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118th Congress Foreign Trade and International Finance

S. 68: FARM Act

Introduced

  1. Introduced (completed)Jan 25, 2023
  2. Passed Senate (not reached)
  3. Passed House (not reached)
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  5. Became law (not reached)

Summary

Introduced in Senate, Jan 25, 2023

This bill places the Secretary of Agriculture on the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States. It also requires the committee to review any investment that could result in foreign control of any U.S. agricultural business.

Further, the bill includes agricultural systems and supply chains in the definitions of critical infrastructure and critical technologies for the purposes of reviewing such investments.

The Department of Agriculture and the Government Accountability Office must each analyze and report on foreign influence in the U.S. agricultural industry.

Written by the Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress.

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History

  1. Jan 25, 2023Introduced in the Senate by Tommy Tuberville.
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  1. Jan 25, 2023Introduced in Senate
  2. Jan 25, 2023Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.