[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 42 (Friday, March 5, 2021)]
[Senate]
[Pages S1377-S1378]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 1352. Mr. TILLIS submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to 
amendment SA 891 proposed by Mr. Schumer (for himself, Mr. Wyden, Mrs. 
Murray, Mr. Brown, Mr. Peters, Mr. Cardin, Ms. Cantwell, Ms. Stabenow, 
Mr. Tester, Mr. Menendez, Mr. Schatz, Mr. Carper, Mr. Leahy, and Mr. 
Sanders) to the bill H.R. 1319, to provide for reconciliation pursuant 
to title II of S. Con. Res. 5; which was ordered to lie on the table; 
as follows:

        Strike sections 1005 and 1006 and insert the following:

     SEC. 1005. FARM LOAN ASSISTANCE FOR SOCIALLY DISADVANTAGED 
                   FARMERS AND RANCHERS.

       (a) Payments.--
       (1) Appropriation.--In addition to amounts otherwise 
     available, there is appropriated to the Secretary for fiscal 
     year 2021, out of amounts in the Treasury not otherwise 
     appropriated, $3,980,000,000, to remain available until 
     expended, for the cost of loan modifications and payments 
     under this section.
       (2) Payments.--The Secretary shall provide a payment in an 
     amount up to 120 percent of the outstanding indebtedness of 
     each socially disadvantaged farmer or rancher as of January 
     1, 2021, to pay off the loan directly or to the socially 
     disadvantaged farmer or rancher (or a combination of both), 
     on each--
       (A) direct farm loan made by the Secretary to the socially 
     disadvantaged farmer or rancher; and
       (B) farm loan guaranteed by the Secretary the borrower of 
     which is the socially disadvantaged farmer or rancher.
       (b) Definitions.--In this section:
       (1) Farm loan.--The term ``farm loan'' means--

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       (A) a loan administered by the Farm Service Agency under 
     subtitle A, B, or C of the Consolidated Farm and Rural 
     Development Act (7 U.S.C. 1922 et seq.); and
       (B) a Commodity Credit Corporation Farm Storage Facility 
     Loan.
       (2) Secretary.--The term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary 
     of Agriculture.
       (3) Socially disadvantaged farmer or rancher.--
       (A) In general.--The term ``socially disadvantaged farmer 
     or rancher'' has the meaning given the term in section 355(e) 
     of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act (7 U.S.C. 
     2003(e)).
       (B) Inclusion.--The term ``socially disadvantaged farmer or 
     rancher'' includes a veteran farmer or rancher (as defined in 
     section 2501(a) of the Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and 
     Trade Act of 1990 (7 U.S.C. 2279(a))).

     SEC. 1006. USDA ASSISTANCE AND SUPPORT FOR SOCIALLY 
                   DISADVANTAGED FARMERS, RANCHERS, FOREST LAND 
                   OWNERS AND OPERATORS, AND GROUPS.

       (a) Appropriation.--In addition to amounts otherwise 
     available, there is appropriated to the Secretary of 
     Agriculture for fiscal year 2021, out of any money in the 
     Treasury not otherwise appropriated, $1,010,000,000, to 
     remain available until expended, to carry out this section.
       (b) Assistance.--The Secretary of Agriculture shall use the 
     amounts made available pursuant to subsection (a)--
       (1) to provide outreach, mediation, financial training, 
     capacity building training, cooperative development training 
     and support, and other technical assistance on issues 
     concerning food, agriculture, agricultural credit, 
     agricultural extension, rural development, or nutrition to 
     socially disadvantaged farmers, ranchers, or forest 
     landowners, or other members of socially disadvantaged 
     groups;
       (2) to provide grants and loans to improve land access for 
     socially disadvantaged farmers, ranchers, or forest 
     landowners, including issues related to heirs' property in a 
     manner as determined by the Secretary;
       (3) to support the activities of one or more equity 
     commissions that will address racial equity issues within the 
     Department of Agriculture and its programs, using $5,000,000 
     of the amount made available pursuant to subsection (a);
       (4) to support and supplement agricultural research, 
     education, and extension, as well as scholarships and 
     programs that provide internships and pathways to Federal 
     employment, at--
       (A) colleges or universities eligible to receive funds 
     under the Act of August 30, 1890 (commonly known as the 
     ``Second Morrill Act'') (7 U.S.C. 321 et seq.), including 
     Tuskegee University;
       (B) 1994 Institutions (as defined in section 532 of the 
     Equity in Educational Land-Grant Status Act of 1994 (7 U.S.C. 
     301 note; Public Law 103-382));
       (C) Alaska Native serving institutions and Native Hawaiian 
     serving institutions eligible to receive grants under 
     subsections (a) and (b), respectively, of section 1419B of 
     the National Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching 
     Policy Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C. 3156);
       (D) Hispanic-serving institutions eligible to receive 
     grants under section 1455 of the National Agricultural 
     Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 (7 
     U.S.C. 3241); and
       (E) the insular area institutions of higher education 
     located in the territories of the United States, as referred 
     to in section 1489 of the National Agricultural Research, 
     Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C. 3361); 
     and
       (5) to provide financial assistance to socially 
     disadvantaged farmers, ranchers, or forest landowners that 
     are former farm loan borrowers that suffered related adverse 
     actions or past discrimination or bias in Department of 
     Agriculture programs, as determined by the Secretary.
       (c) Definitions.--In this section:
       (1) Nonindustrial private forest land.--The term 
     ``nonindustrial private forest land'' has the meaning given 
     the term in section 1201(a)(18) of the Food Security Act of 
     1985 (16 U.S.C. 3801(a)(18)).
       (2) Socially disadvantaged farmer, rancher, or forest 
     landowner.--The term ``socially disadvantaged farmer, 
     rancher, or forest landowner'' means a farmer, rancher, or 
     owner or operator of nonindustrial private forest land who 
     is--
       (A) a member of a socially disadvantaged group; or
       (B) a veteran farmer or rancher (as defined in section 
     2501(a) of the Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act 
     of 1990 (7 U.S.C. 2279(a))).
       (3) Socially disadvantaged group.--The term ``socially 
     disadvantaged group'' has the meaning given the term in 
     section 355(e) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development 
     Act (7 U.S.C. 2003(e)).
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