Amends the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act to prohibit the Farmers Home Administration (FmHA) from determining that a borrower has acted in bad faith (for purposes of loan restructuring and servicing) if he or she has sold security and used the proceeds for essential living or operating expenses without FmHA approval and without FmHA release of adequate living and operating expenses.
Requires the Secretary of Agriculture in order to make a determination of borrower bad faith, to first obtain a written opinion from the Department of Agriculture's Office of General Counsel.
Requires borrower good faith with regard to net recovery buyout loan restructuring.
Increases from 45 days to 90 days the period for borrower repayment of certain loan obligations.
Requires the Secretary to collect data and report to the appropriate congressional committees regarding bad faith borrowers, bad faith net recovery buyouts, and related information.
Introduced in Senate
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture.
Message on Senate action sent to the House.
Senate Committee on Agriculture discharged by Unanimous Consent.
Senate Committee on Agriculture discharged by Unanimous Consent.
Measure laid before Senate by unanimous consent.
Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate with an amendment by Voice Vote.
Passed Senate with an amendment by Voice Vote.
Received in the House.
Held at the desk.
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