Farming Opportunities Training and Outreach Grant Program Reauthorization Act of 2026

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 4848 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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119th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 4848

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

                             June 22, 2026

   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 2026''.

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 ``2027 through 2031'';
                    (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 ``2027 through 2031'';
                    (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 ``2031''.

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, 2028,
        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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