# 119-s-910: Farm Ownership Improvement Act

119-s-910, Farm Ownership Improvement Act, is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Sen. Welch, Peter [D-VT] (D-VT); status introduced; PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2025-12-21).

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## Facts
- Bill: 119-s-910
- Congress: 119
- Title: Farm Ownership Improvement Act
- Status: introduced
- Introduced: 2025-03-10
- Sponsor: Sen. Welch, Peter [D-VT] (D-VT)
- Cosponsors: 2
- Policy area: Agriculture and Food
- Touches household money: yes
- Last recorded action: 2025-12-21

## Summary

**Creates a five-year pilot to pre-qualify farmers for USDA direct farm ownership loans and speed access to land and financing.** The pilot would let USDA use alternative evaluations, including financial benchmarking, prioritize outreach to organizations that work with beginning farmers, and require annual reports to congressional agriculture committees describing performance outcomes and whether to recommend a permanent program.

## Cosponsors (2)

- Sen. Hoeven, John [R-ND] (R-ND), 2025-03-10T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Smith, Tina [D-MN] (D-MN), 2025-03-10T00:00:00.000Z

## Provisions PRIA read

- Pre-approval pilot for farm loans: benefit, medium. If enacted, this bill would require the Secretary of Agriculture to set up a five-year pilot for pre-qualification or pre-approval of direct farm ownership loans. The pilot must be established no later than two years after enactment and would run for five years after it starts. For people in the pi…

## Related bills

- 119-s-4668: Protect College Sports Act of 2026
- 119-s-5071: Children's Safe Welcome Act of 2026
- 119-s-5022: Cannabis Administration and Opportunity Act
- 119-s-2819: Head Start for America's Children Act
- 119-s-5283: Momnibus Act
- 119-s-1507: Agriculture Resilience Act of 2025

## Sources
- [119-s-910 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/senate-bill/910)

## Related
- [119-s-4668: Protect College Sports Act of 2026](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-4668)
- [119-s-5071: Children's Safe Welcome Act of 2026](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-5071)
- [119-s-5022: Cannabis Administration and Opportunity Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-5022)
- [119-s-2819: Head Start for America's Children Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-2819)
- [119-s-5283: Momnibus Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-5283)
- [119-s-1507: Agriculture Resilience Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-1507)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-910 (as of 2025-12-21).