HR 1920 · in committee · significant
FARMLAND Act of 2025
- defense
What this bill does
- The bill expands federal oversight of foreign investments in U.S. agricultural land, requiring review of transactions over $5 million or 320 acres.
- Agricultural landowners, foreign investors, and farm program participants are affected by new restrictions and disclosure requirements.
- USDA must create a new enforcement position and database; foreign-owned land is barred from federal farm assistance programs.
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Community Threads
Started by Cosponsor
- 01
How might the $5 million threshold and 320-acre requirement affect smaller farm sales to foreign buyers compared to large corporate transactions?
- 02
What evidence supports the claim that foreign agricultural investment poses a risk requiring federal oversight and exclusion from farm assistance programs?
- 03
How could the database and enforcement costs be funded, and who bears the expense of compliance with new USDA disclosure requirements?
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Sponsor · R-IA-4
Randy Feenstra
Citizen cosponsors
0
In Congress
19/ 435
House Reps cosponsoring
Introduced 2025-03-28
Joining the bill
Eric Sorensen
D-IL-17 · original
Josh Riley
D-NY-19 · original
Kristen McDonald Rivet
D-MI-8 · original
David J. Taylor
R-OH-2 · original
Mariannette Miller-Meeks
R-IA-1 · original
Eugene Simon Vindman
D-VA-7
Adrian Smith
R-NE-3
Cliff Bentz
R-OR-2
Robert P. Bresnahan, Jr.
R-PA-8
Michael Lawler
R-NY-17
Burgess Owens
R-UT-4
Pat Harrigan
R-NC-10
+ 7 more
Legislative timeline
2025-03-28 · house · Committee
Referred to the Subcommittee on Nutrition and Foreign Agriculture.
2025-03-06 · house · IntroReferral
Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, and in addition to the Committees on Financial Services, Foreign Affairs, and Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
2025-03-06 · house · IntroReferral
Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, and in addition to the Committees on Financial Services, Foreign Affairs, and Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
2025-03-06 · house · IntroReferral
Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, and in addition to the Committees on Financial Services, Foreign Affairs, and Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
2025-03-06 · house · IntroReferral
Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, and in addition to the Committees on Financial Services, Foreign Affairs, and Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
2025-03-06 · IntroReferral
Introduced in House
2025-03-06 · IntroReferral
Introduced in House
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