S. 5388 · 119th Congress · pending
Student Loan Forgiveness for Farmers and Ranchers Act
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Latest official action 2026-09-14 · Referred
The bill, briefly
Student Loan Forgiveness for Farmers and Ranchers Act This bill establishes a student loan forgiveness program for certain farmers or ranchers. Specifically, to receive loan forgiveness under this bill, a borrower must (1) make 120 monthly loan payments under a specified repayment plan while employed full-time at a qualified farm or ranch; and (2) fall within certain categories of individuals such as a beginner farmer or rancher, an individual underrepresented in the agricultural profession, or a veteran farmer or rancher.
Congressional Research Service · 2026-09-14
Who reported lobbying on this bill?
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Politicians behind the bill
Sponsors and cosponsors from the official source, limited to members currently in office. Campaign amounts are cycle-wide and are not payments for this bill.
Sponsor
Christopher Murphy
Senate · CT · Democratic
-$16,000PAC receipts · 2025–2026
Cosponsor
Tina Smith
Senate · MN · Democratic
-$35,500PAC receipts · 2025–2026
Cosponsor
Tammy Baldwin
Senate · WI · Democratic
$192,086PAC receipts · 2025–2026
2 of 2 source cosponsor records retrieved; only current officials and unwithdrawn sponsorships appear.
PAC donors to the listed sponsors
These are all-cycle contributions to the listed sponsors’ and cosponsors’ campaigns. FEC does not attribute them to this bill. A donation plus sponsorship does not establish why a politician acted.
DELTA DENTAL PLANS ASSOCIATION PAC$10,000
Tammy Baldwin · Cosponsor · $10,000
Official PAC recordINTERNATIONAL UNION OF PAINTERS AND ALLIED TRADES POLITICAL ACTION TOGETHER POLITICAL COMMITTEE$7,500
Tammy Baldwin · Cosponsor · $7,500
Official PAC recordALLIED PILOTS ASSOCIATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE$6,000
Tammy Baldwin · Cosponsor · $6,000
Official PAC recordACADEMY OF NUTRITION AND DIETETICS POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE$5,000
Tammy Baldwin · Cosponsor · $5,000
Official PAC recordACADEMY OF RAIL LABOR ATTORNEYS POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE$5,000
Tammy Baldwin · Cosponsor · $5,000
Official PAC recordALLIANCE FOR PHARMACY COMPOUNDING PAC (COMP PAC)$5,000
Tammy Baldwin · Cosponsor · $5,000
Official PAC recordAMERICAN COUNCIL OF ENGINEERING COMPANIES (ACEC/PAC)$5,000
Tammy Baldwin · Cosponsor · $5,000
Official PAC recordAMERICAN PROPERTY CASUALTY INSURANCE ASSOCIATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (INSURING AMERICA PAC)$5,000
Tammy Baldwin · Cosponsor · $5,000
Official PAC recordARRAY DIGITAL INFRASTRUCTURE, INC POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE$5,000
Tammy Baldwin · Cosponsor · $5,000
Official PAC recordD.R.I.V.E. - DEM, REP, IND VOTER ED (THE PAC OF THE INT'L BRHD OF TEAMSTERS)$5,000
Tammy Baldwin · Cosponsor · $5,000
Official PAC recordDIRECT SUPPLY, INC. PARTNERS PAC (DSI PARTNERS PAC)$5,000
Tammy Baldwin · Cosponsor · $5,000
Official PAC recordINGRAM BARGE COMPANY POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE$5,000
Tammy Baldwin · Cosponsor · $5,000
Official PAC recordINTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF FIREFIGHTERS INTERESTED IN REGISTRATION AND EDUCATION PAC$5,000
JOHNSON CONTROLS INC. PAC$5,000
Tammy Baldwin · Cosponsor · $5,000
Official PAC recordMASSACHUSETTS MUTUAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE$5,000
Christopher Murphy · Sponsor · $5,000
Official PAC recordOFF THE SIDELINES PAC$5,000
Tina Smith · Cosponsor · $5,000
Official PAC recordARCHER DANIELS MIDLAND COMPANY - ADM PAC$4,000
Tammy Baldwin · Cosponsor · $4,000
Official PAC recordWEC ENERGY GROUP POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE$3,500
Tammy Baldwin · Cosponsor · $3,500
Official PAC recordCARGILL, INCORPORATED POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE$3,000
Tammy Baldwin · Cosponsor · $3,000
Official PAC recordNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE$3,000
Tina Smith · Cosponsor · $3,000
Official PAC recordVIZIENT, INC., POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE$3,000
Tammy Baldwin · Cosponsor · $3,000
Official PAC recordCMHA BLOCK & PAVER PAC CONCRETE MASONRY AND HARDSCAPES VALLEY DRIVE$2,500
Tammy Baldwin · Cosponsor · $2,500
Official PAC recordCONAGRA BRANDS, INC. GOOD GOVERNMENT ASSOCIATION$2,500
Tammy Baldwin · Cosponsor · $2,500
Official PAC recordDELL TECHNOLOGIES, INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE$2,500
Tammy Baldwin · Cosponsor · $2,500
Official PAC recordELI LILLY AND COMPANY POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE$2,500
Tammy Baldwin · Cosponsor · $2,500
Official PAC recordHEALTHCARE DISTRIBUTION ALLIANCE POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE$2,500
Tammy Baldwin · Cosponsor · $2,500
Official PAC recordHY-VEE INC EMPLOYEES' POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE$2,500
Tammy Baldwin · Cosponsor · $2,500
Official PAC recordINTERNATIONAL BROTHERHOOD OF ELECTRICAL WORKERS POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE$2,500
Tammy Baldwin · Cosponsor · $2,500
Official PAC recordNIKE INC FEDERAL POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (NIKE FEDERAL PAC)$2,500
Tammy Baldwin · Cosponsor · $2,500
Official PAC recordNUCOR CORPORATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE$2,500
Tammy Baldwin · Cosponsor · $2,500
Official PAC recordOCEAN SPRAY CRANBERRIES INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE$2,500
Tammy Baldwin · Cosponsor · $2,500
Official PAC recordPOLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE OF THE AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF ORTHOPAEDIC SURGEONS--PAC OF AAOS$2,500
Tammy Baldwin · Cosponsor · $2,500
Official PAC recordPUBLIX SUPER MARKETS, INC. ASSOCIATES POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE$2,500
SCHWAN'S COMPANY POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE$2,500
Tammy Baldwin · Cosponsor · $2,500
Official PAC recordWSP USA INC. PAC$2,500
Tammy Baldwin · Cosponsor · $2,500
Official PAC recordALLIANCE OF COMMUNITY HEALTH PLANS, INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE, INC.$2,000
Tammy Baldwin · Cosponsor · $2,000
Official PAC recordAMERICAN CHIROPRACTIC ASSOCIATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE$2,000
Tammy Baldwin · Cosponsor · $2,000
Official PAC recordAMERICAN PUBLIC POWER ASSOCIATION, PUBLIC OWNERSHIP OF ELECTRIC RESOURCES PAC$2,000
Tammy Baldwin · Cosponsor · $2,000
Official PAC recordBAKER DONELSON BEARMAN CALDWELL & BERKOWITZ PC PAC$2,000
Tammy Baldwin · Cosponsor · $2,000
Official PAC recordCOLLEGE OF AMERICAN PATHOLOGISTS POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE$2,000
Tammy Baldwin · Cosponsor · $2,000
Official PAC recordThe largest 40 donor totals appear here. Open each politician for their complete, paginated PAC donor list.
What happened after enactment?
This bill is not enacted. Post-enactment results do not apply yet.