Young Farmer Success Act

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 9974 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 9974

     To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to include certain
    individuals who work on farms or ranches as individuals who are
 employed in public service jobs for purposes of eligibility for loan
           forgiveness under the Federal Direct Loan program.

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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             July 27, 2026

  Mr. Thompson of Pennsylvania (for himself, Mr. Courtney, Ms. De La
   Cruz, and Ms. Budzinski) introduced the following bill; which was
          referred to the Committee on Education and Workforce

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                                 A BILL

     To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to include certain
    individuals who work on farms or ranches as individuals who are
 employed in public service jobs for purposes of eligibility for loan
           forgiveness under the Federal Direct Loan program.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Young Farmer Success Act''.

SEC. 2. ELIGIBILITY OF CERTAIN FARM AND RANCH WORKERS FOR STUDENT LOAN
              FORGIVENESS.

    (a) Eligibility.--Section 455(m)(3)(B) of the Higher Education Act
of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1087e(m)(3)(B)) is amended--
            (1) in clause (i), by striking ``or'' at the end;
            (2) in clause (ii), by striking the period at the end and
        inserting ``; or''; and
            (3) by adding at the end the following:
                            ``(iii) a full-time job engaged in farm
                        work as an employee or manager of a qualified
                        farm or ranch.''.
    (b) Definition.--Section 455(m)(3) of such Act (20 U.S.C.
1087e(m)(3)) is amended by adding at the end the following:
                    ``(C) Qualified farm or ranch.--The term `qualified
                farm or ranch' means, with respect to a year, a farm or
                ranch whose earnings of gross revenue during the year
                from the sale of agricultural products are equal to or
                greater than--
                            ``(i) in the case of 2026, $35,000; or
                            ``(ii) in the case of any succeeding year,
                        the amount applicable under this subparagraph
                        for the previous year increased by the
                        estimated percentage change in the Consumer
                        Price Index (as determined by the Secretary,
                        using the definition in section 478(f)) for the
                        most recent year preceding such year.''.
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