119 HR 1131 IH: Family Farm and Small Business Exemption Act U.S. House of Representatives 2025-02-07 text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.

119th CONGRESS1st Session

H. R. 1131

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

February 7, 2025

Mr. Mann (for himself, Mr. Panetta, Mr. Thompson of Pennsylvania, Ms. Craig, Mr. Davis of North Carolina, Mr. Meuser, Mr. Ellzey, Ms. Hageman, Mr. Sorensen, Mr. Finstad, Mr. Fleischmann, Mr. Graves, Mr. Cline, Mrs. Hinson, Mr. Bost, Mr. Costa, Ms. Tenney, Mr. Austin Scott of Georgia, Mr. DesJarlais, Mr. Edwards, Mr. Grothman, Ms. Maloy, Ms. Tokuda, Mr. Bergman, Mr. Van Orden, Mr. Scott Franklin of Florida, Mr. Zinke, Mr. Smith of Nebraska, Mr. Schmidt, Mr. Moolenaar, Mr. Smith of Missouri, Ms. Perez, Mr. Rouzer, Mrs. Miller of Illinois, Mr. LaHood, Mr. Messmer, Mr. Fallon, Mr. Bacon, Mr. Webster of Florida, Mr. Nunn of Iowa, Mr. Fitzgerald, Mr. Newhouse, Mr. Valadao, Mr. Guest, Mr. Self, Mr. Hudson, Mr. Fong, Mr. Downing, Mrs. Miller-Meeks, Mr. Moore of Alabama, Mr. Evans of Colorado, Mr. Feenstra, Ms. McDonald Rivet, Mr. Flood, Mr. Lawler, Mr. Fitzpatrick, Ms. Scholten, Mr. Joyce of Pennsylvania, Mr. Lucas, Mr. McCaul, Mr. Kelly of Pennsylvania, Ms. Salinas, Mr. LaMalfa, Mr. Cisneros, Mr. Kelly of Mississippi, Mr. Ezell, Mr. Wittman, Mr. Deluzio, Mr. Cole, Mr. Kustoff, Mr. Baird, Mr. Jackson of Texas, Mr. LaLota, Mr. Carter of Louisiana, Mr. Collins, Mr. Balderson, Mr. Bilirakis, Mrs. Fischbach, Mr. Ciscomani, and Mr. Owens) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education and Workforce

A BILL

To restore the exemption of family farms and small businesses from the definition of assets under title IV of the Higher Education Act of 1965.

Short title

This Act may be cited as the

Family Farm and Small Business Exemption Act

Exempting family farms and small businesses from assets under the Higher Education Act of 1965

(a)

In general

Section 480(f)(2) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1087vv) is amended—(1)by striking net value of the and inserting the following:

net value of—(A)the

;

(2)by striking the period at the end and inserting a semicolon; and(3)by adding at the end the following:

(B)a family farm on which the family resides; or(C)a small business with not more than 100 full-time or full-time equivalent employees (or any part of such a small business) that is owned and controlled by the family.

(b)

Applicability

The amendments made by subsection (a) shall apply to need analysis conducted under part F of title IV of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1087kk et seq.) for award years beginning on or after the date of the enactment of this Act.