HR 620 ยท FARM Act
Referred to the Subcommittee on Nutrition and Foreign Agriculture.
- Introduced
- Jan 22, 2025
- Latest action
- Feb 28, 2025
- Sponsor
- Rep. Ronny Jackson [R-TX-13]
- Policy area
- Foreign Trade and International Finance
- Cosponsors
- 29
Summary
Foreign Adversary Risk Management Act or the FARM Act 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.
Recent actions
- Feb 28, 2025 Referred to the Subcommittee on Nutrition and Foreign Agriculture.
- Jan 22, 2025 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.
- Jan 22, 2025 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.
- Jan 22, 2025 Introduced in House
- Jan 22, 2025 Introduced in House
Votes
No recorded votes are available for this bill.