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.
Bill status
in committee
1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Nov 2025
Committee Review
Floor Vote
President
Introduced Nov 20, 2025
Last action Dec 5, 2025
Floor votes
How they voted
No floor votes recorded yet.
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
3
Key actions
0
Committee
2
Dec 5, 2025
Committee
Referred to the Subcommittee on General Farm Commodities, Risk Management, and Credit.
lower
Nov 20, 2025
Committee
Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
lower
Nov 20, 2025
Introduced
Introduced in House
lower
1 primary · 2 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Alma S. Adams
DDemocratic
Co
James P. McGovern
DDemocratic
Co
Jennifer L. McClellan
DDemocratic
Ask Maddy
·
AI policy assistant
Ask Maddy about HR 6169
Scope: US
Hi! I can help you understand HR 6169. What would you like to know?
Try one of these
i
Maddy answers using official bill text and legislative records. Always verify before sharing.
Sources cited inline