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FARM Act

USA117th CongressHR-5490| House 
| Updated: 10/5/2021
Ronny Jackson

Ronny Jackson

Republican Representative

Texas

Cosponsors (14)
Michael C. Burgess (Republican)Eric A. "Rick" Crawford (Republican)Steven M. Palazzo (Republican)Steve Womack (Republican)Maria Elvira Salazar (Republican)James R. Baird (Republican)Kat Cammack (Republican)Filemon Vela (Democratic)Mary E. Miller (Republican)Tony Gonzales (Republican)Randy Feenstra (Republican)Ralph Norman (Republican)Ted Budd (Republican)Michael Guest (Republican)

Agriculture Committee, Financial Services Committee

  • Introduced
  • In Committee
  • On Floor
  • Passed Chamber
  • Enacted
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, and it requires the committee to review any investment that could result in foreign control of any U.S. agricultural business. Further, it 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.
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Bill from Previous Congress

HR 116-5122
FARM Act of 2019
Oct 5, 2021

Latest Companion Bill Action

S 117-2931
Introduced in Senate
Oct 5, 2021
Introduced in House
Oct 5, 2021
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.
  • Bill from Previous Congress

    HR 116-5122
    FARM Act of 2019


  • October 5, 2021

    Latest Companion Bill Action

    S 117-2931
    Introduced in Senate


  • October 5, 2021
    Introduced in House


  • October 5, 2021
    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.

Foreign Trade and International Finance

Related Bills

  • S 117-2931: FARM Act
Congressional oversightFederal officialsGovernment studies and investigationsU.S. and foreign investments

FARM Act

USA117th CongressHR-5490| House 
| Updated: 10/5/2021
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, and it requires the committee to review any investment that could result in foreign control of any U.S. agricultural business. Further, it 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.
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Timeline

Bill from Previous Congress

HR 116-5122
FARM Act of 2019
Oct 5, 2021

Latest Companion Bill Action

S 117-2931
Introduced in Senate
Oct 5, 2021
Introduced in House
Oct 5, 2021
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.
  • Bill from Previous Congress

    HR 116-5122
    FARM Act of 2019


  • October 5, 2021

    Latest Companion Bill Action

    S 117-2931
    Introduced in Senate


  • October 5, 2021
    Introduced in House


  • October 5, 2021
    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.
Ronny Jackson

Ronny Jackson

Republican Representative

Texas

Cosponsors (14)
Michael C. Burgess (Republican)Eric A. "Rick" Crawford (Republican)Steven M. Palazzo (Republican)Steve Womack (Republican)Maria Elvira Salazar (Republican)James R. Baird (Republican)Kat Cammack (Republican)Filemon Vela (Democratic)Mary E. Miller (Republican)Tony Gonzales (Republican)Randy Feenstra (Republican)Ralph Norman (Republican)Ted Budd (Republican)Michael Guest (Republican)

Agriculture Committee, Financial Services Committee

Foreign Trade and International Finance

Related Bills

  • S 117-2931: FARM Act
  • Introduced
  • In Committee
  • On Floor
  • Passed Chamber
  • Enacted
Congressional oversightFederal officialsGovernment studies and investigationsU.S. and foreign investments