[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 3420 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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118th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 3420

 To amend the Department of Agriculture Reorganization Act of 1994 to 
provide for a set-aside for socially disadvantaged farmers and ranchers 
for grants to support urban agriculture and innovative production, and 
                          for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                            December 6, 2023

Mrs. Gillibrand 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 Department of Agriculture Reorganization Act of 1994 to 
provide for a set-aside for socially disadvantaged farmers and ranchers 
for grants to support urban agriculture and innovative production, 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 ``Growing Opportunities for Innovative 
Farming Act of 2023''.

SEC. 2. SET-ASIDE FOR SOCIALLY DISADVANTAGED FARMERS AND RANCHERS.

    Section 222 of the Department of Agriculture Reorganization Act of 
1994 (7 U.S.C. 6923) is amended by striking subsection (e) and 
inserting the following:
    ``(e) Funding.--
            ``(1) Authorization of appropriations.--There is authorized 
        to be appropriated to carry out this section and the amendments 
        made by this section $25,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2019 
        through 2028.
            ``(2) Set-aside.--Of the amounts made available under 
        paragraph (1) for each fiscal year, the Secretary shall set 
        aside not less than 10 percent to award grants under subsection 
        (c) to eligible entities that serve socially disadvantaged 
        farmers and ranchers (as defined in section 2501(a) of the 
        Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990 (7 
        U.S.C. 2279(a))), in amounts of not less than $10,000 per 
        grantee per fiscal year.''.

SEC. 3. ANNUAL REPORT ON OPPORTUNITIES AND OUTREACH FOR SOCIALLY 
              DISADVANTAGED FARMERS AND RANCHERS.

    Section 2501(k) of the Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade 
Act of 1990 (7 U.S.C. 2279(k)) is amended--
            (1) in the subsection heading, by striking ``Report'' and 
        inserting ``Reports''; and
            (2) by adding at the end the following:
            ``(3) Annual reports.--Not later than 1 year after the date 
        of enactment of the Growing Opportunities for Innovative 
        Farming Act of 2023, and each year thereafter, the Secretary 
        shall submit to the Committee on Agriculture of the House of 
        Representatives and the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, 
        and Forestry of the Senate a report describing--
                    ``(A) targeted farming opportunities, training, and 
                outreach practices being carried out by the Secretary 
                under this section;
                    ``(B) a list of census tracts that the Secretary 
                has provided technical assistance to under this 
                section;
                    ``(C) recommendations to Congress on how to enhance 
                equity for socially disadvantaged, small farmers and 
                ranchers; and
                    ``(D) any other data the Secretary determines to be 
                necessary to evaluate the benefits of the technical 
                assistance provided, outreach efforts undertaken, and 
                grants awarded under this section.''.
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