H.R. 1576House119th Congress (2025-2027)In Committee

Protecting American Agriculture from Foreign Adversaries Act of 2025

Introduced February 25, 2025

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The Protecting American Agriculture from Foreign Adversaries Act of 2025 amends the Defense Production Act to give the Department of Agriculture a seat at the table in the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS) for deals that affect farming. It forces CFIUS to examine any purchase of U.S. agricultural land by entities from China, North Korea, Russia, or Iran that must be reported under existing disclosure rules. The bill aims to protect U.S. food production and related supply chains from control by foreign adversaries.

Key Provisions

  • Adds the U.S. Secretary of Agriculture as a member of the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS) whenever a transaction involves agricultural land, agricultural biotechnology, or any part of the agriculture industry such as transportation, storage, or processing.
  • Requires the Committee to review any agricultural land deal that the Secretary of Agriculture flags as “reportable,” meaning it involves a foreign person from China, North Korea, Russia, or Iran acquiring an interest in U.S. farm land and that person must have filed a report under the Agricultural Foreign Investment Disclosure Act.
  • Gives the Committee authority to decide if the flagged transaction is a “covered transaction” and, if so, whether to start a formal CFIUS review or take another authorized action.
  • Sets a sunset provision: the extra review requirements end for a given country when that country is removed from the U.S. list of foreign adversaries.

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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.

February 25, 2025

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February 25, 2025

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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.

February 25, 2025

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Rep. Monica De La CruzR-TX-15 · Dec 16, 2025

Under clause 7 of rule XII, sponsors were added to public bills and resolutions, as follows: H.R. 116: Mr. Jack. H.R. 154: Mr. Landsman. H.R. 158: Mr. Landsman. H.R. 220: Ms. Escobar. H.R. 251: Mr.…

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119th CONGRESS

1st Session

H. R. 1576

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

A BILL

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

1.

Short title

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

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.

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(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.

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