99 STAT. 1560
PUBLIC LAW 99-198—DEC. 23, 1985 organization, to carry out such project or reimburse the Commodity Credit Corporation for agricultural commodities or products that are utilized in connection with such project.".
SPECIAL GRANTS FOR FINANCIALLY STRESSED FARMERS AND DISLOCATED FARMERS
SEC. 1440. (a) Section 502 of the Rural Development Act of 1972 (7 U.S.C. 2662) is amended by inserting at the end thereof the following new subsection: "(f) SPECIAL GRANTS FOR FINANCIALLY STRESSED FARMERS AND DISLOCATED FARMERS.—(I)(A) The Secretary shall provide special
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grants for programs to develop income alternatives for farmers who have been adversely affected by the current farm and rural economic crisis and those displaced from farming. "(B) Such programs shall consist of educational and counseling services to farmers to— "(i) assess human and nonhuman resources; "(ii) assess income earning alternatives; "(iii) identify resources and opportunities available to the farmer in the local community, county, and State; "(iv) implement financial planning and management strategies; and "(v) provide linkages to specific resources and opportunities that are available to the farmer, such as reentering agriculture, new business opportunities, other off-farm jobs, job search programs, and retraining skills. "(C) The Secretary also may provide support to mental health officials in developing outreach programs in rural areas. "(2) Grants may be made under paragraph (1) during the period beginning on the date of enactment of the Food Security Act of 1985 and ending 3 years after such date.". (b) Section 503(c) of such Act (7 U.S.C. 2663(c)) is amended by inserting "and section 502(f)" after "section 502(e)" both times it appears. ANNUAL REPORT ON FAMILY FARMS
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SEC. 1441. Section 102(b) of the Food and Agriculture Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C. 22660t))) is amended by— (1) designating the first and second sentences as paragraphs (1) and (2), respectively; and (2) amending paragraph (2) (as so designated) to read as follows: "(2) The Secretary shall also include in each such report— "(A) information on how existing agricultural and agriculture-related programs are being administered to enhance and strengthen the family farm system of agriculture in the United States; "(B) an assessment of how tax, credit, and other current Federal income, excise, estate, and other ta^ laws, and proposed changes in such laws, may affect the structure and organization of, returns to, and investment opportunities by family and nonfamily farm owners and operators, both foreign and domestic; "(C) identification and analysis of new food and agricultural production and processing technological developments, espe-
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