Sec. 6. Amending agriculture programs
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Section 6(a) of the Farmer-to-Consumer Direct Marketing Act of 1976 ( 7 U.S.C. 3005(a) ) is amended— by inserting , loans, or loan guarantees after make grants ; by inserting or activities after projects ; and by striking development of local food business enterprises. and inserting the following: development of local food business enterprises, including— projects for the construction of new farmers’ markets; projects for the improvement or rehabilitation of existing farmers’ markets; projects for the acquisition of equipment for farmers’ markets and other infrastructure needs; projects for the purchase, acquisition, and rehabilitation of land or property for use as a farmers' market; activities carried out through agri-tourism initiatives; marketing and advertising activities; transportation and delivery activities; education and outreach and activities to encourage farmers’ markets participation in Federal and State food and nutrition assistance programs; business development and management activities, including professional development activities; projects for the establishment of satellite locations of existing farmers’ markets designed to increase sales in areas not easily accessible through traditional transportation; and activities carried out through planning and feasibility initiatives for new or expanding farmers’ markets. .
Section 6 of the Farmer-to-Consumer Direct Marketing Act of 1976 ( 7 U.S.C. 3005 ) is amended— by striking subsection (b); and by redesignating subsections (c), (d), and
(e)as subsections (b), (c), and (d), respectively. Subsection
(b)of section 6 of the Farmer-to-Consumer Direct Marketing Act of 1976 ( 7 U.S.C. 3005 ) (as so redesignated) is amended— in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by inserting , loan, or loan guarantee after grant ; by striking paragraph
(1)and inserting the following new paragraph: a State government agency; ; in paragraph (2), by inserting agency after government ; by striking paragraphs
(4)and (5); by inserting after paragraph
(3)the following new paragraph: an operator of a farmers’ market; ; and by redesignating paragraphs
(6)and
(7)as paragraphs
(5)and (6), respectively. Subsection (d)(1) of section 6 of the Farmer-to-Consumer Direct Marketing Act of 1976 (7 U.S.C. 3005), as redesignated by paragraph (2)(B), is amended by inserting or an urban area (as defined in section 226B(a) of the Department of Agriculture Reorganization Act of 1994 ( after 7 U.S.C. 6934(a) )) regionally grown foods . Section 6 of the Farmer-to-Consumer Direct Marketing Act of 1976 ( 7 U.S.C. 3005 ), as amended by paragraph (2), is further amended— by redesignating subsections
(f)and
(g)as subsections
(h)and (i), respectively; and by inserting after subsection
(d)(as redesignated by paragraph (2)(B)) the following new subsections: The interest rate on a loan under this section (other than a loan guarantee under this section) shall be as determined by the Secretary, but not less than such rate as determined by the Secretary of the Treasury taking into consideration the current average market yield on outstanding marketable obligations of the United States with remaining periods to maturity comparable to the maturities of such loan, as determined by the Secretary of the Treasury on the date the loan is made. The interest rate for each loan under this section shall remain in effect for the term of the loan. An eligible entity seeking a grant, loan, or loan guarantee under this section shall submit to the Secretary an application in such time and in such manner and containing such information as the Secretary may require, including documentation demonstrating the financial need of the entity. As a condition of receiving a grant, loan, or loan guarantee under this section, a recipient of such a grant, loan, or loan guarantee shall certify that the recipient will reserve, for the sale of locally produced food products (as determined by the Secretary) produced by farmers, ranchers, or aquaculture, mariculture, or fisheries operators, or by associations of farmers, ranchers, or those operators, not less than 50 percent of the floor area of a farmers’ market— that is operated or facilitated by the recipient; and with respect to which grant or loan funds will be used. . Subsection
(i)of section 6 of the Farmer-to-Consumer Direct Marketing Act of 1976 ( 7 U.S.C. 3005 ) (as redesignated by paragraph (4)) is amended— in paragraph (1)— in subparagraph (C), by striking and at the end; in subparagraph (D), by striking each of fiscal years 2014 through 2018. and inserting fiscal year 2014; and ; and by adding at the end the following new subparagraph: $50,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2015 through 2018. ; by striking paragraph
(4)and inserting the following new paragraph: Not less than 10 percent of the funds used to carry out this section in a fiscal year under paragraph
(1)or
(3)shall be used to support the use of electronic benefits transfers for Federal nutrition programs at farmers’ markets. Not less than 70 percent of the funds made available to carry out this section in a fiscal year shall be used to make grants to eligible entities. ; and in paragraph (5)— in the heading, by inserting before technical assistance and ; and administrative expenses by inserting to provide technical assistance or before for administrative expenses . Section 4402(a) of the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 ( 7 U.S.C. 3007(a) ) is amended to read as follows: The Secretary of Agriculture shall use funds available to the Commodity Credit Corporation to carry out and expand a seniors farmers’ market nutrition program in the following amounts: For fiscal year 2015, $25,000,000. For fiscal year 2016, $50,000,000. For fiscal year 2017, $75,000,000. For each of fiscal years 2018 through 2020, $100,000,000. . Section 4402(b)(1) of the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 ( 7 U.S.C. 3007(b)(1) ) is amended— by striking unprepared and inserting minimally processed ; and by striking and herbs and inserting herbs, and other locally produced farm products, as the Secretary considers appropriate, . Section 4402 of the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 ( 7 U.S.C. 3007 ) is amended by adding at the end the following: Not more than 10 percent of the funds made available for a fiscal year under subsection
(a)may be used to pay administrative costs incurred in carrying out this section. To the extent the funds made available under subsection
(a)for a fiscal year are not expended in that fiscal year, the Secretary shall use such funds in a subsequent fiscal year for the same purpose. In providing funds made available under this section, the Secretary shall give priority to farmers’ markets that have an operational seniors farmers’ market program and to seniors farmers’ markets programs in historically underserved communities (as defined by the Secretary). . Section 25 of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 ( 7 U.S.C. 2034 ) is amended— in subsection (a)(1)— in subparagraph (B)— in clause (i)— by striking (i)(I) and inserting the following: ; by striking
(II)and inserting the following: ; and by striking
(III)and inserting the following: ; and in clause (ii)— by striking (ii)(I) and inserting the following: ; by striking
(II)and inserting the following: ; and by striking
(III)and inserting the following: ; and by striking that— and all that follows through
(B)is and inserting that is— ; and in subsection (b)(2)(C), by striking $9,000,000 and inserting $10,000,000 .
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