FARM Act has not moved since its introduction on Jan 22, 2025, with cosponsors from both parties
Written by the Congressional Research Service [2]. 94 words.
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.
- Committees
- House Agriculture Committee
House Financial Services Committee - Policy area
- Foreign Trade and International Finance: 15 of 908 bills became law, 113th–118th (1.7%)
- Sponsor
- 1 of 84 bills enacted since 2013
- Text versions
- 1: introduced in house · 527 words
- Subjects
- Congressional oversightFederal officialsGovernment studies and investigationsSupply chainU.S. and foreign investments
- Latest action
- Feb 28, 2025: Referred to the Subcommittee on Nutrition and Foreign Agriculture.
- Records
- Congress.gov · Bill text
Each bill appears once, under its strongest link. 1 in all.
Related, per CRS or House · 1
- 119th S. 179 FARM Act R · Introduced