504 Credit Risk Management Improvement Act of 2025

Senate Bill

S. 2659

119th Congress

504 Credit Risk Management Improvement Act of 2025

In Committee

Introduced:Aug 1, 2025

Primary Sponsor

Todd Young

Senator

Republican

IN

Cosponsors

3

Quick Stats

Policy Area

Agriculture and Food

Summary

This bill aims to increase support for farmers' markets and food banks. It reauthorizes and expands funding for programs that provide vouchers for seniors and low-income women to buy food at farmers' markets. It also creates new loan, grant, and pilot programs to help build and improve farmers' markets and allow food banks to contract with local farmers.

Latest Action

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.

SponsorTodd Young (R-IN)

Introduced8/1/2025

StatusCommittee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship. Hearings held.

ChamberSenate

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504 Credit Risk Management Improvement Act of 2025

This bill aims to increase support for farmers' markets and food banks. It reauthorizes and expands funding for programs that provide vouchers for seniors and low-income women to buy food at farmers' markets. It also creates new loan, grant, and pilot programs

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This bill aims to increase support for farmers' markets and food banks. It reauthorizes and expands funding for programs that provide vouchers for seniors and low-income women to buy food at farmers' markets. It also creates new loan, grant, and pilot programs to help build and improve farmers' markets and allow food banks to contract with local farmers.

Bill Number: 2659
Sponsor: Todd Young (R-IN)
Introduced: 8/1/2025
Status: Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship. Hearings held.
Policy Area: Agriculture and Food

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Fact Sheet

Title: 504 Credit Risk Management Improvement Act of 2025
Bill Number: 2659
Sponsor: Todd Young (R-IN)
Status: Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship. Hearings held.
Introduced: 8/1/2025
Summary: This bill aims to increase support for farmers' markets and food banks. It reauthorizes and expands funding for programs that provide vouchers for seniors and low-income women to buy food at farmers' markets. It also creates new loan, grant, and pilot programs to help build and improve farmers' mark

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Plain-English explanation of this bill

This bill aims to increase support for farmers' markets and food banks. It reauthorizes and expands funding for programs that provide vouchers for seniors and low-income women to buy food at farmers' markets. It also creates new loan, grant, and pilot programs to help build and improve farmers' markets and allow food banks to contract with local farmers.

Last updated: 12/30/2025

Official Summary

Congressional Research Service summary

Farmers' Market and Food Bank Local Revitalization Act of 2023This bill provides for increased support for farmers' markets.This bill reauthorizes, and extends funding for, the Seniors Farmers' Market Nutrition Program through FY2028.The bill also (1) expands eligibility for the program by increasing the income limit, (2) increases the minimum individual benefit, and (3) removes the maximum individual benefit limit.The bill extends the WIC Farmers' Market Nutrition Program through FY2028 and increases the minimum and maximum individual benefits under the program.Further, the Department of Agriculture (USDA) must make loans, loan guarantees, and grants to public agencies and nonprofit organizations for the construction of new farmers' markets or the improvement or rehabilitation of existing farmers' markets. The bill provides funding for these loans, loan guarantees, and grants through FY2029, with certain cost-sharing requirements.Additionally, USDA must establish a pilot grant program to allow food banks to voluntarily contract with local farmers to grow produce for food bank programs as a way to promote local procurement of produce. The bill provides funding for the pilot program through FY2025.

Key Points

Main provisions of the bill

Reauthorizes and expands funding for the Seniors Farmers' Market Nutrition Program and the WIC Farmers' Market Nutrition Program
Provides loans, loan guarantees, and grants to build new and improve existing farmers' markets
Establishes a pilot program for food banks to contract with local farmers to grow produce for their programs

How This Impacts Americans

Potential effects on citizens and communities

This bill would benefit seniors, low-income families, and food banks by improving access to fresh, local produce. Farmers' markets would receive financial support to expand and improve their operations, leading to increased sales and economic opportunities for local food producers. The pilot program could also help food banks source more fresh, affordable produce from nearby farms.

Policy Areas

Primary Policy Area

Agriculture and Food

Scope & Jurisdiction

Jurisdiction Level

federal

Congressional Session

119th Congress

Citation Reference

2659, 119th Congress (2025). "504 Credit Risk Management Improvement Act of 2025". Source: Voter's Right Platform. https://votersright.org/bills/118-s-2659

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