H.R. 9456 – Reading Mode

118th CONGRESS

2d Session

H. R. 9456

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

September 12, 2024

Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs

AN ACT

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

Short title

This Act may be cited as the Protecting American Agriculture from Foreign Adversaries Act of 2024.

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—

(I)

whether the transaction is a covered transaction; and

(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;

(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

(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.

(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.

Passed the House of Representatives September 11, 2024.

Kevin F. McCumber,

Clerk.