# 119-hr-6385: Farm Transitions Act of 2025

119-hr-6385, Farm Transitions Act of 2025, is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Davis, Donald G. [D-NC-1] (D-NC); status in_committee; PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-09-21).

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## Facts
- Bill: 119-hr-6385
- Congress: 119
- Title: Farm Transitions Act of 2025
- Status: in_committee
- Introduced: 2025-12-03
- Sponsor: Rep. Davis, Donald G. [D-NC-1] (D-NC)
- Cosponsors: 2
- Policy area: Agriculture and Food
- Touches household money: yes
- Last recorded action: 2026-09-21

## Summary

**Broadens and accelerates the federal Commission on Farm Transitions to produce recommendations on land succession, equity, and ownership trends.** This bill would require the Secretary of Agriculture to stand up the Commission within 60 days and expand what the Commission studies and recommends to cover apprenticeships, mentoring, business training, technical assistance, tax and other State and Federal policies, heirs' property, barriers facing underserved and women farmers, and leasing and foreign ownership trends. - Farmers and farm families: The Commission would add heirs' property and agricultural land succession to its remit and produce recommendations that could inform future proposals on transferring and inheriting farm assets. - Historically underserved and women farmers: The Commission would review unique barriers these groups face in transferring, inheriting, or purchasing agricultural assets and would include recommendations addressing those obstacles. - Policymakers and program designers: The Commission would expand study topics to workforce supports like apprenticeships and mentoring, evaluate State and Federal policies including tax rules, study leasing and ownership trends by foreign persons, and extend the implementation timeframe to 2 years while updating a referenced year to 2029.

## Cosponsors (2)

- Rep. Nunn, Zachary [R-IA-3] (R-IA), 2025-12-03T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Fitzpatrick, Brian K. [R-PA-1] (R-PA), 2026-01-08T00:00:00.000Z

## Provisions PRIA read

- New commission on farm transitions: benefit, low. This bill would require the Secretary of Agriculture to set up a Commission on Farm Transitions within 60 days of enactment. The Commission would study and make recommendations on more topics, such as apprenticeships, mentoring, business training, and technical assistance. It would also study heirs…

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- 119-hr-2725: Affordable Housing Credit Improvement Act of 2025
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- 119-hr-1229: United States-Israel Defense Partnership Act of 2025
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## Sources
- [119-hr-6385 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/6385)

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- [119-hr-4669: FEMA Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-4669)
- [119-hr-2725: Affordable Housing Credit Improvement Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-2725)
- [119-hr-6644: 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-6644)
- [119-hr-1229: United States-Israel Defense Partnership Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-1229)
- [119-hr-4206: CONNECT for Health Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-4206)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-6385 (as of 2026-09-21).