Young Farmer Success Act

Bill: 115-hr-1060
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Courtney, Joe [D-CT-2]
Introduced: 2017-02-15
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Higher education

Migrant, seasonal, agricultural labor

Student aid and college costs
Latest action: action_date: 2017-02-15
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.

Summaries:
action_date: 2017-02-15
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><b>Young Farmer Success Act </b></p> <p>This bill amends title IV (Student Assistance) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 to include a full-time job as an employee or manager of a qualified farm or ranch within the definition of "public service job" for purposes of the public service employee loan forgiveness program. </p> <p>A "qualified farm or ranch" earns, from the sale of agricultural products, gross revenue of at least $35,000 in 2017, adjusted annually for inflation in subsequent years. <br /> </p>

tv_txt: I 115th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 1060 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES February 15, 2017 Mr. Courtney (for himself, Mr. Thompson of Pennsylvania , and Mr. Faso ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce A BILL To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to include certain individuals who work on farms or ranches as individuals who are employed in public service jobs for purposes of eligibility for loan forgiveness under the Federal Direct Loan program.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Young Farmer Success Act . 2. Eligibility of certain farm and ranch workers for student loan forgiveness (a) Eligibility Section 455(m)(3)(B) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 ( 20 U.S.C. 1087e(m)(3)(B) ) is amended— (1) by striking or at the end of clause (i); (2) by striking the period at the end of clause (ii) and inserting ; or ; and (3) by adding at the end the following new clause: (iii) a full-time job as an employee or manager of a qualified farm or ranch. . (b) Definition Section 455(m)(3) of such Act ( 20 U.S.C. 1087e(m)(3) ) is amended by adding at the end the following new subparagraph: (C) Qualified farm or ranch The term qualified farm or ranch means, with respect to a year, a farm or ranch whose earnings of gross revenue during the year from the sale of agricultural products are equal to or greater than— (i) in the case of 2017, $35,000; or (ii) in the case of any succeeding year, the amount applicable under this subparagraph for the previous year increased by the estimated percentage change in the Consumer Price Index (as determined by the Secretary, using the definition in section 478(f)) for the most recent year preceding such year. .