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Bills/119th Congress · House

H.R. 5598

Introduced

Revitalizing Rural Communities Act of 2025

Sponsor
RZachary Nunn· Iowa
Introduced
September 26, 2025
Policy area
Agriculture and Food
Latest action
Referred to the Subcommittee on Commodity Markets, Digital Assets, and Rural Development.December 2, 2025
[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5598 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 5598

To extend and increase funding for the Rural Economic Development Loan 
and Grant Program of the Department of Agriculture, and for other 
purposes.

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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

September 26, 2025

Mr. Nunn of Iowa (for himself and Mr. Davis of North Carolina) 
introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 
Agriculture

_______________________________________________________________________

A BILL

To extend and increase funding for the Rural Economic Development Loan 
and Grant Program of the Department of Agriculture, and for other 
purposes.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

This Act may be cited as the ``Revitalizing Rural Communities Act 
of 2025''.

SEC. 2. EXTENSION OF, AND INCREASE IN FUNDING FOR, THE RURAL ECONOMIC 
DEVELOPMENT LOAN AND GRANT PROGRAM.

Section 313B of the Rural Electrification Act of 1936 (7 U.S.C. 
940c-2) is amended by striking ``$10,000,000 for each of fiscal years 
2019 through 2023'' and inserting ``$12,000,000 for each of fiscal 
years 2026 through 2030''.
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