119-s912

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 912 Introduced in Senate

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119th CONGRESS
 1st Session
 S. 912

To direct the Secretary of Agriculture to publish, on an annual basis, 
 an assessment of United States dependency on critical agricultural 
 products or inputs from the People's Republic of China, and for other 
 purposes.

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 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

 March 10, 2025

 Mr. Ricketts (for himself, Mr. Risch, Mrs. Capito, Mr. Schmitt, Mr. 
 Crapo, Ms. Lummis, Mrs. Fischer, Mr. Barrasso, Mr. Scott of Florida, 
 and Ms. Slotkin) introduced the following bill; which was read twice 
 and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry

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 A BILL

To direct the Secretary of Agriculture to publish, on an annual basis, 
 an assessment of United States dependency on critical agricultural 
 products or inputs from the People's Republic of China, 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 ``Securing American Agriculture Act''.

SEC. 2. CRITICAL AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS OR INPUTS ASSESSMENT.

    (a) In General.--On an annual basis, the Secretary of Agriculture 
(referred to in this section as the ``Secretary'') shall submit to the 
Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry of the Senate and the 
Committee on Agriculture of the House of Representatives an assessment 
of the dependency of the United States on critical agricultural 
products or inputs that could be exploited in the event the People's 
Republic of China weaponizes any such dependency.

    (b) Contents.--Each report under subsection

    (a) shall--

    (1) address, with respect to the critical inputs described 
 in subsection
            (c) --
        (A) the current domestic production capacity of 
 each critical input; and
        (B) the current and potential bottlenecks in the 
 supply chain for each critical input that could be 
 exploited by the People's Republic of China; and

    (2) contain recommendations of the Secretary, in 
 consultation with the United States Trade Representative, the 
 Secretary of Commerce, and the Commissioner of Food and Drugs, 
 to reduce the dependency of the United States on the People's 
 Republic of China to supply critical agricultural products or 
 inputs, including recommendations--
        (A) to mitigate potential threats posed by the 
 People's Republic of China to the supply chains of each 
 critical input described in subsection
            (c) ; and
        (B) for legislative and regulatory actions to 
 reduce barriers to onshore or nearshore production of 
 each such critical input.
            (c) Description of Critical Inputs.--The critical inputs referred 
to in subsection

    (b) include all farm management, agronomic, and field-
applied production inputs, including each of the following:

    (1) Agricultural equipment, machinery, and technology.

    (2) Fuel.

    (3) Fertilizers.

    (4) Feed, including its components, such as vitamins, amino 
 acids, and minerals.

    (5) Veterinary drugs and vaccines.

    (6) Crop protection chemicals.

    (7) Seed.

    (8) Any other critical agricultural inputs, as determined 
 by the Secretary.
            (d) Collection, Distribution, and Protection of Information.--

    (1) Voluntary basis.--In conducting an assessment under 
 subsection

    (a) , the Secretary shall not require any private 
 entity to provide information to the Secretary.

    (2) Aggregate data.--In the case of information provided to 
 the Secretary to conduct an assessment under subsection

    (a) , 
 the Secretary, any other officer or employee of the Department 
 of Agriculture or agency thereof, or any other person shall 
 not--
        (A) use that information for a purpose other than 
 the development or reporting of aggregate data in a 
 manner such that the identity of the person that 
 supplied the information is not--
            (i) discernible; or
            (ii) material to the intended uses of the 
 information; or
        (B) disclose that information to the public, unless 
 the information has been transformed into a statistical 
 or aggregate form that does not allow the 
 identification of the person that supplied particular 
 information.

    (3) Confidentiality.--The Secretary shall ensure that the 
 assessments under subsection

    (a) do not include any information 
 that is a trade secret or confidential information subject to--
        (A) section 552

    (b)

    (4) of title 5, United States 
 Code; or
        (B) section 1905 of title 18, United States Code.

    (4) Immunity from disclosure.--Information provided to the 
 Secretary as part of an assessment conducted under subsection

    (a) shall not be used by the Secretary for any purpose other 
 than to carry out that subsection.
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