HR 620 · in committee · significant
FARM Act
- foreign policy
What this bill does
- The bill adds the Secretary of Agriculture to the committee that reviews foreign investments in the U.S.
- It requires review of any foreign investment that could control a U.S. agricultural business.
- The Department of Agriculture and GAO must annually report on foreign influence in U.S. agriculture.
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Community Threads
Started by Cosponsor
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How would adding the Secretary of Agriculture to foreign investment reviews change which agricultural investments currently face scrutiny?
- 02
What specific risks to U.S. agriculture does the bill's requirement for annual reports on foreign influence aim to identify and prevent?
- 03
How might increased review authority over agricultural investments affect foreign capital availability and prices for American farmers?
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Sponsor · R-TX-13
Ronny Jackson
Citizen cosponsors
0
In Congress
29/ 435
House Reps cosponsoring
Introduced 2025-02-28
Joining the bill
Mark B. Messmer
R-IN-8 · original
Eric A. "Rick" Crawford
R-AR-1 · original
Mary E. Miller
R-IL-15 · original
James C. Moylan
R-GU · original
Pat Fallon
R-TX-4 · original
Brad Finstad
R-MN-1 · original
Vicente Gonzalez
D-TX-34 · original
Jim Costa
D-CA-21 · original
Ron Estes
R-KS-4 · original
Ashley Hinson
R-IA-2 · original
Dusty Johnson
R-SD · original
Dan Newhouse
R-WA-4 · original
+ 17 more
Legislative timeline
2025-02-28 · house · Committee
Referred to the Subcommittee on Nutrition and Foreign Agriculture.
2025-01-22 · house · IntroReferral
Referred to the Committee on Financial Services, and in addition to the Committee on Agriculture, 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.
2025-01-22 · house · IntroReferral
Referred to the Committee on Financial Services, and in addition to the Committee on Agriculture, 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.
2025-01-22 · IntroReferral
Introduced in House
2025-01-22 · IntroReferral
Introduced in House
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