Capital for Beginning Farmers and Ranchers Act of 2025
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Summary
What This Bill Does
This bill, To amend the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act to provide for a pilot program under which development loans and loan guarantees may be made to beginning farmers and ranchers, and for other purposes., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting farmers, ranchers, and agricultural businesses. The main policy domain is Agriculture, Finance, Environment.
Who Benefits and How
farmers, ranchers, and agricultural businesses may benefit from new authority, funding, eligibility, regulatory clarity, or reduced risk created by the bill.
Who Bears the Burden and How
federal implementing agencies, farmers, ranchers, and agricultural businesses may take on implementation duties, reporting obligations, compliance costs, or oversight responsibilities.
Key Provisions
- Section HAA9E75D33C5E4FC9968056263BB8C65B: 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Capital for Beginning Farmers and Ranchers Act of 2025.
- Section H3DF35FF004F8435D8236750AB4867EEC: 2. Findings Congress finds that— beginning farmers and ranchers often pursue business models featuring diverse and specialized production and marketing...
- Section H471757451BB04A1A94B757393FF39BED: 3. Beginning farmer and rancher development loan pilot program Subtitle B of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act (7 U.S.C. 1941 et seq.) is amended...
- Section H2DA505C352214C99B52F60CF1ABD3CA3: 320. Beginning farmer and rancher development loan pilot program In this section, the term development expenditure means a capital investment that benefits a...
Evidence Chain:
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At a Glance
What This Bill Does
This bill, To amend the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act to provide for a pilot program under which development loans and loan guarantees may be made to beginning farmers and ranchers, and for other purposes., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting farmers, ranchers, and agricultural businesses.
Key Policy Areas
Agriculture, Finance, Environment
Primary Purpose
This bill, To amend the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act to provide for a pilot program under which development loans and loan guarantees may be made to beginning farmers and ranchers, and for other purposes., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting farmers, ranchers, and agricultural businesses.
Policy Domains
Whole bill
Identified Gains
- farmers, ranchers, and agricultural businesses
Identified Costs
- federal implementing agencies
- farmers, ranchers, and agricultural businesses
Sponsors
Legislative Progress
In CommitteeReferred to the Subcommittee on General Farm Commodities, Risk Management, …
Ms. Strickland (for herself, Ms. Adams, Mr. Panetta, Ms. Sewell, …
Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
Introduced in House
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Bill Structure & Actor Mappings
Who is "The Secretary" in each section?
- "the_secretary"
- → The Secretary identified in the operative section
Key Definitions
Terms defined in this bill
a capital investment that benefits a farming or ranching business of a qualified beginning farmer or rancher for more than 1 year. In this section, the term development expenditure includes an expenditure— for the acquisition or development of— initial assets
a capital investment that benefits a farming or ranching business of a qualified beginning farmer or rancher for more than 1 year. In this section, the term development expenditure includes an expenditure— for the acquisition or development of— initial assets
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