Sec. 203. Sustainable agriculture research and education resilience initiative
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Section 1619 of the Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990 ( 7 U.S.C. 5801 ) is amended— in subsection (a)— in paragraph (5), by striking and at the end; in paragraph (6), by striking the period at the end and inserting ; and ; and by adding at the end the following: increase resilience in the context of a changing climate and related economic, social, and environmental shocks. ; and in subsection (b)— in paragraph (2)— by striking integrated crop management and inserting integrated crop and livestock management system or practice ; and by inserting resilience, after profitability, ; and by striking paragraph
(3)and inserting the following: The term resilience means, with respect to an agricultural management system, the ability of that system to absorb and recover from climate and other disturbances, such that the system is not impacted by severe shocks. . Section 1621(b) of the Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990 ( 7 U.S.C. 5811(b) ) is amended by striking or Federal or State and inserting 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 )), or Federal, State, or Tribal Section 1627 of the Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990 ( 7 U.S.C. 5821 ) is amended— in the section heading, by striking and inserting Integrated management systems ; Agricultural and food system resilience initiative in subsection (a)— by striking paragraph (3); by redesignating paragraphs (1), (2), (4), and
(5)as subparagraphs (C), (D), (E), and (F), respectively, and indenting appropriately; in the matter preceding subparagraph
(C)(as so redesignated), by striking the first sentence and all that follows through program in the second sentence and inserting the following: In close conjunction with programs and projects established under sections 1621 and 1623, the Secretary shall establish a research, education, extension, and outreach initiative, which may include farmer and rancher research and demonstration grants, and use an interdisciplinary approach wherever appropriate, to increase the resilience of agriculture and the food system in the context of a changing climate and related economic, social, and environmental shocks. The purposes of the initiative established under paragraph
(1); and in paragraph
(2)(as so designated)— by inserting before subparagraph
(C)(as so redesignated) the following: to equip farmers to prepare, adapt, and transform the farming systems of the farmers when confronted by shocks and stresses to the agricultural production and livelihoods of the farmers; to support local and regional food systems that support resilience and enhance local access and control over productive resources; ; in subparagraph
(C)(as so redesignated)— by striking practices and systems and inserting systems and practices ; by inserting climate and after adverse ; by inserting soil quality and after enhance ; and by inserting reduce dependency on fossil fuels, after inputs, ; in subparagraph
(D)(as so redesignated), by inserting increase resilience and after practices to ; in subparagraph
(E)(as so redesignated), by inserting and practices after systems ; and in subparagraph
(F)(as so redesignated), by striking integrated and all that follows through programs and inserting policies and programs to improve food and agricultural system resilience ; and by striking subsections (b), (c), and
(d)and inserting the following: Of the funds of the Commodity Credit Corporation, the Secretary shall use to carry out this section $50,000,000 for fiscal year 2022 and each fiscal year thereafter. There is authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section through the National Institute of Food and Agriculture $20,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2022 through 2030. . The chapter heading of chapter 2 of subtitle B of title XVI of the Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990 ( 7 U.S.C. 5821 ) is amended to read as follows: . Agricultural and food system resilience initiative
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Sec. 203
Sustainable agriculture research and education resilience initiative
Pub. L.Pub. L. 103-382
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