119-hr1576

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1576 Introduced in House

    (IH) ]

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119th CONGRESS
 1st Session
 H. R. 1576

 To amend the Defense Production Act of 1950 with respect to foreign 
 investments in United States agriculture, and for other purposes.

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 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

 February 25, 2025

 Mr. Newhouse (for himself, Mr. Meuser, Mr. Guest, Mr. Latta, Ms. 
 Tenney, Mr. Moolenaar, Mr. Hamadeh of Arizona, Mr. Scott Franklin of 
Florida, Mr. Webster of Florida, Mr. Guthrie, Ms. Hageman, Mr. Weber of 
 Texas, Mr. Fleischmann, Mr. Bean of Florida, Mr. Ellzey, Mr. 
 Langworthy, Mrs. Hinson, Mr. Onder, Mr. Gooden, Mr. Bacon, Mr. Bost, 
 Mr. Evans of Colorado, Mr. Messmer, Mr. McDowell, Mr. Vasquez, Mr. 
 Flood, Mr. Van Orden, Mr. Johnson of South Dakota, Mrs. Miller-Meeks, 
 Mr. Valadao, Mr. Rose, Mr. Moore of West Virginia, Mr. Hurd of 
 Colorado, Mr. Joyce of Pennsylvania, Mr. Pfluger, Mrs. Miller of 
Illinois, Mr. Alford, Mr. Riley of New York, Ms. Boebert, and Mr. Nunn 
 of Iowa) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
 Committee on Financial Services, and in addition to the Committees on 
 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

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 A BILL

 To amend the Defense Production Act of 1950 with respect to foreign 
 investments in United States agriculture, and for other purposes.

 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

 This Act may be cited as the ``Protecting American Agriculture from 
Foreign Adversaries Act of 2025''.

SEC. 2. INCLUSION OF SECRETARY OF AGRICULTURE ON COMMITTEE ON FOREIGN 
 INVESTMENT IN UNITED STATES AND CONSIDERATION OF CERTAIN 
 AGRICULTURAL LAND TRANSACTIONS.

    (a) Inclusion on the Committee.--

Section 721

    (k) of the Defense 
Production Act of 1950 (50 U.S.C. 4565

    (k) ) is amended by adding at the 
end the following:
 ``

    (8) Inclusion of the secretary of agriculture.--The 
 Secretary of Agriculture shall be a member of the Committee 
 with respect to a covered transaction that involves--
 ``
        (A) agricultural land;
 ``
        (B) agriculture biotechnology; or
 ``
            (C) the agriculture industry, including 
 agricultural--
 ``
            (i) transportation;
 ``
            (ii) storage; and
 ``
            (iii) processing.''.

    (b) Consideration of Certain Agricultural Land Transactions.--

Section 721

    (b)

    (1) of the Defense Production Act of 1950 (50 U.S.C. 
4565

    (b)

    (1) ) is amended by adding at the end the following:
 ``
            (I) Consideration of certain agricultural land 
 transactions.--
 ``
            (i) In general.--After receiving 
 notification from the Secretary of Agriculture 
 of a reportable agricultural land transaction, 
 the Committee shall determine--
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            (I) whether the transaction is a 
 covered transaction; and
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            (II) if the Committee determines 
 that the transaction is a covered 
 transaction, whether the Committee 
 should initiate a review pursuant to 
 subparagraph
            (D) , or take another 
 action authorized under this section, 
 with respect to the reportable 
 agricultural land transaction.
 ``
            (ii) Reportable agricultural land 
 transaction.--In this subparagraph, the term 
 `reportable agricultural land transaction' 
 means a transaction--
 ``
            (I) that the Secretary of 
 Agriculture has reason to believe is a 
 covered transaction;
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            (II) that involves the 
 acquisition of an interest in 
 agricultural land by a foreign person 
 of the People's Republic of China, the 
 Democratic People's Republic of Korea, 
 the Russian Federation, or the Islamic 
 Republic of Iran; and
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            (III) with respect to which a 
 person is required to submit a report 
 to the Secretary of Agriculture under 
 

section 2

    (a) of the Agricultural 
 Foreign Investment Disclosure Act of 
 1978.
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            (iii) Sunset.--The requirements under 
 this subparagraph shall terminate, with respect 
 to a foreign person of the respective foreign 
 country, on the date that the People's Republic 
 of China, the Democratic People's Republic of 
 Korea, the Russian Federation, or the Islamic 
 Republic of Iran, as the case may be, is 
 removed from the list of foreign adversaries in 
 

section 791.4 of title 15, Code of Federal 
 Regulations.''.
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