# 2026-22499: Agriculture's Loan-and-Grant Application Paperwork Gets a Routine Review

2026-22499, Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request, is a Federal Register notice from Agriculture Department published 2026-11-04; PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-11-06).

- Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2026-22499
- As of: 2026-11-06
- Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts.

## Facts
- Document number: 2026-22499
- Title: Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request
- Type: Notice
- Agencies: Agriculture Department
- Citation: 91 FR 69525
- Published: 2026-11-04
- Effective: unknown
- Comments close: not stated
- Significant: no
- Touches household money: yes
- Regulation identifier numbers: none
- Last updated: 2026-11-06

## In one line

Agriculture's Loan-and-Grant Application Paperwork Gets a Routine Review

## Summary

The Department of Agriculture is updating how farmers, ranchers, and rural communities apply for loans and grants by creating a new, easy-to-use online system. This modern platform will speed up service and let users manage everything in one place. Comments on this change are open until December 4, 2026, and the goal is to make loan applications simpler without adding extra costs or hassle.

## Effects PRIA read

- New online loan and grant portal: benefit, low. You (farmers, ranchers, and rural businesses) will be able to apply for USDA loans and grants using a new online platform that stores a single customer file, provides step-by-step intake and eligibility tools, and supports online payments. The system is intended to manage current active files in on…
- Which programs get the portal first: benefit, low. The initial release of the online application system will be available for the Rural Business-Cooperative Service (RBCS) Business and Industry Guaranteed Loan Program, followed by Rural Housing Service (RHS) Community Facilities programs and Rural Utilities Service (RUS) Water and Environmental Pro…
- Principal must provide SSN for Do Not Pay checks: cost, low. Every application must include the Social Security Number (SSN) of the Principal to allow the Agency to comply with Do Not Pay requirements under 2 CFR 180.405 and 2 CFR 180.425(b). If that Principal is not present in the organization, the applicant must supply the SSN of the highest-ranking execut…
- Hard-copy applications remain but online use may cut burden: benefit, low. USDA will continue to accept hard-copy applications, but as the online application software expands, the Agency expects more applicants to shift away from hard-copy forms and to decrease the reported burden hours under individual OMB control numbers.
- Scale of affected applicants and annual burden hours: cost, high. The information collection covers an estimated 485,000 respondents, with a reported total annual burden of 3,287,280 hours and an annual reporting frequency.

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## Sources
- [2026-22499 on federalregister.gov](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/11/04/2026-22499/submission-for-omb-review-comment-request)
- [2026-22499 as published (PDF)](https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-11-04/pdf/2026-22499.pdf)

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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2026-22499 (as of 2026-11-06).