IV 
114TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. RES. 591 
Commending the cooperative owners and the employees of the Farm Credit 
System for their continuing service in meeting the credit and financial- 
services needs of rural communities and agriculture. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JANUARY 28, 2016 
Mr. CONAWAY (for himself, Mr. PETERSON, Mr. AUSTIN SCOTT of Georgia, 
and Mr. DAVID SCOTT of Georgia) submitted the following resolution; 
which was referred to the Committee on Agriculture 
RESOLUTION 
Commending the cooperative owners and the employees of 
the Farm Credit System for their continuing service in 
meeting the credit and financial-services needs of rural 
communities and agriculture. 
Whereas the Farm Credit System was established by Con-
gress through the Federal Farm Loan Act of 1916, 
signed into law on July 17, 1916, by President Woodrow 
Wilson, making 2016 the centennial anniversary of the 
founding of the cooperatively owned and operated Farm 
Credit System; 
Whereas recognizing that a prosperous, productive agricul-
tural sector is essential to a free Nation, Congress de-
clared through the Farm Credit Act of 1971, as amend-
ed, that the Farm Credit System be designed as a perma-
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•HRES 591 IH 
nent means to support the well-being and prosperity of 
the Nation’s rural communities and agricultural pro-
ducers of all types and sizes; 
Whereas Congress designed the Farm Credit System as a 
network of cooperatives, independently owned and con-
trolled by its borrowers, responsive to their individual 
needs for credit and financial services and continually 
adapting to meet the changing needs of rural commu-
nities and agriculture; 
Whereas the Farm Credit System today plays a vital role in 
the success of United States agriculture and the eco-
nomic vibrancy of rural communities throughout all 50 
States 
and 
Puerto 
Rico, 
providing 
more 
than 
$210,000,000,000 in loans to more than 500,000 cus-
tomers; 
Whereas the Farm Credit System actively supports the next 
generation of agricultural producers by annually pro-
viding billions of dollars of loans to young and beginning 
farmers and ranchers and through its ongoing financial 
support for organizations like 4–H and Future Farmers 
of America; and 
Whereas Congress has provided for the appropriate safety 
and soundness oversight of the Farm Credit System 
through the Farm Credit Administration, an independent 
Federal agency, whose operating costs are funded by the 
System and for the protection of investors in System 
bonds through the Farm Credit System Insurance Cor-
poration funded by premiums paid by the Farm Credit 
System: Now, therefore, be it 
Resolved, That the House of Representatives— 
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(1) commends the cooperative owners and the 
employees of the Farm Credit System for their con-
tinuing service in meeting the credit and financial- 
services needs of rural communities and agriculture; 
and 
(2) expresses its confidence and support for 
Farm Credit continuing its mission of providing reli-
able, consistent credit to the United States rural 
communities and agriculture into the future. 
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