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<dc:title>119 S4848 IS: Farming Opportunities Training and Outreach Grant Program Reauthorization Act of 2026</dc:title>
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<dc:date>2026-06-22</dc:date>
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<distribution-code display="yes">II</distribution-code><congress>119th CONGRESS</congress><session>2d Session</session><legis-num>S. 4848</legis-num><current-chamber>IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES</current-chamber><action><action-date date="20260622">June 22, 2026</action-date><action-desc><sponsor name-id="S394">Ms. Smith</sponsor> introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the <committee-name committee-id="SSAF00">Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry</committee-name></action-desc></action><legis-type>A BILL</legis-type><official-title>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.</official-title></form><legis-body display-enacting-clause="yes-display-enacting-clause"><section section-type="section-one" id="S1"><enum>1.</enum><header>Short title</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">This Act may be cited as the <quote><short-title>Farming Opportunities Training and Outreach Grant Program Reauthorization Act of 2026</short-title></quote>.</text></section><section id="idC0EFA67E20084589982B335C31AB1A24"><enum>2.</enum><header>Outreach and assistance for socially disadvantaged, veteran, and beginning farmers and ranchers</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 2501 of the Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/2279">7 U.S.C. 2279</external-xref>) is amended—</text><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id24ecea94582a437f9fdf5d09066dbc27"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection (c)—</text><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id9baadb7ff6d7445f8713fbf4cf1b655f"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in paragraph (2), in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by striking <quote>2019 through 2023</quote> and inserting <quote>2027 through 2031</quote>;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id11e6dea94a0a4a4892326458847b7013"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (3)(B)(ii), by inserting <quote>, 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</quote> before the period at the end; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idB550E9A09F304E7CA40E2DCCE4FD3BAD"><enum>(C)</enum><text>in paragraph (4)—</text><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ida760118925c7448a8532184ef178dd49"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subparagraph (E)(i), by striking <quote>3</quote> and inserting <quote>4</quote>; and</text></clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id9dcb3795134c4234b6fc28081aac81a1"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>in subparagraph (F)—</text><subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="iddcf266081e2d4aaf91c3cc592f71c7a4"><enum>(I)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking the period at the end and inserting <quote>; and</quote>;</text></subclause><subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id302f39c711d242c2a42bad24809638ea"><enum>(II)</enum><text>by striking <quote>priority to nongovernmental</quote> and inserting the following: “priority to—</text><quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idB0376CA26FBB4B239CC634952064A810"><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id300496a275c44f7b9497159431b09ee4"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">nongovernmental</text></clause><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subclause><subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id25c639764dff4ea7a4c570282e8aaac1"><enum>(III)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id595958C8D99E4A1B992D52DE9400D5F2"><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id2faea47e9f614b21bc9fdfe7d2377a5e"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">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.</text></clause><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subclause></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="idacfb6171c3da4d9099a4d7ee5758d7e4"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection (d)—</text><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id59f2063c648d4a91bdda51a72f9504d7"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (1), by striking <quote>2019 through 2023</quote> and inserting <quote>2027 through 2031</quote>;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ida2deec0694a2461e9c75d2558401613d"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (2), in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by inserting <quote>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,</quote> before <quote>relating to</quote>; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ida0685c9752b140668786453daad37088"><enum>(C)</enum><text>in paragraph (6)—</text><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id7b674e4306014f019b1ea791617c2461"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subparagraph (F)(iii), by striking <quote>and</quote> at the end;</text></clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id933ebd3d417f4202b8f7489e71f2d020"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by redesignating subparagraph (G) as subparagraph (H); and</text></clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id2444f940eabe438ebcadb8b341437f4e"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>by inserting after subparagraph (F) the following:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idBC2152E20886477F8FC287AD1279EBA3"><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idfc17906596734bbd9e7c48ead362604e"><enum>(G)</enum><text>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.