US SB278 | 2021-2022 | 117th Congress
Status
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 10-0)
Status: Introduced on February 8 2021 - 25% progression
Action: 2021-02-08 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
Pending: Senate Agriculture, Nutrition, And Forestry Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]
Status: Introduced on February 8 2021 - 25% progression
Action: 2021-02-08 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
Pending: Senate Agriculture, Nutrition, And Forestry Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]
Summary
Provides funds for the Department of Agriculture (USDA) to provide assistance to address historical discrimination and disparities in the agriculture sector. For example, USDA must provide debt forgiveness to help socially disadvantaged farmers and ranchers pay off outstanding farm loan debts and address issues relating to COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019). Additionally, USDA must provide a competitive grant to a school of law or legal research entity to establish the National Center for Minority Farmer Agricultural Law Research and Information. It must also provide grants and loans to resolve property issues relating to ownership and succession on farmland. The bill provides financial assistance to cooperative development centers, individual cooperatives, or groups of cooperatives that serve socially disadvantaged groups. It also provides financial assistance and technical assistance to certain nonprofit organizations that provide services to socially disadvantaged farmers and ranchers. USDA must provide support for research, education, and extension at historically Black colleges and universities and other minority-serving institutions. It must also provide grants to land-grant colleges and universities for student scholarships, including for students who are members of Indian tribes and pursuing an agricultural field of study. The bill also requires USDA to establish an equity commission to address and mitigate discrimination across its agency.
Title
Emergency Relief for Farmers of Color Act of 2021
Sponsors
Sen. Raphael Warnock [D-GA] | Sen. Cory Booker [D-NJ] | Sen. Ben Lujan [D-NM] | Sen. Debbie Stabenow [D-MI] |
Sen. Patrick Leahy [D-VT] | Sen. Amy Klobuchar [D-MN] | Sen. Sherrod Brown [D-OH] | Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand [D-NY] |
Sen. Tina Smith [D-MN] | Sen. Richard Blumenthal [D-CT] |
History
Date | Chamber | Action |
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2021-02-08 | Senate | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. |
Subjects
Advisory bodies
Agricultural education
Agricultural prices, subsidies, credit
Agriculture and food
Alaska Natives and Hawaiians
Appropriations
Banking and financial institutions regulation
Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Department of Agriculture
Education programs funding
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Executive agency funding and structure
Farmland
Government information and archives
Government lending and loan guarantees
Government studies and investigations
Higher education
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Labor-management relations
Land transfers
Lawyers and legal services
Libraries and archives
Migrant, seasonal, agricultural labor
Minority and disadvantaged businesses
Minority education
Minority employment
Property rights
Racial and ethnic relations
Student aid and college costs
U.S. history
Agricultural education
Agricultural prices, subsidies, credit
Agriculture and food
Alaska Natives and Hawaiians
Appropriations
Banking and financial institutions regulation
Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Department of Agriculture
Education programs funding
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Executive agency funding and structure
Farmland
Government information and archives
Government lending and loan guarantees
Government studies and investigations
Higher education
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Labor-management relations
Land transfers
Lawyers and legal services
Libraries and archives
Migrant, seasonal, agricultural labor
Minority and disadvantaged businesses
Minority education
Minority employment
Property rights
Racial and ethnic relations
Student aid and college costs
U.S. history
US Congress State Sources
Type | Source |
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Summary | https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/senate-bill/278/all-info |
Text | https://www.congress.gov/117/bills/s278/BILLS-117s278is.pdf |