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 PUBLIC LAW 101-624—NOV. 28, 1990 104 STAT. 4065 (f) AMENDMENT TO CONSOLIDATED FARM AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT ACT.— Section 355 of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act is amended— ^ USC 2003. (1) by striking out subsection (d); (2) by redesignating subsection (c) as subsection (d); (3) by inserting after subsection 0)) the following new subsection: "(c) OPERATING LOANS.— "(1) ESTABLISHMENT. — The Secretary shall establish annual target participation rates, that shall ensure that socially disadvantaged farmers or ranchers will receive loans made or insured under subtitle B. In establishing such target rates, the Secretary shall consider the number of socially disadvantaged farmers and ranchers in a State in proportion to the total number of farmers and ranchers in that State. "(2) RESERVATION AND ALLOCATION. — The Secretary shall, to the greatest extent practicable, reserve and allocate the proportion of each State's loan funds made available under subtitle B that is equal to that State's target participation rate for use by the socially disadvantaged farmers or ranchers in that State. The Secretary shall, to the extent practicable, distribute the total so derived on a county by county basis according to the number of socially disadvantaged farmers or ranchers in the county. Any funds reserved and allocated for purposes of this paragraph, but not used shall be reallocated within such State."; and (4) by inserting after subsection (d) (as so redesignated) the following new subsection: "(e) DEFINITIONS. — "(1) SOCIALLY DISADVANTAGED GROUP. —As used in this section, the term 'socially disadvantaged group' means a group whose members have been subjected to racial or ethnic prejudice because of their identity as members of a group without regard to their individual qualities. "(2) SOCIALLY DISADVANTAGED FARMER OR RANCHER. — As used in this section, the term 'socially disadvantaged farmer or rancher' means a farmer or rancher who is a member of a socially disadvantaged group."; (g) RESERVATIONS. — Indians. (1) CoNSOUDATED suBOFFiCE. —The Secretary shall require the Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service, Soil Conservation Service, and Farmers Home Administration offices, and such other offices and functions the Secretary may choose to include, in each county that has a reservation within its borders, to establish a consolidated suboffice at the tribal headquarters of said reservation and to staff said suboffice as needed, using existing staff, but no less than one day a week or under such other arrangement agreed to by the tribe and the Department of Agriculture offices. The tribe shall be required to provide the necessary office space if it wishes to participate in this program. (2) COOPERATIVE AGREEMENTS. — For those reservations that are located in more than one county, the Secretary, the relevant county offices and the tribe shall enter into a cooperative agreement to provide the services required by paragraph (1) that avoids duplication of effort.

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