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H.R. 620In committee

FARM Act

Introduced: Jan 22, 2025

Latest action date: Feb 28, 2025

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Introduced

Jan 22, 2025

Latest action

Feb 28, 2025

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What this legislation is about

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Foreign Trade and International Finance

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Congressional oversightFederal officialsGovernment studies and investigationsSupply chainU.S. and foreign investments

Bill Summary

Foreign Adversary Risk Management Act or the FARM Act

This bill places the Secretary of Agriculture on the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS). It also requires CFIUS to review any investment that could result in foreign control of any U.S. agricultural business.

Further, the bill includes agricultural systems and supply chains in the definitions of critical infrastructure and critical technologies for the purposes of reviewing such investments.

The Department of Agriculture and the Government Accountability Office must each annually analyze and report on foreign influence in the U.S. agricultural industry.

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  1. Referred to the Subcommittee on Nutrition and Foreign Agriculture.

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  2. 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.

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  3. Introduced in House

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  4. Introduced in House

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