HARVEST Act

This bill would require the Secretary of Agriculture to study ways to expand opportunities for 1890 Institutions, a group of historically Black land-grant universities, to run educational programs and give technical help on passing farmland and farm assets to the next generation of farmers and ranchers. The study would include heirs property, which is land jointly owned by relatives, often after it was inherited without a clear legal agreement. The Secretary would have to finish the study and send a report to Congress by September 30, 2026. The bill also sets a legal definition of heirs property for this study.

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Sponsors

• Shomari Figures Democrat sponsor
• 3 cosponsors