119th Congress Education
H.R. 1131: Family Farm and Small Business Exemption Act
Introduced
- Introduced (completed)
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Summary
This bill restores an exemption for certain family farms and small businesses on the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) form. The bill applies to the net worth of (1) a family farm on which the family resides, or (2) a small business with not more than 100 full-time or full-time equivalent employees that is owned and controlled by the family.
Prior to recent changes made to the FAFSA, the net worth of these family farms and small businesses were excluded as assets when calculating a student's financial need to determine federal student aid eligibility. Beginning with the 2024-2025 academic year, the net worth of these farms and businesses are treated as an asset and therefore included in the calculation. This bill restores the exemption to exclude such net worth from the calculation.
Written by the Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress.
Roll calls
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Amendments
No amendments were offered to this bill.
Cosponsors
- Gus Bilirakis R-FLOriginal
- Mike Bost R-ILOriginal
- Don Bacon R-NEOriginal
- Jack Bergman R-MIOriginal
- Troy Balderson R-OHOriginal
- James Baird R-INOriginal
- Tom Cole R-OKOriginal
- Jim Costa D-CAOriginal
- Ben Cline R-VAOriginal
- Angie Craig D-MNOriginal
- Gilbert Cisneros D-CAOriginal
- Troy Carter D-LAOriginal
- Mike Collins R-GAOriginal
- Juan Ciscomani R-AZOriginal
- Donald Davis D-NCOriginal
- Chris Deluzio D-PAOriginal
- Scott DesJarlais R-TNOriginal
- Troy Downing R-MTOriginal
- Jake Ellzey R-TXOriginal
- Mike Ezell R-MSOriginal
- Charles (Chuck) Edwards R-NCOriginal
- Gabe Evans R-COOriginal
- Patrick Fallon R-TXOriginal
- Randy Feenstra R-IAOriginal
- Charles Fleischmann R-TNOriginal
- Brian Fitzpatrick R-PAOriginal
- Michelle Fischbach R-MNOriginal
- Scott Fitzgerald R-WIOriginal
- C. Franklin R-FLOriginal
- Mike Flood R-NEOriginal
- Brad Finstad R-MNOriginal
- Vince Fong R-CAOriginal
- Sam Graves R-MOOriginal
- Glenn Grothman R-WIOriginal
- Michael Guest R-MSOriginal
- Marie Gluesenkamp Perez D-WAOriginal
- Richard Hudson R-NCOriginal
- Ashley Hinson R-IAOriginal
- Harriet Hageman R-WYOriginal
- John Joyce R-PAOriginal
- Ronny Jackson R-TXOriginal
- Mike Kelly R-PAOriginal
- Trent Kelly R-MSOriginal
- David Kustoff R-TNOriginal
- Frank Lucas R-OKOriginal
- Doug LaMalfa R-CAOriginal
- Darin LaHood R-ILOriginal
- Nicolas LaLota R-NYOriginal
- Michael Lawler R-NYOriginal
- Michael McCaul R-TXOriginal
- John Moolenaar R-MIOriginal
- Daniel Meuser R-PAOriginal
- Mary Miller R-ILOriginal
- Barry Moore R-ALOriginal
- Mariannette Miller-Meeks R-IAOriginal
- Celeste Maloy R-UTOriginal
- Mark Messmer R-INOriginal
- Kristen McDonald Rivet D-MIOriginal
- Dan Newhouse R-WAOriginal
- Zachary (Zach) Nunn R-IAOriginal
- Clarence Owens R-UTOriginal
- Jimmy Panetta D-CAOriginal
- David Rouzer R-NCOriginal
- Adrian Smith R-NEOriginal
- Austin Scott R-GAOriginal
- Jason Smith R-MOOriginal
- Hillary Scholten D-MIOriginal
- Keith Self R-TXOriginal
- Eric Sorensen D-ILOriginal
- Andrea Salinas D-OROriginal
- Derek Schmidt R-KSOriginal
- Glenn Thompson R-PAOriginal
- Claudia Tenney R-NYOriginal
- Jill Tokuda D-HIOriginal
- David Valadao R-CAOriginal
- Derrick Van Orden R-WIOriginal
- Robert Wittman R-VAOriginal
- Daniel Webster R-FLOriginal
- Ryan Zinke R-MTOriginal
- John Rose R-TN
- Sharice Davids D-KS
- Julie Fedorchak R-ND
- Tom Barrett R-MI
- Tim Moore R-NC
- Salud Carbajal D-CA
- Julia Letlow R-LA
- Josh Harder D-CA
- Eugene Vindman D-VA
- Nicole (Nikki) Budzinski D-IL
Who scored on this bill
- 1Tracey Mann SponsorDrew cross-party cosponsors, reached a cosponsor milestone, introduced4 events+18
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History
- Introduced in the House by Tracey Mann.
Show the full action history (2 actions)
- Introduced in House
- Referred to the House Committee on Education and Workforce.