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HR 4513 115th Congress House Agriculture and Food Agricultural education Farmland Government lending and loan guarantees

Farmers of Tomorrow Act

Introduced: December 5, 2017 See on congress.gov
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Dec 21, 2017
Referred to the Subcommittee on Commodity Exchanges, Energy, and Credit.
Dec 1, 2017
Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
Dec 1, 2017
Introduced in House
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Farmers of Tomorrow Act

This bill amends the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act to expand eligibility for Department of Agriculture (USDA) direct farm ownership loans by modifying the three-year experience requirement.

(Under current law, USDA may make a direct farm ownership loan only to a farmer or rancher who has participated in the business operations of a farm or ranch for at least three years or has other acceptable experience.)

The bill modifies the experience requirement to specify a list of acceptable experience and educational criteria that USDA may count for an applicant to meet or reduce the necessary experience requirement.

What's happening now December 21, 2017

Referred to the Subcommittee on Commodity Exchanges, Energy, and Credit.

 Related & companion bills 1
  • S 2685 Identical bill Farmers of Tomorrow Act
 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 6
All 6 Democratic 2 Republican 3
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Tenney, Claudia
New York · Dec 20, 2017
 D
Soto, Darren
Florida · Dec 15, 2017
 R
Cramer, Kevin
North Dakota · Dec 7, 2017
 D
Evans, Dwight
Pennsylvania · Dec 5, 2017
Lujan Grisham, Michelle
· Dec 5, 2017
 R
Thompson, Glenn
Pennsylvania · Dec 1, 2017
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 4513: Farmers of Tomorrow Act. 115th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-4513/
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"H.R. 4513: Farmers of Tomorrow Act." 115th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-4513/.
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H.R. 4513, 115th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-4513/.
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