Sec. 2. Striking references to socially disadvantaged farmers and ranchers in Federal law

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Section 524(a)(3) of the Federal Crop Insurance Act ( 7 U.S.C. 1524(a)(3) ) is amended— by striking subparagraph (C); and by redesignating subparagraphs

(D)through

(F)as subparagraphs

(C)through (E), respectively. Section 210A of the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946 ( 7 U.S.C. 1627c ) is amended— in subsection (a)— by striking paragraph (11); and by redesignating paragraphs

(12)and

(13)as paragraphs

(11)and (12), respectively; in subsection (d)(5)(C)(i)— by striking subclause (II); and by redesignating subclauses

(III)and

(IV)as subclauses

(II)and (III), respectively; and in subsection (i)(3)(A)(ii)(II)— in the subclause heading, by striking and inserting Beginning, veteran, and socially disadvantaged ; and Beginning and veteran by striking beginning, veteran, and socially disadvantaged and inserting beginning and veteran . The Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act ( 7 U.S.C. 1921 et seq. ) is amended— in section 304 ( 7 U.S.C. 1924 )— in subsection (d)(1), by striking and socially disadvantaged farmers or ranchers ; and in subsection (e)(2), by striking socially disadvantaged farmer or rancher or a ; in section 310B(e) ( 7 U.S.C. 1932(e) )— by striking paragraph (11); and by redesignating paragraphs

(12)and

(13)as paragraphs

(11)and (12), respectively; in section 310E ( 7 U.S.C. 1935 )— in subsection (d)(4)— in subparagraph (A), by adding or at the end; by striking subparagraph (B); by redesignating subparagraph

(C)as subparagraph (B); and in subparagraph (B), as so redesignated, by striking ; and at the end; and in subsection (e)— in paragraph (1), by adding and at the end; by striking paragraph (2); and by redesignating paragraph

(3)as paragraph (2); in section 310F ( 7 U.S.C. 1936 )— in the section heading, by striking ; and socially disadvantaged farmer or rancher in subsection (a), by striking or socially disadvantaged farmer or rancher (as defined in section 355(e)(2)) ; in subsection (b)(1), by striking or socially disadvantaged farmer or rancher ; in subsection (c)(1), by striking or socially disadvantaged farmer or rancher ; and in subsection (f), by striking and Socially Disadvantaged Farmer or Rancher each place it appears; in section 310I ( 7 U.S.C. 1936c )— in subsection (b)(2), by striking socially disadvantaged farmers and ranchers (as defined in subsection

(a)of section 2501 of the Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990 ( ; and 7 U.S.C. 2279 )) or by amending subsection

(d)to read as follows: In making loans under subsection (a), the Secretary shall give preference to eligible entities in States that have adopted a statute consisting of an enactment or adoption of the Uniform Partition of Heirs Property Act, as approved and recommended for enactment in all States by the National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws in 2010, that relend to owners of heirs property (as defined in that Act). ; in section 333B(c)(3)(A) ( 7 U.S.C. 1983b(c)(3)(A) ), by striking , including, as appropriate, socially disadvantaged farmers or ranchers (as defined in section 355(e)(2)) ; in section 352(c) ( 7 U.S.C. 2000(c) ), by amending paragraph

(4)to read as follows: The period of occupancy allowed the prior owner of homestead property under this section shall be the period requested in writing by the prior owner, except that such period shall not exceed 5 years. ; and by striking section 355 ( 7 U.S.C. 2003 ). Section 5413 of the Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018 ( 7 U.S.C. 2008x ) is amended— in subsection (b)(1)(C), by striking and socially disadvantaged ; and in subsection (c)(1)(B), by striking and socially disadvantaged . Section 2501 of the Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990 ( 7 U.S.C. 2279 ) is amended— in subsection (a)— by striking paragraphs

