# 119-hr-5367: Capital for Beginning Farmers and Ranchers Act of 2025

119-hr-5367, Capital for Beginning Farmers and Ranchers Act of 2025, is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Strickland, Marilyn [D-WA-10] (D-WA); status in_committee; PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-09-02).

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## Facts
- Bill: 119-hr-5367
- Congress: 119
- Title: Capital for Beginning Farmers and Ranchers Act of 2025
- Status: in_committee
- Introduced: 2025-09-15
- Sponsor: Rep. Strickland, Marilyn [D-WA-10] (D-WA)
- Cosponsors: 8
- Policy area: Agriculture and Food
- Touches household money: yes
- Last recorded action: 2026-09-02

## Summary

**Low-cost development loans for beginning farmers and ranchers.** This bill would create a USDA pilot program to make or guarantee loans for long-term capital needs like equipment, soil improvements, branding, and business systems. - Beginning farmers and ranchers would be eligible for development loans up to $100,000 at very low interest, set between 0% and 3%. Loans would target capital and business-startup expenses and require annual interest payments with flexible principal schedules. - Lenders would face a collateral cap of 100% loan-to-value that may be reduced for experienced borrowers. Loans would be limited to defined development expenditures and treated under existing operating loan rules while not counting toward certain operating loan limits. - Borrowers must complete comprehensive training in bookkeeping, payroll, regulatory compliance, cash flow, and risk management. The USDA Secretary would have to establish the pilot within two years and report biennially to the House and Senate agriculture committees on results.

## Cosponsors (8)

- Rep. Adams, Alma S. [D-NC-12] (D-NC), 2025-09-15T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Panetta, Jimmy [D-CA-19] (D-CA), 2025-09-15T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Sewell, Terri A. [D-AL-7] (D-AL), 2025-09-15T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Figures, Shomari [D-AL-2] (D-AL), 2025-09-15T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Carter, Troy A. [D-LA-2] (D-LA), 2025-09-15T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Smith, Adam [D-WA-9] (D-WA), 2025-09-26T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Carson, André [D-IN-7] (D-IN), 2025-10-24T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Vindman, Eugene Simon [D-VA-7] (D-VA), 2026-08-31T00:00:00.000Z

## Provisions PRIA read

- Low-cost start-up loans for beginning farmers: benefit, high. If enacted, the Agriculture Secretary would have to start a pilot program within two years to make or guarantee development loans for qualified beginning farmers and ranchers. Loans would be limited to $100,000 and used only for capital "development expenditures" that benefit the farm for more than…

## Related bills

- 119-hr-8800: National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2027
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- 119-hr-3838: Streamlining Procurement for Effective Execution and Delivery and National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2026
- 119-hr-7973: Momnibus Act
- 119-hr-51: Washington, D.C. Admission Act
- 119-hr-20: Richard L. Trumka Protecting the Right to Organize Act of 2025

## Sources
- [119-hr-5367 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/5367)

## Related
- [119-hr-8800: National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2027](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-8800)
- [119-hr-9877: Health Equity and Accountability Act of 2026](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-9877)
- [119-hr-3838: Streamlining Procurement for Effective Execution and Delivery and National Defe…](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-3838)
- [119-hr-7973: Momnibus Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-7973)
- [119-hr-51: Washington, D.C. Admission Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-51)
- [119-hr-20: Richard L. Trumka Protecting the Right to Organize Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-20)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-5367 (as of 2026-09-02).