§2207b — Title 7 Agriculture | U.S. Code

Summary

The Secretary must collect information about the economic activity created by certain USDA grants and loans, including any technical help given. The Secretary must track how well grant and loan recipients — and any groups those recipients help with award money — do in the short and long term. This applies to programs listed in law, including 7 U.S.C. 1627c; 940c(b)(2); and parts of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act (sections 310B(c), 310B(e), 310B(g), 310H, 379E, and subtitle E). The data must cover the award period and at least 2 years after the award ends. Not later than 4 years after February 7, 2014, and every 2 years after that, the Secretary must send the collected data to the House and Senate Agriculture committees. The report must say how the data was used and include things like percent change in employees, number of business starts and clients served, any benefits such as higher revenue or bigger customer base, and other information the Secretary finds useful.

Title 7, §2207b

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(a)The Secretary shall collect data regarding economic activities created through grants and loans, including any technical assistance provided as a component of the grant or loan program, and measure the short- and long-term viability of award recipients and any entities to whom those recipients provide assistance using award funds, under—

(1)section 1627c of this title;

(2)section 940c(b)(2) of this title; or

(3)section 310B(c), 310B(e), 310B(g), 310H, or 379E, or subtitle E, of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act (7 U.S.C. 1932(c), 1932(e), 1932(g), [1936b], 2008s, 2009 et seq.).

(b)The data collected under subsection (a) shall include information collected from recipients both during the award period and for a period of time, as determined by the Secretary, which is not less than 2 years after the award period ends.

(c)(1)Not later than 4 years after February 7, 2014, and every 2 years thereafter, the Secretary shall submit to the Committee on Agriculture of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry of the Senate a report that contains the data described in subsection (a).

(2)The report shall include detailed information regarding—

(A)actions taken by the Secretary to use the data;

(B)the percentage increase of employees;

(C)the number of business starts and clients served;

(D)any benefit, such as an increase in revenue or customer base; and

(E)such other information as the Secretary considers appropriate.

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

References in Text

The Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act, referred to in subsec. (a)(3), is title III of Pub. L. 87–128, Aug. 8, 1961, 75 Stat. 307. Subtitle E of the Act is classified generally to subchapter V (§ 2009 et seq.) of chapter 50 of this title. For complete classification of the Act to the Code, see

Short Title

note set out under section 1921 of this title and Tables.

Amendments

2018—Subsec. (a)(1). Pub. L. 115–334 added par. (1) and struck out former par. (1) which read as follows: “section 1632a of this title;”.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Definition of “Secretary” “Secretary” as meaning the Secretary of Agriculture, see section 9001 of this title.

§2207b Program Metrics