (7 U.S.C. 2279) is amended--
            (1) in subsection (c)--
                    (A) in paragraph (2), in the matter preceding 
                subparagraph (A), by striking ``2019 through 2023'' and 
                inserting ``2024 through 2028'';
                    (B) in paragraph (3)(B)(ii), by inserting ``, 
                including by providing appropriate interpretation and 
                translation services when those services will be useful 
                in expanding meaningful access to Department programs 
                or technical assistance services, as determined by the 
                Secretary'' before the period at the end; and
                    (C) in paragraph (4)--
                            (i) in subparagraph (E)(i), by striking 
                        ``3'' and inserting ``4''; and
                            (ii) in subparagraph (F)--
                                    (I) by striking the period at the 
                                end and inserting ``; and'';
                                    (II) by striking ``priority to 
                                nongovernmental'' and inserting the 
                                following: ``priority to--
                            ``(i) nongovernmental''; and
                                    (III) by adding at the end the 
                                following:
                            ``(ii) eligible entities that will provide 
                        appropriate interpretation and translation 
                        services as part of the provision of outreach 
                        and technical assistance described in that 
                        subparagraph, when those services will be 
                        useful in expanding meaningful access to 
                        Department programs or technical assistance 
                        services, as determined by the Secretary.'';
            (2) in subsection (d)--
                    (A) in paragraph (1), by striking ``2019 through 
                2023'' and inserting ``2024 through 2028'';
                    (B) in paragraph (2), in the matter preceding 
                subparagraph (A), by inserting ``including by providing 
                appropriate interpretation and translation services 
                when those services will be useful in expanding 
                meaningful access to Department programs or technical 
                assistance services, as determined by the Secretary,'' 
                before ``relating to''; and
                    (C) in paragraph (6)--
                            (i) in subparagraph (F)(iii), by striking 
                        ``and'' at the end;
                            (ii) by redesignating subparagraph (G) as 
                        subparagraph (H); and
                            (iii) by inserting after subparagraph (F) 
                        the following:
                    ``(G) the inclusion of plans to provide appropriate 
                interpretation and translation services when those 
                services will be useful in expanding meaningful access 
                to Department programs or technical assistance 
                services, as determined by the Secretary.''; and
            (3) in subsection (l)(2), by striking ``2023'' and 
        inserting ``2028''.

SEC. 3. TRANSPARENCY AND ACCOUNTABILITY FOR SOCIALLY DISADVANTAGED 
              FARMERS AND RANCHERS.

    Section 2501A(c) of the Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade 
Act of 1990 (7 U.S.C. 2279-1(c)) is amended--
            (1) by redesignating paragraphs (2) through (4) as 
        paragraphs (3) through (5), respectively;
            (2) by inserting after paragraph (1) the following:
            ``(2) 5-year requirement.--Not later than March 31, 2025, 
        and every 5 years thereafter, for each county and State in the 
        United States, the Secretary shall--
                    ``(A) compile data on--
                            ``(i) the number of base acres of each 
                        program crop owned by farmers or ranchers;
                            ``(ii) payment yields for each program crop 
                        made by farmers or ranchers;
                            ``(iii) the number of fee waivers and 
                        premium reductions provided to farmers or 
                        ranchers under the noninsured crop disaster 
                        assistance program established by section 196 
                        of the Federal Agriculture Improvement and 
                        Reform Act of 1996 (7 U.S.C. 7333);
                            ``(iv) the number of loans guaranteed by 
                        the Secretary to farmers or ranchers;
                            ``(v) the allocation of grazing permits by 
                        the Forest Service to farmers or ranchers; and
                            ``(vi) the race, ethnicity, and gender of 
                        each farmer or rancher under clauses (i) 
                        through (v), subject to appropriate privacy 
                        protections, as determined by the Secretary; 
                        and
                    ``(B) organize the data compiled under clauses (i) 
                through (v) of subparagraph (A) according to the 
                categories described in clause (vi) of that 
                subparagraph.'';
            (3) in paragraph (3) (as so redesignated), by striking 
        ``paragraph (1)'' and inserting ``paragraphs (1) and (2)'';
            (4) in paragraph (4) (as so redesignated)--
                    (A) by redesignating subparagraphs (A) through (C) 
                as clauses (i) through (iii), respectively, and 
                indenting appropriately;
                    (B) by striking the paragraph designation and 
                heading and all that follows through ``Using'' and 
                inserting the following:
            ``(4) Reports.--
                    ``(A) In general.--Using'';
                    (C) in subparagraph (A) (as so redesignated), in 
                the matter preceding clause (i) (as so redesignated), 
                by striking ``under paragraph (1)'' and inserting the 
                following: ``under--
                            ``(i) paragraph (1); and
                            ``(ii) in a separate report, under 
                        paragraph (2).
                    ``(B) Contents.--Each report submitted under 
                subparagraph (A) shall contain data''; and
                    (D) in subparagraph (B) (as so redesignated), in 
                the matter preceding clause (i) (as so redesignated), 
                by striking ``that paragraph'' and inserting 
                ``paragraphs (1) and (2), as applicable,''; and
            (5) in paragraph (5) (as so redesignated), by striking 
        ``the report described in paragraph (3)'' and inserting ``the 
        reports described in paragraph (4)''.
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