# 119-s-2691: Rural Microentrepreneur Assistance Act of 2025

119-s-2691, Rural Microentrepreneur Assistance Act of 2025, is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Sen. Ricketts, Pete [R-NE] (R-NE); status introduced; PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-04-21).

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## Facts
- Bill: 119-s-2691
- Congress: 119
- Title: Rural Microentrepreneur Assistance Act of 2025
- Status: introduced
- Introduced: 2025-09-03
- Sponsor: Sen. Ricketts, Pete [R-NE] (R-NE)
- Cosponsors: 1
- Policy area: Agriculture and Food
- Touches household money: yes
- Last recorded action: 2026-04-21

## Summary

**expand the Rural Microentrepreneur Assistance Program** to give rural small businesses bigger, more flexible microloans and a longer program window. This bill would raise the loan threshold, broaden allowable uses for real estate improvements, increase a funding share to full coverage, and extend the program through 2030. - Microentrepreneurs and small business owners would be able to access larger microloans and use loan proceeds for up to 50 percent of demolition, construction, or related real estate improvement costs for a project. The individual monetary threshold would rise from $50,000 to $75,000. - Microenterprise development organizations would see a key program support rate increase from 75 percent to 100 percent, providing full coverage under that specific provision. - Rural communities and local development efforts would have continued access to RMAP support because the program participation window would be extended to cover 2026 through 2030.

## Cosponsors (1)

- Sen. Smith, Tina [D-MN] (D-MN), 2025-09-03T00:00:00.000Z

## Provisions PRIA read

- Bigger microloans for rural entrepreneurs: benefit, high. If enacted, this bill would let rural microbusiness owners get bigger microloans through the Rural Microentrepreneur Assistance Program. It would raise the microloan cap from $50,000 to $75,000. It would allow a microloan to pay for up to 50% of demolition, construction, or related real estate impr…

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- 119-s-4668: Protect College Sports Act of 2026
- 119-s-1260: Rural Housing Service Reform Act of 2025
- 119-s-1711: STOP China Act
- 119-s-2461: Promotion and Expansion of Private Employee Ownership Act of 2025
- 119-s-1552: Living Donor Protection Act of 2025
- 119-s-1241: Sanctioning Russia Act of 2025

## Sources
- [119-s-2691 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/senate-bill/2691)

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- [119-s-1260: Rural Housing Service Reform Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-1260)
- [119-s-1711: STOP China Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-1711)
- [119-s-2461: Promotion and Expansion of Private Employee Ownership Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-2461)
- [119-s-1552: Living Donor Protection Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-1552)
- [119-s-1241: Sanctioning Russia Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-1241)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-2691 (as of 2026-04-21).