Relief for America's Small Farmers Act
Latest action · Aug 13, 2020 Referred to the Subcommittee on Commodity Exchanges, Energy, and Credit.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedMay 1, 2020
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Relief for America's Small Farmers Act
This bill provides loan forgiveness of up to $250,000 for certain borrowers who are actively engaged in farming, have an average annual adjusted gross income of $300,000 or less over the previous five years, and have certain Department of Agriculture farm loans.
The loan forgiveness is subject to the condition that the applicable borrower must continue to be actively engaged in farming for at least two years after receiving such forgiveness.
Cosponsors 4
Members who signed on, in the order they did. All signed on May 1, 2020.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-NY | Antonio Delgado | Original | May 1, 2020 |
| D-ME | Chellie Pingree | Original | May 1, 2020 |
| D-VT | Peter Welch | Original | May 1, 2020 |
| D-NJ | Tom Malinowski | Original | May 1, 2020 |
Committees 2
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Agriculture Committee | Referred May 1, 2020 |
| Commodity Markets, Digital Assets, and Rural Development Subcommittee | Referred Aug 13, 2020 | |
| House | Ways and Means Committee | Referred May 1, 2020 |
Actions 3
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Aug 13, 2020Referred to the Subcommittee on Commodity Exchanges, Energy, and Credit.
- May 1, 2020Introduced in House
- May 1, 2020Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 166, no. 82, May 1, 2020, page H1973.
CRS reports 1
Congressional Research Service work that CRS links to this bill or the law it became, newest first.
Cite it 1
Products on other subjects that cite it, usually among other measures.
| Product | Title | Kind | Published |
|---|---|---|---|
| R47066 | Racial and Ethnic Equity in U.S. Agriculture: Selected Current Issues Archived | Report | Apr 11, 2022 |
Related bills 2
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 3602 | Relief for America's Small Farmers Act | Identical bill | May 5, 2020 |
| HR 3782 | Relief for America's Small Farmers Act | Reintroduced Bill | Jul 7, 2021 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To provide loan forgiveness for certain borrowers of Department of Agriculture direct farm loans, and for other purposes.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- Relief for America's Small Farmers Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Agriculture and Food.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- May 1, 2020Introduced in House
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