</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idb51f8f50f0f444528328835b46bc4ee6"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in subsection (l)(2), by striking <quote>2023</quote> and inserting <quote>2031</quote>.</text></paragraph></section><section commented="no" id="id265F5F929CFF4CDFA0928ED37008767E"><enum>3.</enum><header>Transparency and accountability for socially disadvantaged farmers and ranchers</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 2501A(c) of the Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/2279-1">7 U.S.C. 2279–1(c)</external-xref>) is amended—</text><paragraph commented="no" id="id19A20F7F5F6446F9B80847EE64F9BF56"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by redesignating paragraphs (2) through (4) as paragraphs (3) through (5), respectively;</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="id0A3880CBAEF04396812C102D1AE8C2B0"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by inserting after paragraph (1) the following:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id861CFA9B81AF4453BF03025FD30AB2C1"><paragraph commented="no" id="id36F279F26E3741E7AB3B91D18AA9EA83"><enum>(2)</enum><header>5-year requirement</header><text>Not later than March 31, 2028, and every 5 years thereafter, for each county and State in the United States, the Secretary shall—</text><subparagraph commented="no" id="idB32F77B0624142208B2C8654ADD55FBB"><enum>(A)</enum><text>compile data on—</text><clause commented="no" id="idEFCA0ABF2E7344BE9169340D93E1130F"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the number of base acres of each program crop owned by farmers or ranchers;</text></clause><clause commented="no" id="idA2FDA452A572403AB8C78E84DCFACDB9"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>payment yields for each program crop made by farmers or ranchers;</text></clause><clause commented="no" id="id104F3028FB11464FB90A76DEE30964F7"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>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 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/7333">7 U.S.C. 7333</external-xref>);</text></clause><clause commented="no" id="idE12093ABC96A476A93FE6B476E1AE8E3"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>the number of loans guaranteed by the Secretary to farmers or ranchers;</text></clause><clause commented="no" id="id4E3654618A93420AB508DA5308447AB9"><enum>(v)</enum><text>the allocation of grazing permits by the Forest Service to farmers or ranchers; and</text></clause><clause commented="no" id="id73FC60E8AAE44804977A13B110C55697"><enum>(vi)</enum><text>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</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="id4D23DF8FD63D46E9BEACDF977FEFC113"><enum>(B)</enum><text>organize the data compiled under clauses (i) through (v) of subparagraph (A) according to the categories described in clause (vi) of that subparagraph.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="idDEB9C79A7E9849A4AA1A8EFC19426E4D"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in paragraph (3) (as so redesignated), by striking <quote>paragraph (1)</quote> and inserting <quote>paragraphs (1) and (2)</quote>;</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="id574E293127734726A2A02A9B28B31DA9"><enum>(4)</enum><text>in paragraph (4) (as so redesignated)—</text><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id0AD8F5915C314526A25108FE2D693FA3"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by redesignating subparagraphs (A) through (C) as clauses (i) through (iii), respectively, and indenting appropriately;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="id4F8BFF298F64493799C391858F6BE555"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking the paragraph designation and heading and all that follows through <quote>Using</quote> and inserting the following:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idE8AD8B563FCA4CA99EBF0AA5D614050A"><paragraph commented="no" id="idBAA35694CE124AB889EAA267BBCE59DB"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Reports</header><subparagraph commented="no" id="idD752E5D095AD4863AAC71DDB59AC17A2"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Using</text></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="id2736442BCEF849F095DF72E8D181E126"><enum>(C)</enum><text>in subparagraph (A) (as so redesignated), in the matter preceding clause (i) (as so redesignated), by striking <quote>under paragraph (1)</quote> and inserting the following:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="idCF1F20D8AD6A471CA7762874C19908EF"><text>under—</text><clause commented="no" id="id167C1FFFB0394AF4A5C9BE69DD3B53A2"><enum>(i)</enum><text>paragraph (1); and</text></clause><clause commented="no" id="idF5612BE494734794B14CB061D3D96504"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>in a separate report, under paragraph (2).</text></clause><subparagraph commented="no" id="id75F4247DF751470D85E9C0144EF7A726"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Contents</header><text>Each report submitted under subparagraph (A) shall contain data</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="id33847A536F744A0394B09B6F7FDF6879"><enum>(D)</enum><text>in subparagraph (B) (as so redesignated), in the matter preceding clause (i) (as so redesignated), by striking <quote>that paragraph</quote> and inserting <quote>paragraphs (1) and (2), as applicable,</quote>; and</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="idEA993A4AE45248058F95893EB513B910"><enum>(5)</enum><text>in paragraph (5) (as so redesignated), by striking <quote>the report described in paragraph (3)</quote> and inserting <quote>the reports described in paragraph (4)</quote>.</text></paragraph></section></legis-body></bill>

