Congress·In Committee·H.R. 5468

Community College Agriculture Advancement Act of 2025

Community Colleges: Agriculture Training Grants

Dec 2, 2025·View on Congress.gov·Read full text

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This bill is currently in the early stages of the legislative process and is being reviewed by a subcommittee of the House Committee on Agriculture. It is actively moving forward as it waits for further study and potential changes. There are no upcoming votes scheduled at this time.

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The bill has bipartisan support from both a Republican and a Democrat, which helps its chances. However, many bills introduced in the House struggle to get through the full legislative process.

How we got here

This bill’s path across every version that has carried it.

Reintroduced
Reintroduced from H.R. 3425 (118th), which died when its Congress ended.
H.R. 3425 (118th) →

Key Points

This bill creates a new grant program to help community colleges improve their agriculture and natural resources departments. It would provide $20 million every year from 2026 through 2031 to help schools train students for jobs in farming and ranching.
Community colleges could use the money to buy new equipment, train teachers, and start apprenticeship programs. The funding also covers classes on the business side of farming, like accounting and finance, to help students learn how to run a farm.
Schools that work closely with local farmers and agricultural businesses will get first priority for the grants. This ensures students get hands-on experience and learn the specific skills that local employers are looking for.
The bill also allows some schools to be named Centers of Excellence. These top-tier schools would receive extra funding to lead the way in teaching best practices and helping other colleges across the country improve their programs.

Impact Analysis

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Milestones

3 milestones3 actions

Dec 2, 2025House

Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation, Research, and Biotechnology.

Sent to a congressional committee for expert review. The committee decides whether this bill moves forward.

Sep 18, 2025House

Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.

Sep 18, 2025

Introduced in House

The bill was officially filed and given a number. It now enters the legislative queue.

No votes or news coverage recorded for this bill yet.

Source Information

Document Type

Congressional Bill

Official Title

Community College Agriculture Advancement Act of 2025

Bill NumberHR 5468

Congress119th Congress

ChamberHouse of Representatives

Latest ActionReferred to the Subcommittee on Conservation, Research, and Biotechnology.

Data Sources

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D: 2R: 1

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