H.R. 1250 · 118th Congress

Family Farm and Small Business Exemption Act

Introduced on Feb 28, 2023 by Tracey Mann (R-KS-1). 59 cosponsors, 11 of them from another party. Latest action (Feb 28, 2023): Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.

Stage
Introduced
Introduced
Feb 28, 2023
Cosponsors
59
11 from the other party
Policy area
Education
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Progress

The furthest stage the measure reached. Simple and concurrent resolutions do not go to the President.

  1. Introduced
  2. 2Reported by committee
  3. 3Passed one chamber
  4. 4Passed both chambers
  5. 5Sent to the President
  6. 6Became law

Official title

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.

Subjects

  • Government lending and loan guarantees
  • Rural conditions and development
  • Small business
  • Student aid and college costs

Summary

The Congressional Research Service has not summarized this measure yet.

Sponsor and cosponsors

Cosponsors by party as of the day they signed on. Original cosponsors signed on the day of introduction.

Tracey MannR-KS-1Sponsor

Democrats · 11

Republicans · 48

Roll calls

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No recorded roll call on this measure: it moved by voice vote or unanimous consent, or has not reached the floor.

History

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  1. Feb 28, 2023Introduced in House
  2. Feb 28, 2023Introduced in House
  3. Feb 28, 2023 · HouseReferred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.

Committees

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Agencies in its committees' jurisdiction

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Who lobbied on it

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  1. Iowa State University5 reports
    $200K reported (all issues)Federal contractor: IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY$63.2M in contracts, FY2026AI match · 100%
  2. NATIONAL ASSN OF INDEPENDENT COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES5 reports
    $510K reported (all issues)
  3. PENNSYLVANIA FARM BUREAU5 reports
    $70K reported (all issues)
  4. THE KANSAS FARM BUREAU5 reports
    $210K reported (all issues)
  5. AMERICAN FARM BUREAU FED4 reports
    $1.3M reported (all issues)
  6. THE FARM CREDIT COUNCIL2 reports
    $260K reported (all issues)

Reports filed in 2023, 2024.

Sources and method

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  • Bill status: bills and resolutions, sponsors, actions, subjects and CRS summaries (U.S. Government Publishing Office (GovInfo), from Congress.gov (Library of Congress))GovInfo Bill Status bulk data (Congress.gov; summaries by the Congressional Research Service) · data current to Oct 10, 2026 · loaded Oct 10, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Members of Congress, their terms, committees and identifiers (The @unitedstates project (from the Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress, the House and the Senate))unitedstates/congress-legislators: legislators, committees and current committee membership · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)
  • House roll-call votes (Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives)Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives, roll-call vote records · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Senate roll-call votes and DW-NOMINATE scores (Voteview (UCLA Department of Political Science))Lewis, Jeffrey B., Keith Poole, Howard Rosenthal, Adam Boche, Aaron Rudkin, and Luke Sonnet (2026). Voteview: Congressional Roll-Call Votes Database. https://voteview.com/ · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Free to use with the required citation
  • Lobbying disclosures (LD-1 registrations, LD-2 quarterly reports, LD-203 contribution reports) (Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives)Clerk of the House, Lobbying Disclosure Act filings (organizations only; lobbyists' names are not loaded) · data current to Oct 10, 2026 · loaded Oct 10, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Positions are shown only where a roll call recorded them; voice votes and unanimous consent record none.
  • Money and votes are shown side by side; neither explains the other.