SEC. 2. OUTREACH AND ASSISTANCE FOR SOCIALLY DIS-
ADVANTAGED FARMERS AND RANCHERS AND 
VETERAN FARMERS AND RANCHERS. 
Section 2501(a) of the Food, Agriculture, Conserva-
tion, and Trade Act of 1990 (7 U.S.C. 2279(a)) is amend-
ed— 
(1) in paragraph (1)(B), by striking ‘‘agricul-
tural’’ and inserting ‘‘agricultural, forestry, and re-
lated’’; 
(2) in paragraph (3)— 
(A) by redesignating subparagraphs (B) 
through (D) as subparagraphs (E) through (G), 
respectively; 
(B) by inserting after subparagraph (A) 
the following: 
‘‘(B) MAXIMUM
TERM
AND
AMOUNT
OF 
GRANT, CONTRACT, OR AGREEMENT.—A grant, 
contract, or agreement entered into under this 
paragraph shall be— 
‘‘(i) for a term that is not more than 
3 years; and 
‘‘(ii) in an amount that is not more 
than $200,000 for each year of the grant, 
contract, or agreement. 
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‘‘(C) PEER REVIEW.—The Secretary shall 
establish a fair and efficient external peer re-
view process that— 
‘‘(i) the Secretary shall use in making 
grants and entering into contracts and 
other agreements under subparagraph (A); 
and 
‘‘(ii) shall include a broad representa-
tion of peers of the eligible entity. 
‘‘(D) INPUT FROM ELIGIBLE ENTITIES.— 
The Secretary shall seek input from eligible en-
tities providing technical assistance under this 
subsection not less than once each year to en-
sure that the program is responsive to the eligi-
ble entities providing that technical assist-
ance.’’; and 
(C) in subsection (G) (as so redesignated), 
by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(v) The number of farms or ranches 
started, maintained, or improved as a re-
sult of funds made available under the pro-
gram. 
‘‘(vi) Actions taken by the Secretary 
in partnership with eligible entities to en-
hance participation in agricultural pro-
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grams by veteran farmers or ranchers and 
socially disadvantaged farmers or ranchers. 
‘‘(vii) The effectiveness of the actions 
described in clause (vi).’’; and 
(3) in paragraph (4)— 
(A) in subparagraph (A)— 
(i) in the subparagraph heading, by 
striking ‘‘2018’’ and inserting ‘‘2023’’; 
(ii) in clause (ii), by striking ‘‘and’’ at 
the end; 
(iii) in clause (iii), by striking the pe-
riod at the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(iv) by adding at the end the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(iv) $10,000,000 for each of fiscal 
years 2019 through 2023, to remain avail-
able until expended.’’; and 
(B) in subparagraph (E), by striking 
‘‘2018’’ and inserting ‘‘2023’’. 
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SEC. 3. TRANSPARENCY AND ACCOUNTABILITY FOR SO-
CIALLY 
DISADVANTAGED 
FARMERS 
AND 
RANCHERS AND VETERAN FARMERS AND 
RANCHERS. 
Section 2501A of the Food, Agriculture, Conserva-
tion, and Trade Act of 1990 (7 U.S.C. 2279–1) is amend-
ed— 
(1) in the section heading, by inserting ‘‘AND 
VETERAN FARMERS AND RANCHERS’’ before the 
period at the end; 
(2) in subsection (a), by inserting ‘‘and veteran 
farmers and ranchers’’ before ‘‘in programs’’; 
(3) in subsection (b)— 
(A) by striking the subsection designation 
and heading and all that follows through ‘‘the 
term’’ the first place it appears and inserting 
the following: 
‘‘(b) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
‘‘(1) SOCIALLY
DISADVANTAGED
FARMER
OR 
RANCHER.—The term’’; and 
(B) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(2) VETERAN
FARMER
OR
RANCHER.—The 
term ‘veteran farmer or rancher’ has the meaning 
given the term in section 2501(e).’’; and 
(4) in subsection (c)— 
(A) in paragraph (1)— 
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(i) in the matter preceding subpara-
graph (A), by inserting ‘‘and veteran farm-
ers or ranchers’’ after ‘‘ranchers’’; and 
(ii) in subparagraph (A), by striking 
‘‘and gender’’ and inserting ‘‘gender, and 
veteran status’’; 
(B) 
by 
redesignating 
paragraphs 
(2) 
through (4) as paragraphs (3) through (5), re-
spectively; 
(C) by inserting after paragraph (1) the 
following: 
‘‘(2) 5-YEAR
REQUIREMENT.—Not later than 
March 31, 2020, and every 5 years thereafter, for 
each county and State in the United States, the Sec-
retary shall— 
‘‘(A) compile data on— 
‘‘(i) the number of base acres of each 
program crop owned by farmers or ranch-
ers; 
‘‘(ii) payment yields for each program 
crop made by farmers or ranchers; 
‘‘(iii) the number of fee waivers and 
premium reductions provided to farmers or 
ranchers under the noninsured crop dis-
aster assistance program established by 
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section 196 of the Federal Agriculture Im-
provement and Reform Act of 1996 (7 
U.S.C. 7333); 
‘‘(iv) the number of loans guaranteed 
by the Secretary to farmers or ranchers; 
‘‘(v) the allocation of grazing permits 
by the Forest Service to farmers or ranch-
ers; and 
‘‘(vi) the race, ethnicity, gender, and 
veteran status of each farmer or rancher 
under clauses (i) through (v), subject to 
appropriate privacy protections, as deter-
mined by the Secretary; and 
‘‘(B) organize the data compiled under 
clauses (i) through (v) of subparagraph (A) ac-
cording to the categories described in clause (vi) 
of that subparagraph.’’; 
(D) in paragraph (3) (as so redesig-
nated)— 
(i) by striking ‘‘and ethnicity’’ and in-
serting ‘‘ethnicity, and veteran status’’; 
and 
(ii) by striking ‘‘paragraph (1)’’ and 
inserting ‘‘paragraphs (1) and (2)’’; 
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(E) in paragraph (4) (as so redesig-
nated)— 
(i) by redesignating subparagraphs 
(A) through (C) as clauses (i) through 
(iii), respectively, and indenting appro-
priately; 
(ii) by striking the paragraph designa-
tion and heading and all that follows 
through ‘‘Using’’ and inserting the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(4) REPORTS.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Using’’; 
(iii) in subparagraph (A) (as so redes-
ignated), in the matter preceding clause (i) 
(as so redesignated), by striking ‘‘under 
paragraph (1)’’ and inserting the following: 
‘‘under— 
‘‘(i) paragraph (1); and 
‘‘(ii) in a separate report, under para-
graph (2). 
‘‘(B) CONTENTS.—Each report submitted 
under subparagraph (A) shall contain data’’; 
(iv) in subparagraph (B) (as so redes-
ignated), in the matter preceding clause (i) 
(as so redesignated), by striking ‘‘that 
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paragraph’’ and inserting ‘‘paragraphs (1) 
and (2), as applicable,’’; and 
(F) in paragraph (5) (as so redesignated), 
by striking ‘‘the report described in paragraph 
(3)’’ and inserting ‘‘the reports described in 
paragraph (4)’’. 
Æ 
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