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Makes multiple amendments to section 379I (7 U.S.C. 2008w): redesignates paragraphs and subparagraphs; revises the grant program paragraph to add a 'Targeted community types' provision emphasizing communities with fewer than 20,000 inhabitants and requiring not less than 10 percent of grants each fiscal year be awarded for activities benefiting rural communities with fewer than 10,000 inhabitants; changes selection requirements to require concurrence of the applicable State office of the rural development mission area; revises various phrases (for example replacing 'opportunities, networks, and industry clusters' with 'opportunities and networks' and replacing some uses of 'industry cluster' with references to 'activities funded with the grant'); and replaces subsection (f) with an authorization of appropriations of $50,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2026 through 2030, among other conforming edits.
Amends the matter preceding subclause (I) of 7 U.S.C. 2204b-3(h)(3)(B)(ii) by striking the phrase 'section 379I(a)(4) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act' and inserting replacement text (replacement text not shown in the provided section).
Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
Introduced February 12, 2026 by Shomari C. Figures · Last progress February 12, 2026
Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
Introduced in House