that serve Tribal communities, the Secretary 
shall give the highest priority to projects that 
incorporate 
products, 
including 
traditional 
foods, from Tribal agricultural producers, as 
determined by the Secretary.’’; 
(7) in paragraph (7)— 
(A) by redesignating subparagraphs (A) 
through (C) as clauses (i) through (iii), respec-
tively, and indenting appropriately; 
(B) by striking the paragraph designation 
and heading and all that follows through ‘‘non-
profit entities—’’ and inserting the following: 
‘‘(7) 
TECHNICAL
ASSISTANCE
AND
RE-
SEARCH.— 
‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—The Secretary shall 
provide technical assistance, research, and in-
formation to assist eligible institutions, State 
and local agencies, Indian Tribal organizations, 
agricultural producers or agricultural producer 
groups, and nonprofit entities—’’; 
(C) in subparagraph (A) (as so des-
ignated)— 
(i) in clause (ii) (as so redesignated), 
by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end; 
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(ii) in clause (iii) (as so redesignated), 
by striking the period at the end and in-
serting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(iii) by adding at the end the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(iv) to increase awareness of, and 
participation in, farm to school programs 
among agricultural and aquaculture pro-
ducers or agricultural producer groups, in-
cluding beginning farmers and ranchers, 
veteran farmers and ranchers, and socially 
disadvantaged farmers and ranchers (as 
those terms are defined in section 2501(a) 
of the Food, Agriculture, Conservation, 
and Trade Act of 1990 (7 U.S.C. 
2279(a))).’’; and 
(D) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(B) REVIEW.— 
‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 1 
year after the date of enactment of the 
Farm to School Act of 2025 and every 3 
years thereafter, the Secretary shall review 
and submit to the Committees on Agri-
culture and Education and the Workforce 
of the House of Representatives and the 
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Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and 
Forestry of the Senate a report that de-
scribes the progress that has been made in 
identifying and eliminating regulatory and 
other barriers related to developing farm to 
school programs. 
‘‘(ii) REQUIREMENTS.—In preparing 
the report, the Secretary shall examine— 
‘‘(I) the direct and indirect regu-
latory compliance costs affecting the 
production and marketing of locally or 
regionally produced agricultural food 
products to school and early childhood 
food programs; 
‘‘(II) barriers to local and re-
gional market access for small-scale 
production; 
‘‘(III) 
barriers 
to 
funding 
projects that meet the criteria de-
scribed in paragraph (5)(A); 
‘‘(IV) barriers to local and re-
gional market access for Tribal farm-
ers and ranchers; and 
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‘‘(V) barriers to funding Tribal 
projects under farm to school pro-
grams.’’; 
(8) in paragraph (8)— 
(A) in subparagraph (A), by striking 
‘‘$5,000,000’’ and inserting ‘‘$10,000,000’’; 
and 
(B) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(C) ADMINISTRATION.—Of the funds pro-
vided to the Secretary under subparagraph (A), 
not more than 5 percent may be used to pay 
administrative costs incurred by the Secretary 
in carrying out this subsection.’’; and 
(9) in paragraph (9), by striking ‘‘2011 
through 2015’’ and inserting ‘‘2025 through 2030’’. 
Æ 
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