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FARMLAND Act of 2025

USA119th CongressHR-1920| House 
| Updated: 3/28/2025
Randy Feenstra

Randy Feenstra

Republican Representative

Iowa

Cosponsors (18)
Adrian Smith (Republican)David J. Taylor (Republican)Robert F. Onder (Republican)Kristen McDonald Rivet (Democratic)Mariannette Miller-Meeks (Republican)Derek Schmidt (Republican)Eugene Simon Vindman (Democratic)James R. Baird (Republican)Cliff Bentz (Republican)Pat Harrigan (Republican)Josh Riley (Democratic)Eric Sorensen (Democratic)Maggie Goodlander (Democratic)Max L. Miller (Republican)Burgess Owens (Republican)Mark Harris (Republican)Michael Lawler (Republican)Robert P. Bresnahan (Republican)

Foreign Affairs Committee, Agriculture Committee, Financial Services Committee, Energy and Commerce Committee, Nutrition and Foreign Agriculture Subcommittee

  • Introduced
  • In Committee
  • On Floor
  • Passed Chamber
  • Enacted
This bill aims to strengthen oversight of foreign investment in the United States agricultural industry, addressing concerns about national security, economic prosperity, and intellectual property theft from "foreign entities of concern." It seeks to modernize and enforce existing laws to monitor and prevent malign actions by these entities on U.S. farms and land. The legislation amends the Agricultural Foreign Investment Disclosure Act of 1978 (AFIDA) by significantly increasing civil penalties for non-compliance in reporting foreign agricultural land ownership. It mandates the public disclosure of non-compliant persons and requires the Secretary of Agriculture to conduct nationwide outreach to increase awareness of reporting requirements. A new Chief of Operations of Investigative Actions will be established within the Department of Agriculture to monitor AFIDA compliance, conduct investigations into agricultural espionage, and refer national security concerns to CFIUS. This office will also oversee a new digitized database, developed jointly by the Secretaries of Agriculture and Homeland Security, to consolidate publicly available data on foreign-owned agricultural land. The bill expands the jurisdiction of the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS) to review certain real estate transactions by foreign entities of concern, specifically those involving agricultural land, energy resources, or critical materials exceeding specified value or acreage thresholds. The Secretary of Agriculture and the Commissioner of Food and Drugs will be added to CFIUS, and the committee must consider national security effects on food security, biosecurity, and environmental protection. Additionally, the legislation prohibits foreign persons from participating in Farm Service Agency programs, imposing civil penalties for non-compliance. It requires the Secretary of Agriculture to monitor this prohibition and mandates various reports to Congress, including annual assessments of national security risks from foreign agricultural land purchases and a list of real estate owned by foreign entities of concern.
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Bill from Previous Congress

HR 118-5078
FARMLAND Act of 2023
Mar 6, 2025

Latest Companion Bill Action

S 119-886
Introduced in Senate
Mar 6, 2025
Introduced in House
Mar 6, 2025
Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, and in addition to the Committees on Financial Services, 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.
Mar 28, 2025
Referred to the Subcommittee on Nutrition and Foreign Agriculture.
  • Bill from Previous Congress

    HR 118-5078
    FARMLAND Act of 2023


  • March 6, 2025

    Latest Companion Bill Action

    S 119-886
    Introduced in Senate


  • March 6, 2025
    Introduced in House


  • March 6, 2025
    Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, and in addition to the Committees on Financial Services, 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.


  • March 28, 2025
    Referred to the Subcommittee on Nutrition and Foreign Agriculture.

Agriculture and Food

Related Bills

  • S 119-886: FARMLAND Act of 2025

FARMLAND Act of 2025

USA119th CongressHR-1920| House 
| Updated: 3/28/2025
This bill aims to strengthen oversight of foreign investment in the United States agricultural industry, addressing concerns about national security, economic prosperity, and intellectual property theft from "foreign entities of concern." It seeks to modernize and enforce existing laws to monitor and prevent malign actions by these entities on U.S. farms and land. The legislation amends the Agricultural Foreign Investment Disclosure Act of 1978 (AFIDA) by significantly increasing civil penalties for non-compliance in reporting foreign agricultural land ownership. It mandates the public disclosure of non-compliant persons and requires the Secretary of Agriculture to conduct nationwide outreach to increase awareness of reporting requirements. A new Chief of Operations of Investigative Actions will be established within the Department of Agriculture to monitor AFIDA compliance, conduct investigations into agricultural espionage, and refer national security concerns to CFIUS. This office will also oversee a new digitized database, developed jointly by the Secretaries of Agriculture and Homeland Security, to consolidate publicly available data on foreign-owned agricultural land. The bill expands the jurisdiction of the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS) to review certain real estate transactions by foreign entities of concern, specifically those involving agricultural land, energy resources, or critical materials exceeding specified value or acreage thresholds. The Secretary of Agriculture and the Commissioner of Food and Drugs will be added to CFIUS, and the committee must consider national security effects on food security, biosecurity, and environmental protection. Additionally, the legislation prohibits foreign persons from participating in Farm Service Agency programs, imposing civil penalties for non-compliance. It requires the Secretary of Agriculture to monitor this prohibition and mandates various reports to Congress, including annual assessments of national security risks from foreign agricultural land purchases and a list of real estate owned by foreign entities of concern.
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Timeline

Bill from Previous Congress

HR 118-5078
FARMLAND Act of 2023
Mar 6, 2025

Latest Companion Bill Action

S 119-886
Introduced in Senate
Mar 6, 2025
Introduced in House
Mar 6, 2025
Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, and in addition to the Committees on Financial Services, 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.
Mar 28, 2025
Referred to the Subcommittee on Nutrition and Foreign Agriculture.
  • Bill from Previous Congress

    HR 118-5078
    FARMLAND Act of 2023


  • March 6, 2025

    Latest Companion Bill Action

    S 119-886
    Introduced in Senate


  • March 6, 2025
    Introduced in House


  • March 6, 2025
    Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, and in addition to the Committees on Financial Services, 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.


  • March 28, 2025
    Referred to the Subcommittee on Nutrition and Foreign Agriculture.
Randy Feenstra

Randy Feenstra

Republican Representative

Iowa

Cosponsors (18)
Adrian Smith (Republican)David J. Taylor (Republican)Robert F. Onder (Republican)Kristen McDonald Rivet (Democratic)Mariannette Miller-Meeks (Republican)Derek Schmidt (Republican)Eugene Simon Vindman (Democratic)James R. Baird (Republican)Cliff Bentz (Republican)Pat Harrigan (Republican)Josh Riley (Democratic)Eric Sorensen (Democratic)Maggie Goodlander (Democratic)Max L. Miller (Republican)Burgess Owens (Republican)Mark Harris (Republican)Michael Lawler (Republican)Robert P. Bresnahan (Republican)

Foreign Affairs Committee, Agriculture Committee, Financial Services Committee, Energy and Commerce Committee, Nutrition and Foreign Agriculture Subcommittee

Agriculture and Food

Related Bills

  • S 119-886: FARMLAND Act of 2025
  • Introduced
  • In Committee
  • On Floor
  • Passed Chamber
  • Enacted