SenateS. 4848119th Congress
Farming Opportunities Training and Outreach Grant Program Reauthorization Act of 2026
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[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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