(5)and (6); and by redesignating paragraph

(7)as paragraph (5); in subsection (b), by striking socially disadvantaged farmers and ranchers, veteran farmers and ranchers, and inserting veteran farmers and ranchers ; in subsection (c)— in the subsection heading, by striking ; socially disadvantaged and in paragraph (1)— in subparagraph (A)— in clause (i), by striking socially disadvantaged farmers and ranchers and ; and in clause (ii), by striking socially disadvantaged farmers or ranchers and ; by striking subparagraphs

(E)and (F); and by redesignating subparagraph

(G)as subparagraph (E); in paragraph (3)(B)(i), by striking socially disadvantaged farmers or ranchers and ; in paragraph (4)— in subparagraph (A), by striking socially disadvantaged farmers and ranchers and ; in subparagraph (D)— by striking clauses

(iii)and (iv); by redesignating clauses

(v)through

(vii)as clauses

(iii)through (v), respectively; in clause (iv), as so redesignated, by striking and socially disadvantaged farmers or ranchers ; and in clause (v), as so redesignated, by striking clause

(vi)and inserting clause

(iv); and in subparagraph (F), by striking socially disadvantaged farmers and ranchers or ; and by striking paragraph (5); in subsection (f)— by striking paragraph (2); by redesignating paragraphs

(3)through

(7)as paragraphs

(2)through (6), respectively; and in paragraph (3), as so redesignated— in subparagraph (A), by adding or at the end; by striking subparagraph (B); and by redesignating subparagraph

(C)as subparagraph (B); in subsection (g)(2), by striking socially disadvantaged farmers and ranchers or ; by striking subsections

(h)and (j); by redesignating subsections (i), (k), and

(l)as subsections (h), (i), and (j), respectively; in subsection (i), as so redesignated— in paragraph (1)(A), by striking and members of socially disadvantaged groups ; and in paragraph (2)— in subparagraph (A), by striking and members of socially disadvantaged groups ; in subparagraph (B), by adding and at the end; by striking subparagraphs

(C)and (E); by redesignating subparagraph

(D)as subparagraph (C); and in subparagraph (C), as so redesignated, by striking ; and and inserting a period; and in subsection (j)(4)(A), as redesignated by paragraph (7)— in clause (i), by adding and at the end; by striking clause (ii); and by redesignating clause

(iii)as clause (ii). The Federal Crop Insurance Reform and Department of Agriculture Reorganization Act of 1994 ( 7 U.S.C. 6901 et seq. ) is amended— in section 226B ( 7 U.S.C. 6934 )— in subsection (a), by striking paragraph (3); in subsection (b)(1)(B)— by striking clause (iii); and by redesignating clauses

(iv)and

(v)as clauses

(iii)and (iv), respectively; in subsection (c)— in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by striking veteran farmers and ranchers, and socially disadvantaged farmers or ranchers and inserting and veteran farmers and ranchers ; in paragraph (1), by striking socially disadvantaged, ; and in paragraph (5), by striking veteran farmers or ranchers, and socially disadvantaged farmers or ranchers and inserting and veteran farmers or ranchers ; by striking subsection (d); and by redesignating subsections

(e)and

(f)as subsections

(d)and (e), respectively; and by striking section 305 ( 7 U.S.C. 2279a ). Section 201 of division HH of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2023 ( Public Law 117–328 ; 136 Stat. 5971) is repealed. Section 196 of the Federal Agriculture Improvement and Reform Act of 1996 ( 7 U.S.C. 7333 ) is amended— in subsection (k)(2), by striking , beginning, or socially disadvantaged and inserting or beginning ; and in subsection (l)(3)— in the paragraph heading, by striking and inserting veteran, and socially disadvantaged ; and and veteran by striking , beginning, and socially disadvantaged and inserting and beginning . Section 405(c) of the Agricultural Research, Extension, and Education Reform Act of 1998 ( 7 U.S.C. 7625(c) ) is amended by striking socially disadvantaged farmers, . Section 9011 of the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 ( 7 U.S.C. 8111 ) is amended— in subsection (a), by striking paragraph (9); and in subsection (c)— in paragraph (2)(B), by amending clause

(v)to read as follows: the participation rate by beginning farmers or ranchers (as defined in accordance with section 343(a) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act ( 7 U.S.C. 1991(a) )); ; and in paragraph (5), by amending subparagraph

