2025-2026 Regular Session • US Congress Legislature
HB1131: Family Farm and Small Business Exemption Act
Legislative Summary
To restore the exemption of family farms and small businesses from the definition of assets under title IV of the Higher Education Act of 1965.
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Bill History
2/7/2025
Introduced in House
House of Representatives
2/7/2025
Referred to the House Committee on Education and Workforce.
House of Representatives
Status Information
Current Status
Introduced(2/7/2025)
Chamber
House of Representatives
Committee
Education and Workforce(House of Representatives)
Sponsors
Republican: 72
Democrat: 15
Primary Sponsor

Tracey Mann
Republican
Co-Sponsors (86)
Jimmy Panetta
Democrat
Glenn Thompson
Republican
Angela Craig
Democrat
Donald Davis
Democrat
Dan Meuser
Republican
Jake Ellzey
Republican
Harriet Hageman
Republican
Eric Sorensen
Democrat
Brad Finstad
Republican
Charles Fleischmann
Republican
Sam Graves
Republican
Ben Cline
Republican
Ashley Hinson
Republican
Mike Bost
Republican
Jim Costa
Democrat
Claudia Tenney
Republican
Austin Scott
Republican
Scott DesJarlais
Republican
Chuck Edwards
Republican
Glenn Grothman
Republican
Celeste Maloy
Republican
Jill Tokuda
Democrat
Jack Bergman
Republican
Derrick Van Orden
Republican
Scott Franklin
Republican
Ryan Zinke
Republican
Adrian Smith
Republican
Derek Schmidt
Republican
John Moolenaar
Republican
Jason Smith
Republican
Marie Gluesenkamp Perez
Democrat
David Rouzer
Republican
Mary Miller
Republican
Darin LaHood
Republican
Mark Messmer
Republican
Patrick Fallon
Republican
Don Bacon
Republican
Daniel Webster
Republican
Zachary Nunn
Republican
Scott Fitzgerald
Republican
Dan Newhouse
Republican
David Valadao
Republican
Michael Guest
Republican
Keith Self
Republican
Richard Hudson
Republican
Vince Fong
Republican
Troy Downing
Republican
Mariannette Miller-Meeks
Republican
Barry Moore
Republican
Gabe Evans
Republican
Randy Feenstra
Republican
Kristen McDonald Rivet
Democrat
Mike Flood
Republican
Michael Lawler
Republican
Brian Fitzpatrick
Republican
Hillary Scholten
Democrat
John Joyce
Republican
Frank Lucas
Republican
Michael McCaul
Republican
Mike Kelly
Republican
Andrea Salinas
Democrat
Doug LaMalfa
Republican
Gil Cisneros
Democrat
Trent Kelly
Republican
Mike Ezell
Republican
Robert Wittman
Republican
Christopher Deluzio
Democrat
Tom Cole
Republican
David Kustoff
Republican
James Baird
Republican
Ronny Jackson
Republican
Nick LaLota
Republican
Troy Carter
Democrat
Mike Collins
Republican
Troy Balderson
Republican
Gus Bilirakis
Republican
Michelle Fischbach
Republican
Juan Ciscomani
Republican
Burgess Owens
Republican
John Rose
Republican
Sharice Davids
Democrat
Julie Fedorchak
Republican
Tom Barrett
Republican
Tim Moore
Republican
Salud Carbajal
Democrat
Julia Letlow
Republican