Foreign Affairs Committee, Financial Services Committee, Energy and Commerce Committee
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Safeguarding American Farms from Foreign Influence Act This bill requires the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS) to determine whether a national security review is necessary for reportable agricultural land transactions that are referred by the Department of Agriculture (USDA). (CFIUS oversees the national security risks of certain foreign investment in the United States. CFIUS has the authority to review covered transactions, which include mergers, acquisitions, and takeovers that could result in foreign control of a U.S. business; certain noncontrolling investments in businesses involved in critical technologies, critical infrastructure, or sensitive personal data; and certain real estate transactions. The President may, at the recommendation of CFIUS, suspend or prohibit transactions that threaten to impair U.S. national security.) Specifically, the bill directs CFIUS to, within 30 days of receiving notification from USDA, determine (1) whether a reportable agricultural land transaction is a covered transaction, and (2) whether CFIUS should initiate a national security review or take another action with respect to the transaction. Under this bill, reportable agricultural land transaction means a transaction (1) that USDA has reason to believe is a covered transaction; (2) that involves the acquisition of an interest in agricultural land by a foreign person, other than by a foreign person of an excepted foreign state or an excepted real estate foreign state, as such terms are defined in CFIUS regulations; and (3) with respect to which a foreign person is required to submit a report to USDA regarding their agricultural land transactions.
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Introduced in House
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.
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
Ordered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 44 - 0.
House Committee on Energy and Commerce Granted an extension for further consideration ending not later than Dec. 19, 2024.
Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Financial Services. H. Rept. 118-801, Part I.
House Committee on Foreign Affairs Granted an extension for further consideration ending not later than Dec. 19, 2024.
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 782.
Committee on Energy and Commerce discharged.
Committee on Foreign Affairs discharged.
Introduced in House
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.
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
Ordered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 44 - 0.
House Committee on Energy and Commerce Granted an extension for further consideration ending not later than Dec. 19, 2024.
Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Financial Services. H. Rept. 118-801, Part I.
House Committee on Foreign Affairs Granted an extension for further consideration ending not later than Dec. 19, 2024.
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 782.
Committee on Energy and Commerce discharged.
Committee on Foreign Affairs discharged.
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Safeguarding American Farms from Foreign Influence Act
USA118th CongressHR-5409| House
| Updated: 12/19/2024
Safeguarding American Farms from Foreign Influence Act This bill requires the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS) to determine whether a national security review is necessary for reportable agricultural land transactions that are referred by the Department of Agriculture (USDA). (CFIUS oversees the national security risks of certain foreign investment in the United States. CFIUS has the authority to review covered transactions, which include mergers, acquisitions, and takeovers that could result in foreign control of a U.S. business; certain noncontrolling investments in businesses involved in critical technologies, critical infrastructure, or sensitive personal data; and certain real estate transactions. The President may, at the recommendation of CFIUS, suspend or prohibit transactions that threaten to impair U.S. national security.) Specifically, the bill directs CFIUS to, within 30 days of receiving notification from USDA, determine (1) whether a reportable agricultural land transaction is a covered transaction, and (2) whether CFIUS should initiate a national security review or take another action with respect to the transaction. Under this bill, reportable agricultural land transaction means a transaction (1) that USDA has reason to believe is a covered transaction; (2) that involves the acquisition of an interest in agricultural land by a foreign person, other than by a foreign person of an excepted foreign state or an excepted real estate foreign state, as such terms are defined in CFIUS regulations; and (3) with respect to which a foreign person is required to submit a report to USDA regarding their agricultural land transactions.
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Timeline
Introduced in House
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.
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
Ordered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 44 - 0.
House Committee on Energy and Commerce Granted an extension for further consideration ending not later than Dec. 19, 2024.
Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Financial Services. H. Rept. 118-801, Part I.
House Committee on Foreign Affairs Granted an extension for further consideration ending not later than Dec. 19, 2024.
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 782.
Committee on Energy and Commerce discharged.
Committee on Foreign Affairs discharged.
Introduced in House
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.
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
Ordered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 44 - 0.
House Committee on Energy and Commerce Granted an extension for further consideration ending not later than Dec. 19, 2024.
Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Financial Services. H. Rept. 118-801, Part I.
House Committee on Foreign Affairs Granted an extension for further consideration ending not later than Dec. 19, 2024.