S.Amdt. 1279Senate118th Congress (2023-2025)2nd degree
S.Amdt. 1279
Sponsored by James Lankford
Submitted September 21, 2023
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Senate amendment submitted
September 21, 2023
Floor
Senate amendment submitted
September 21, 2023
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SA 1279. Mr. LANKFORD submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 1092 proposed by Mrs. Murray (for herself and Ms. Collins) to the bill H.R. 4366, making appropriations for military construction, the Department of Veterans Affairs, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2024, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows: At the appropriate place in division B, insert the following: [[Page S4663]] SEC. __. REPORTS ON AGRICULTURAL FOREIGN INVESTMENT. Section 6 of the Agricultural Foreign Investment Disclosure Act of 1978 ( 7 U.S.C. 3505) is amended-- (1) by striking the section designation and heading and all that follows through ``Not later than'' and inserting the following: ``SEC. 6. REPORTS. ``(a) Transmission of Reports to States.--Not later than''; and (2) by adding at the end the following: ``(b) Annual Report.-- ``(1) In general.--The Secretary shall prepare and make publicly available an annual report that describes holdings of agricultural land by foreign persons, as determined by reports submitted under section 2, including-- ``(A) an analysis of the countries with the most extensive agricultural land holdings on a State-by-State and county-by- county basis; ``(B) data and an analysis of agricultural land holdings in each county in the United States by a foreign person from-- ``(i) the People's Republic of China; ``(ii) the Russian Federation; or ``(iii) any other country that the Secretary determines to be appropriate; and ``(C) an analysis of the sectors and industries for which the agricultural land holdings are used. ``(2) Transmission to states.--The Secretary shall transmit the report prepared under paragraph (1) to each State department of agriculture or appropriate State agency described in subsection (a) in conjunction with the applicable reports transmitted under that subsection.''. ______