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Multiple amendments to section 379I (7 U.S.C. 2008w) reorganizing and renumbering paragraphs in subsection (a); revising subsection (b) grant program language (including adding targeted community types with an emphasis on communities with population fewer than 20,000 and a requirement that not less than 10 percent of grants per fiscal year benefit communities with population fewer than 10,000); adding a requirement that selection of an eligible entity require concurrence of the applicable State office of the rural development mission area; replacing certain references to 'industry cluster' with references to 'activities funded with the grant' and related editorial changes; and replacing the prior authorization provision with an explicit authorization of $50,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2027 through 2031.
Amends the matter preceding subclause (I) of section 6306(h)(3)(B)(ii) (7 U.S.C. 2204b–3(h)(3)(B)(ii)) by striking a reference to 'section 379I(a)(4) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act' and inserting replacement text (replacement text not shown in provided section).
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
Introduced February 12, 2026 by Peter Welch · Last progress February 12, 2026
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
Introduced in Senate