Sec. 2. Domestic Agriculture Supply Chain Administrator
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Subtitle A of the Department of Agriculture Reorganization Act of 1994 is amended by inserting after section 216 ( 7 U.S.C. 6916 ) the following: The Secretary shall establish in the Office of the Secretary a position of Domestic Agriculture Supply Chain Administrator (referred to in this section as the Administrator ). The Administrator shall— carry out activities in the interest of assisting farmers in entering the products of the farmers into the domestic market; act as a liaison between— farmers; and food banks, schools, grocers, restaurants, and other food distribution entities partnered with the Department or other nonprofit organizations; and identify barriers, either regulatory or legal, that prevent or inhibit farmers from entering the products of the farmers into the domestic market through food distribution networks or other entities; and make recommendations to the Secretary regarding the means by which to remove the barriers identified under subparagraph (A).
The purposes of the Administrator shall be— to promote the domestic supply chain; and to connect farmers that have excess agricultural products, whether perishable or nonperishable, with an appropriate food distribution organization that is in need of certain agricultural products. The Administrator shall oversee a team composed of— a regulatory reform officer; an agricultural marketing expert; and individuals with private sector experience in the food distribution network. The Administrator shall convene representatives of appropriate Federal advisory committees of the Agricultural Marketing Service, Federal agencies, and members of the private sector to advise the Administrator in carrying out the duties described in subsection (b).
To the extent practicable, the Administrator shall be an additional role of an existing position, and not a new position, within the Office of the Secretary. . Section 296(b) of the Department of Agriculture Reorganization Act of 1994 ( 7 U.S.C. 7014(b) ) is amended by adding at the end the following: The authority of the Secretary to carry out the amendments made to this title by the American Farmers, Food Banks, and Families Act of 2020 . Subtitle A of the Department of Agriculture Reorganization Act of 1994 is amended by redesignating section 225 ( 7 U.S.C. 6925 ) as section 224A.
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