119th Congress Foreign Trade and International Finance
H.R. 620: FARM Act
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- Introduced (completed)
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Summary
This bill places the Secretary of Agriculture on the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS). It also requires CFIUS 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 annually analyze and report on foreign influence in the U.S. agricultural industry.
Written by the Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress.
Roll calls
No roll call votes have been held on this bill.
Amendments
No amendments were offered to this bill.
Cosponsors
- Jim Costa D-CAOriginal
- Eric Crawford R-AROriginal
- Ron Estes R-KSOriginal
- Patrick Fallon R-TXOriginal
- Brad Finstad R-MNOriginal
- Vicente Gonzalez D-TXOriginal
- Ashley Hinson R-IAOriginal
- Dusty Johnson R-SDOriginal
- Mary Miller R-ILOriginal
- James (Jim) Moylan R-GUOriginal
- Mark Messmer R-INOriginal
- Dan Newhouse R-WAOriginal
- Jimmy Panetta D-CAOriginal
- John Rose R-TNOriginal
- Pete Sessions R-TXOriginal
- Randy Weber R-TXOriginal
- Ryan Zinke R-MTOriginal
- Brian Babin R-TX
- Michael Guest R-MS
- Celeste Maloy R-UT
- Keith Self R-TX
- Donald Davis D-NC
- Doug LaMalfa R-CA
- Elise Stefanik R-NY
- David Taylor R-OH
- Maggie Goodlander D-NH
- August Pfluger R-TX
- Nicole Malliotakis R-NY
- Eugene Vindman D-VA
Who scored on this bill
- 1Ronny Jackson SponsorDrew cross-party cosponsors, introduced, reached a cosponsor milestone3 events+12
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History
- Introduced in the House by Ronny Jackson.
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- Referred to the Subcommittee on Nutrition and Foreign Agriculture.
- Introduced in House
- Referred to the Committee on Financial Services, and in addition to the Committee on Agriculture, 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.