Sec. 1006. USDA assistance and support for socially disadvantaged farmers, ranchers, forest land owners and operators, and groups

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In addition to amounts otherwise available, there is appropriated to the Secretary of Agriculture for fiscal year 2021, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, $1,010,000,000, to remain available until expended, to carry out this section. The Secretary of Agriculture shall use the amounts made available pursuant to subsection (a)— to provide outreach, mediation, financial training, capacity building training, cooperative development training and support, and other technical assistance on issues concerning food, agriculture, agricultural credit, agricultural extension, rural development, or nutrition to socially disadvantaged farmers, ranchers, or forest landowners, or other members of socially disadvantaged groups; to provide grants and loans to improve land access for socially disadvantaged farmers, ranchers, or forest landowners, including issues related to heirs’ property in a manner as determined by the Secretary; to support the development of agricultural credit institutions that are designed to serve socially disadvantaged groups, including other financing institutions funded by the Farm Credit System; to support the activities of one or more equity commissions that will address racial equity issues within the Department of Agriculture and its programs; to support the development of one or more legal centers focused on agricultural legal issues of socially disadvantaged farmers, ranchers, or forest landowners or other members of socially disadvantaged groups; to support and supplement agricultural research, education, and extension, as well as scholarships and programs that provide internships and pathways to Federal employment, at— colleges or universities eligible to receive funds under the Act of August 30, 1890 (commonly known as the Second Morrill Act ) ( 7 U.S.C. 321 et seq.), including Tuskegee University; 1994 Institutions (as defined in section 532 of the Equity in Educational Land-Grant Status Act of 1994 ( 7 U.S.C. 301 note;

Public Law 103–382 )); Alaska Native serving institutions and Native Hawaiian serving institutions eligible to receive grants under subsections

(a)and (b), respectively, of section 1419B of the National Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 ( 7 U.S.C. 3156 ); Hispanic-serving institutions eligible to receive grants under section 1455 of the National Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 ( 7 U.S.C. 3241 ); and the insular area institutions of higher education located in the territories of the United States, as referred to in section 1489 of the National Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 ( 7 U.S.C. 3361 ); to provide assistance to socially disadvantaged farmers, ranchers, or forest landowners that are former farm loan borrowers that suffered related adverse actions or past discrimination or bias in Department of Agriculture programs, as determined by the Secretary; and to establish pilot projects that focus on land acquisition, financial planning, and credit by providing technical and financial assistance related to agricultural production or timber production on nonindustrial private forest land to socially disadvantaged farmers, ranchers, or forest landowners, or other members of socially disadvantaged groups. In this section: The term nonindustrial private forest land has the meaning given the term in section 1201(a)(18) of the Food Security Act of 1985 ( 16 U.S.C. 3801(a)(18) ). The term socially disadvantaged farmer, rancher, or forest landowner means a farmer, rancher, or owner or operator of nonindustrial private forest land who is a member of a socially disadvantaged group. The term socially disadvantaged group has the meaning given the term in section 2501(a) of the Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990 ( 7 U.S.C. 2279(a) ).

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