Referred to the Subcommittee on Nutrition and Foreign Agriculture.
FARM Act
Chamber: United States House of Representatives (The United States of America)
**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.
Sponsors
(21)
RJRonny Jackson
Republican · Primary
PSPete Sessions
Republican · Primary
JPJimmy Panetta
Democrat · Primary
VGVicente Gonzalez
Democrat · Primary
JMJames Moylan
Republican · Primary
RZRyan Zinke
Republican · Primary
BFBrad Finstad
Republican · Primary
AHAshley Hinson
Republican · Primary
MMMary Miller
Republican · Primary
PFPat Fallon
Republican · Primary
MMMark Messmer
Republican · Primary
RWRandy Weber
Republican · Primary
DJDusty Johnson
Republican · Primary
DNDan Newhouse
Republican · Primary
EA"CEric A. "Rick" Crawford
Republican · Primary
KSKeith Self
Republican · Cosponsor
BBBrian Babin
Republican · Cosponsor
MGMichael Guest
Republican · Cosponsor
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