HR 6169 United States House · 119th Congress

Fair Credit for Farmers Act

The Fair Credit for Farmers Act provides immediate financial relief to struggling farmers and ranchers by deferring payments on direct farm loans for two years, reducing interest rates to 0.125% during this period, and waiving guarantee fees for covered producers. It directly affects limited resource farmers, socially disadvantaged farmers, beginning farmers, veteran farmers, and those who are delinquent or financially distressed. The bill also includes administrative reforms to improve transparency in loan decisions, better collateralization rules, and new equitable relief provisions for applicants wrongly denied loans. These changes aim to make the farm loan system more accessible while providing critical short-term relief to vulnerable agricultural producers.
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Nov 2025
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Introduced Nov 20, 2025 Last action Dec 5, 2025
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Dec 5, 2025
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Referred to the Subcommittee on General Farm Commodities, Risk Management, and Credit.
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Nov 20, 2025
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Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
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Nov 20, 2025
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