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H.R. 6057: Farm Credit Expansion Act

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H.R. 6057: Farm Credit Expansion Act

111th Congress · introduced 2010-07-30 · Agriculture and Food · Latest: Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation, Credit, Energy, and Research.

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  1. Where it came from: introduced 2010-07-30 · official record
  2. Who proposed it: Rep. Owens, William L. [D-NY-23] · what a sponsor is
  3. What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
  4. Where it stands now: Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation, Credit, Energy, and Research. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
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What does this mean?

Official title

Farm Credit Expansion Act

Plain summary

Farm Credit Expansion Act - Amends the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act to expand eligibility for Farm Service Agency operating loans, farm ownership loans, conservation loans, and emergency loans. Deems specified embedded entities (an entity owned wholly or in part by another entity) eligible for farm ownership and operating loans. Deems specified operating-only entities eligible for farm ownership loans. Deems an entity that is an owner-operator or operator to meet the direct ownership loan requirement if it is owned in whole or in part by other entities and each individual that is an owner of the family farm involved has an ownership interest in each of the other entities.

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Official text

Farm Credit Expansion Act

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. Owens, William L. [D-NY-23] · 4 cosponsors

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Cosponsors on this site

Joe Courtney (D-CT), Paul Tonko (D-NY)

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Sources

Record fed-us-cong111-hr6057 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong111 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong111