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uals, cooperatives, cooperative organiza-
tions, businesses, and other entities to es-
tablish and facilitate enterprises that proc-
ess, distribute, aggregate, store, and mar-
ket locally or regionally produced agricul-
tural food products to support community 
development and farm income. 
‘‘(ii) REQUIREMENT.—The recipient 
of a loan or loan guarantee under this 
paragraph shall include in an appropriate 
agreement with retail and institutional fa-
cilities to which the recipient sells locally 
or regionally produced agricultural food 
products a requirement to inform con-
sumers of the retail or institutional facili-
ties that the consumers are purchasing or 
consuming locally or regionally produced 
agricultural food products. 
‘‘(iii) PRIORITY.—In making or guar-
anteeing a loan under this paragraph, the 
Secretary shall give priority to projects 
that have components benefitting under-
served communities. 
‘‘(iv) REPORTS.—Not later than 2 
years after the date of enactment of the 
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Agriculture Reform, Food, and Jobs Act of 
2013 and annually thereafter, the Sec-
retary shall submit to the Committee on 
Agriculture of the House of Representa-
tives and the Committee on Agriculture, 
Nutrition, and Forestry of the Senate, and 
publish on the Internet, a report that de-
scribes projects carried out using loans or 
loan guarantees made under clause (i), in-
cluding— 
‘‘(I) summary information about 
all projects; 
‘‘(II) the characteristics of the 
communities served; and 
‘‘(III) resulting benefits. 
‘‘(v) RESERVATION OF FUNDS.—For 
each of fiscal years 2014 through 2018, 
the Secretary shall reserve not less than 5 
percent of the total amount of funds made 
available to carry out this subsection to 
carry out this paragraph until April 1 of 
the fiscal year. 
‘‘(vi) 
OUTREACH.—The 
Secretary 
shall develop and implement an outreach 
plan to publicize the availability of loans 
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and loan guarantees under this paragraph, 
working closely with rural cooperative de-
velopment centers, credit unions, commu-
nity development financial institutions, re-
gional economic development authorities, 
and other financial and economic develop-
ment entities. 
‘‘(12) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.— 
There is authorized to be appropriated to carry out 
this subsection $75,000,000 for each of fiscal years 
2014 through 2018. 
‘‘(f) RELENDING PROGRAMS.— 
‘‘(1) INTERMEDIATE RELENDING PROGRAM.— 
‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—The Secretary may 
make or guarantee loans to eligible entities de-
scribed in subparagraph (B) so that the eligible 
entities may relend the funds to individuals and 
entities for the purposes described in subpara-
graph (C). 
‘‘(B) ELIGIBLE ENTITIES.—Entities eligi-
ble for loans and loan guarantees described in 
subparagraph (A) are— 
‘‘(i) public agencies; 
‘‘(ii) Indian tribes; 
‘‘(iii) cooperatives; and 
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