Sec. 6. Local Agriculture Market Program; Beginning Farmer and Rancher Development Grant Program
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There is appropriated for the Department of Agriculture, out of amounts in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, $500,000,000 for fiscal year 2020, to remain available until expended, to carry out the Local Agriculture Market Program established under section 210A of the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946 ( 7 U.S.C. 1627c ). Of the amount made available under paragraph (1)— $100,000,000 shall be used to provide grants under the program described in that paragraph to recipients of grants under that program that were awarded before the date of enactment of this Act for projects to respond to the COVID–19 pandemic; $100,000,000 shall be used to provide grants under the program described in that paragraph to organizations that serve socially disadvantaged farmers or ranchers (as defined in section 355(e) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act ( 7 U.S.C. 2003(e) )); $25,000,000 shall be used for grants under paragraph
(5)of section 210A(d) of the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946 ( 7 U.S.C. 1627c(d) ) to carry out market rebuilding projects authorized under paragraph (2)(K) of that section; and $25,000,000 shall be used for grants under paragraph
(6)of that section to carry out those market rebuilding projects. Section 210A(d)(2) of the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946 ( 7 U.S.C. 1627c(d)(2) ) is amended— in subparagraph (I), by striking or at the end; in subparagraph (J)(ii), by striking the period at the end and inserting ; or ; and by adding at the end the following: to rebuild a market for a value-added agricultural product that has been impacted by COVID–19 during the period beginning on the date of enactment of this subparagraph and ending on the last day of the second fiscal year beginning after that date of enactment. . Section 210A(d) of the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946 ( 7 U.S.C. 1627c(d) ) is amended by adding at the end the following: The Secretary may make payments to entities eligible to receive a grant under paragraph
(5)or
(6)that submit to the Secretary an application at such time, in such manner, and containing— a description of how the business of the applicant has been impacted by COVID–19; a narrative explaining how the applicant proposes to use those payments to expand the capacity of the sales of the applicant to properly package and sell agricultural products to consumers; and such other information as the Secretary may require. A payment under this paragraph shall not be subject to the limitations specified in subparagraphs
(D)and
(E)of paragraph
(5)or (6), as applicable. . In this subsection, the term covered period means the period beginning on the date of enactment of this Act and ending on the last day of the second fiscal year beginning after that date of enactment. Subparagraph
(E)of section 210A(d)(5) of the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946 ( 7 U.S.C. 1627c(d)(5) ) shall not apply to a grant awarded under that section during the covered period. Subparagraph
(E)of section 210A(d)(6) of the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946 ( 7 U.S.C. 1627c(d)(6) ) shall not apply to a grant awarded under that section during the covered period. Paragraph
(4)of section 210A(e) of the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946 ( 7 U.S.C. 1627c(e) ) shall not apply to a grant awarded under that section during the covered period. Paragraph
(5)of section 2501(d) of the Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990 ( 7 U.S.C. 2279(d) ) shall not apply to a grant awarded under that section during the covered period.
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