I 
111TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 6057 
To amend the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act to expand 
eligibility for Farm Service Agency loans. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 30, 2010 
Mr. OWENS (for himself and Mr. COURTNEY) introduced the following bill; 
which was referred to the Committee on Agriculture 
A BILL 
To amend the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development 
Act to expand eligibility for Farm Service Agency loans. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Farm Credit Expan-
sion Act’’. 
SEC. 2. ELIGIBILITY FOR FARM LOANS. 
(a) FARM OWNERSHIP LOANS.—Section 302(a) of 
the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act (7 
U.S.C. 1922(a)) is amended— 
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(1) by striking ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The’’ and 
inserting the following: 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.— 
‘‘(1) ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS.—The’’; 
(2) in the 1st sentence, by inserting after ‘‘lim-
ited liability companies’’ the following: ‘‘, and such 
other legal entities as the Secretary deems appro-
priate,’’; 
(3) in the 2nd sentence, by redesignating 
clauses (1) through (4) as clauses (A) through (D), 
respectively; 
(4) in each of the 2nd and 3rd sentences, by 
striking ‘‘and limited liability companies’’ each place 
it appears and inserting ‘‘limited liability companies, 
and such other legal entities’’; and 
(5) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(2) SPECIAL DEEMING RULES.— 
‘‘(A) ELIGIBLITY OF CERTAIN OPERATING- 
ONLY ENTITIES.—An entity that is or will be-
come only the operator of a family farm is 
deemed to meet the owner-operator require-
ments of paragraph (1) if the individuals that 
are the owners of the family farm own more 
than 50 percent (or such other percentage as 
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the Secretary determines is appropriate) of the 
entity. 
‘‘(B) ELIGIBILITY OF CERTAIN EMBEDDED 
ENTITIES.—An entity that is an owner-operator 
described in paragraph (1), or an operator de-
scribed in subparagraph (A) of this paragraph 
that is owned, in whole or in part, by other en-
tities, is deemed to meet the direct ownership 
requirement imposed under paragraph (1) if at 
least 75 percent of the ownership interests of 
each embedded entity of such entity is owned 
directly or indirectly by the individuals that own 
the family farm.’’. 
(b) CONSERVATION LOANS.—Section 304(c) of such 
Act (7 U.S.C. 1924(c)) is amended by inserting after ‘‘lim-
ited liability companies’’ the following: ‘‘, or such other 
legal entities as the Secretary deems appropriate,’’. 
(c) FARM OPERATING LOANS.—Section 311(a) of 
such Act (7 U.S.C. 1941(a)) is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The’’ and 
inserting the following: 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.— 
‘‘(1) ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS.—The’’; 
(2) in the 1st sentence, by inserting after ‘‘lim-
ited liability companies’’ the following: ‘‘, and such 
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(1) Section 304(c)(2) of such Act (7 U.S.C. 
1924(c)(2)) by striking ‘‘paragraphs (1) and (2) of 
section 302(a)’’ and inserting ‘‘subparagraphs (A) 
and (B) of section 302(a)(1)’’. 
(2) Section 310D of such Act (7 U.S.C. 1934) 
is amended— 
(A) by inserting after ‘‘partnership’’ the 
following: ‘‘, or such other legal entities as the 
Secretary deems appropriate,’’; and 
(B) by inserting after ‘‘partners’’ the fol-
lowing: ‘‘, or owners,’’. 
(3) Section 343(a)(11) of such Act (7 U.S.C. 
1991(a)(11)) is amended— 
(A) by inserting after ‘‘joint operation,’’ 
the 1st place it appears the following: ‘‘or such 
other legal entity as the Secretary deems appro-
priate,’’; 
(B) by striking ‘‘or joint operators’’ each 
place it appears and inserting ‘‘joint operators, 
or owners’’; and 
(C) by inserting after ‘‘joint operation,’’ 
each other place it appears the following: ‘‘or 
such other legal entity,’’. 
(4) Section 359(b)(2) of such Act (7 U.S.C. 
2006a(b)(2)) is amended by striking ‘‘section 
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302(a)(2) or 311(a)(2)’’ and inserting ‘‘section 
302(a)(1)(B) or 311(a)(1)(B)’’. 
Æ 
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