(B)to read as follows: The amount of an establishment payment under this subsection shall be not more than 50 percent of the costs of establishing an eligible perennial crop covered by the contract but not to exceed $500 per acre, including— the cost of seeds and stock for perennials; the cost of planting the perennial crop, as determined by the Secretary; and in the case of nonindustrial private forestland, the costs of site preparation and tree planting. . The Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008 ( 7 U.S.C. 8701 et seq. ) is amended— in section 1101(d) ( 7 U.S.C. 8711(d) ), by amending paragraph

(2)to read as follows: Paragraph

(1)shall not apply to a farm owned by a limited resource farmer or rancher, as defined by the Secretary. ; and in section 1302(d) ( 7 U.S.C. 8752(d) ), by amending paragraph

(2)to read as follows: Paragraph

(1)shall not apply to a farm owned by a limited resource farmer or rancher, as defined by the Secretary. . The Agricultural Act of 2014 ( 7 U.S.C. 9001 et seq. ) is amended— in section 1114(d)(2) ( 7 U.S.C. 9014(d)(2) )— by striking subparagraph (A); and by redesignating subparagraphs

(B)through

(D)as subparagraphs

(A)through (C), respectively; in section 1404(c)(4) ( 7 U.S.C. 9054(c)(4) ), by striking veteran, or socially disadvantaged and inserting or veteran ; and in section 1501(a)(1)(A) ( 7 U.S.C. 9081(a)(1)(A) )— in clause (i), by adding or at the end; by striking clause (ii); and by redesignating clause

(iii)as clause (ii). Subclause

(III)of section 8(b)(5)(B)(iii) of the Soil Conservation and Domestic Allotment Act ( 16 U.S.C. 590h(b)(5)(B)(iii) ) is amended to read as follows: To be eligible for nomination and election to the applicable county, area, or local committee, as determined by the Secretary, an agricultural producer shall be located within the area under the jurisdiction of a county, area, or local committee, and participate or cooperate in programs administered within that area. . Section 402A(b) of the Agricultural Credit Act of 1978 ( 16 U.S.C. 2202a(b) ) is amended by striking , a socially disadvantaged farmer or rancher (as defined in subsection

(a)of section 2501 of the Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990 ( . 7 U.S.C. 2279 ), Section 623 of the Agricultural Credit Act of 1987 ( 7 U.S.C. 1985 note) is repealed. The Food Security Act of 1985 ( Public Law 99–198 ; 99 Stat. 1504) is amended— in section 1201(a) ( 16 U.S.C. 3801(a) )— by striking paragraph (23); and by redesignating paragraphs

(24)through

(27)as paragraphs

(23)through (26), respectively; in section 1231C(b)(3)(E) ( 16 U.S.C. 3831c(b)(3)(E) )— in the subparagraph heading, by striking ; socially disadvantaged, in the matter preceding clause (i), by striking socially disadvantaged, ; and in clause (i)(II), by striking socially disadvantaged, ; in section 1240B(d)(4)(A) ( 16 U.S.C. 3839aa–2(d)(4)(A) ), by striking socially disadvantaged farmer or rancher, ; in section 1241(h) ( 16 U.S.C. 3841(h) ), by amending paragraph

(1)to read as follows: Of the funds made available for each of fiscal years 2009 through 2018 to carry out the environmental quality incentives program and the acres made available for each of such fiscal years to carry out the conservation stewardship program, the Secretary shall use, to the maximum extent practicable, 5 percent to assist beginning farmers or ranchers. Of the funds made available for each of fiscal years 2019 through 2031 to carry out the environmental quality incentives program under subchapter A of chapter 4 of subtitle D and the conservation stewardship program under subchapter B of chapter 4 of subtitle D, the Secretary shall use, to the maximum extent practicable, 5 percent to assist beginning farmers or ranchers. ; and in section 1271E(d) ( 16 U.S.C. 3871e(d) ), by striking socially disadvantaged farmers and ranchers, .

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