Capital for Beginning Farmers and Ranchers Act of 2025

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H.R. 5367 Introduced in House (IH)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 5367 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. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES September 15, 2025 Ms. Strickland (for herself, Ms. Adams, Mr. Panetta, Ms. Sewell, Mr. Figures, and Mr. Carter of Louisiana) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Agriculture _______________________________________________________________________ A 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. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Capital for Beginning Farmers and Ranchers Act of 2025''. SEC. 2. FINDINGS. Congress finds that-- (1) beginning farmers and ranchers often pursue business models featuring diverse and specialized production and marketing strategies; (2) diverse and specialized agricultural businesses typically require substantial early-stage investments which will benefit the operation for years to come; and (3) programs in effect as of 2025 often finance those multi-year investments as annual operating loans, resulting in beginning farmers and ranchers under-investing in critical start-up capacities, limiting the ability of beginning farmers and ranchers to accumulate working capital, and increasing the difficulties faced by beginning farmers and ranchers in meeting the terms of those loans. SEC. 3. BEGINNING FARMER AND RANCHER DEVELOPMENT LOAN PILOT PROGRAM. Subti