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S. 179 · 119th Congress
FARM Act
Latest action: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. — 01/22/2025
What This Bill Does
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 analyze and report on foreign influence in the U.S. agricultural industry.
Summary as of 01/22/2025, via Congress.gov / Congressional Research Service.