Rural Microentrepreneur Assistance Program Act of 2025
Summary
What This Bill Does
The Rural Microentrepreneur Assistance Program Act of 2025 expands USDA support for rural microbusiness financing. It raises the program's microloan amount from $50,000 to $75,000. It increases the share of a project that a program loan may cover from 75 percent to 100 percent, while allowing a loan to cover no more than 50 percent of demolition, construction, or related real estate improvement costs. It also updates the authorization period from fiscal years 2019 through 2023 to fiscal years 2026 through 2030. The bill therefore gives rural microentrepreneurs and local development lenders larger, more flexible financing tools while preserving a limit on real estate construction exposure.
Who Benefits and How
Rural microentrepreneurs benefit because the maximum microloan amount increases to $75,000. Rural microenterprise development organizations benefit because program loans can cover up to 100 percent of eligible project costs. Rural small business borrowers benefit from financing that can include limited demolition, construction, or real estate improvement costs. Rural community lenders benefit from renewed program authority through fiscal year 2030.
Who Bears the Burden and How
USDA rural development staff must administer higher loan limits and updated project-cost rules. Program lenders must track the 50 percent cap on demolition, construction, and related real estate improvement costs. Federal taxpayers bear the budget exposure of continuing and expanding the rural microentrepreneur assistance program. Borrowers using real estate improvement funds must structure projects around the bill's cost cap.
Key Provisions
- Increases the Rural Microentrepreneur Assistance Program microloan limit from $50,000 to $75,000.
- Expands allowable project financing from 75 percent to 100 percent of eligible costs.
- Limits demolition, construction, and related real estate improvement costs to 50 percent of a project loan.
- Extends program authorization through fiscal years 2026 through 2030.
Evidence Chain:
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At a Glance
What This Bill Does
Raises Rural Microentrepreneur Assistance Program loan limits, expands project financing flexibility, and extends program authority through fiscal year 2030.
Key Policy Areas
Rural Development, Small Business, Agriculture
Primary Purpose
Raises Rural Microentrepreneur Assistance Program loan limits, expands project financing flexibility, and extends program authority through fiscal year 2030.
Policy Domains
Resolution provisions
Identified Gains
- Rural microentrepreneurs
- Rural microenterprise development organizations
- Rural small business borrowers
- Rural community lenders
Identified Costs
- USDA rural development staff
- Program lenders
- Federal taxpayers
- Real estate improvement borrowers
Sponsors
Legislative Progress
In CommitteeMr. Nunn of Iowa (for himself and Mr. Mannion) introduced …
Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
Introduced in House
Stakeholder Effects
cui bono?How this legislation distributes effects. Mention counts reflect frequency, not effect magnitude.
Rural microentrepreneurs, Rural small business borrowers
Rural microenterprise development organizations
Bill Structure & Actor Mappings
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