Tap any paragraph to write a margin note. Your notes collect in the Desk below the text and file under cases with @. The side-by-side margin rail opens on a larger screen.

§
Marginalia
Code · BILL · 116th Congress · S. 4929 (Introduced in Senate) — To address the history of discrimination against Black farmers and ranchers, to require reforms within the Department... · Sec. 1

Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents

291 words·~1 min read·/bill/116/s/4929/is/section-1·

A research copy — for the controlling text, always check the official state or federal source. Not legal advice.

This Act may be cited as the . Justice for Black Farmers Act of 2020 The table of contents for this Act is as follows: Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. Sec. 2. Definitions. TITLE I—Department of Agriculture Civil Rights Reforms Sec. 101. Definitions. Sec. 102. Independent Civil Rights Oversight Board. Sec. 103. Equity Commission. Sec. 104. Office of the Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights reforms. Sec. 105. Data collection and reporting. TITLE II—Black Farmer Land Grants Sec. 201.
Definitions. Sec. 202. Establishment of the Under Secretary of Agriculture for Equitable Land Access and the Equitable Land Access Service. Sec. 203. Provision of land grants. Sec. 204. Identification of land. Sec. 205. Restrictions on conveyed land. Sec. 206. Eligibility for assistance. Sec. 207. Completion of farmer training program and succession planning. Sec. 208. Grants for qualified entities. Sec. 209. Farm Conservation Corps. Sec. 210. Annual report to Congress. TITLE III—Funding for Historically Black Colleges and Universities Sec. 301.
Funding for Historically Black Colleges and Universities. Sec. 302. USDA/1890 National Scholars Program. TITLE IV—Land Retention and Credit Assistance Sec. 401. Protections for land ownership. Sec. 402. Access to credit for socially disadvantaged farmers and ranchers. Sec. 403. Additional credit assistance. Sec. 404. Foreclosure moratorium. TITLE V—Agricultural System Reforms Subtitle A—Amendments to Packers and Stockyards Act, 1921 Sec. 501. Definitions. Sec. 502. Unlawful practices.
Sec. 503. Spot market purchases of livestock by packers. Sec. 504. Investigation of live poultry dealers. Sec. 505. Award of attorney fees. Sec. 506. Technical amendments. Subtitle B—Local Agriculture Market Program Sec. 511. Local Agriculture Market Program. Subtitle C—Conservation and renewable energy programs Sec. 521. Conservation technical assistance. Sec. 522. Conservation Stewardship Program. Sec. 523. Rural Energy for America Program. Sec. 524. Conservation and renewable energy programs priority.
★   the supreme law of the land   ★
Don't Tread on Me
E Pluribus Unum — out of many, one

"If you don't know your rights, you don't have any."

Marginalia · a citizen's law index
A research desk, not legal advice. Always read the cited source before relying on a summary.
Questions or an issue? support@self-law.org
disclaimerMarginalia is a research index, not a law firm. Nothing on this site is legal, tax, or financial advice and no attorney–client relationship is formed by using it. Statutes, regulations, and case law change; summaries, search results, AI output, and member posts may be incomplete, out of date, or wrong. Any interpretation drawn from material on this site should be validated by a licensed attorney in your jurisdiction before you act on it.