I 
119TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 5138 
To amend the Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990 
to authorize grants for eligible institutions to carry out agriculture work-
force training programs, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
SEPTEMBER 4, 2025 
Mr. FINSTAD (for himself and Ms. PINGREE) introduced the following bill; 
which was referred to the Committee on Agriculture 
A BILL 
To amend the Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade 
Act of 1990 to authorize grants for eligible institutions 
to carry out agriculture workforce training programs, 
and for other purposes. 
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 ‘‘Agriculture Skills 
Preparation for Industry Recruitment Efforts Act’’ or the 
‘‘ASPIRE Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. AGRICULTURE WORKFORCE TRAINING PROGRAM 
GRANTS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 2501(d) of the Food, Ag-
riculture, Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990 (7 U.S.C. 
2279(d)) is amended by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(16) AGRICULTURE
WORKFORCE
TRAINING 
PROGRAM GRANTS.— 
‘‘(A) DEFINITIONS.—In this paragraph: 
‘‘(i) 
AGRICULTURE
WORKFORCE 
TRAINING
PROGRAM.—The term ‘agri-
culture workforce training program’ means 
a training program developed by an eligible 
institution in collaboration with a targeted 
industry partner through which students 
enrolled at that eligible institution receive 
training from that targeted industry part-
ner, including through— 
‘‘(I) internships; 
‘‘(II) apprenticeships; 
‘‘(III) experience-based curricula; 
and 
‘‘(IV) educational programs and 
workshops to promote technical skills. 
‘‘(ii) ELIGIBLE
INSTITUTION.—The 
term ‘eligible institution’ means— 
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‘‘(I) an 1862 Institution (as de-
fined in section 2 of the Agricultural 
Research, Extension, and Education 
Reform Act of 1998 (7 U.S.C. 7601)); 
‘‘(II) an 1890 Institution (as de-
fined in that section); 
‘‘(III) a 1994 Institution (as de-
fined in section 532 of the Equity in 
Educational Land-Grant Status Act 
of 1994 (7 U.S.C. 301 note; Public 
Law 103–382)); 
‘‘(IV) a non-land-grant college of 
agriculture (as defined in section 
1404 of the National Agricultural Re-
search, Extension, and Teaching Pol-
icy Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C. 3103)); 
‘‘(V) 
Hispanic-serving 
agricul-
tural colleges and universities (as de-
fined in that section); 
‘‘(VI) a center of excellence rec-
ognized under section 1673; 
‘‘(VII) a junior or community 
college (as defined in section 312 of 
the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 
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U.S.C. 1058)) that offers a program 
of study in agriculture; and 
‘‘(VIII) an area career and tech-
nical education school (as defined in 
section 3 of the Carl D. Perkins Ca-
reer and Technical Education Act of 
2006 (20 U.S.C. 2302)) that offers a 
program of study in agriculture. 
‘‘(iii) TARGETED
INDUSTRY
PART-
NER.—The term ‘targeted industry part-
ner’ means 1 or more of the following enti-
ties: 
‘‘(I) A member of the agriculture 
industry, such as a company or indus-
try association. 
‘‘(II) An apprenticeship program 
in agriculture registered under the 
Act of August 16, 1937 (commonly 
known as the ‘National Apprentice-
ship Act’) (50 Stat. 664, chapter 663; 
29 U.S.C. 50 et seq.). 
‘‘(III) A nonprofit organization 
that aims to help individuals gain em-
ployment in the agriculture industry. 
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