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S. 3161 114th Congress Senate

SAFE Act of 2016

Official title: A bill to include the Secretary of Agriculture on the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States and to provide for the consideration by that Committ… Show full official titleShow less

Official title: A bill to include the Secretary of Agriculture on the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States and to provide for the consideration by that Committee of the national security effects of foreign investment on agricultural assets.

Introduced: July 12, 2016 Introduced by: Chuck Grassley Republican · Iowa See on congress.gov
Foreign Trade and International Finance Agricultural tradeCorporate finance and managementDepartment of AgricultureExecutive agency funding and structure
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This bill died when the 114th Congress ended
It never became law before the 114th Congress (2015–2016) adjourned, and bills don't carry over to the next Congress. It would have to be reintroduced. You can still save it for reference, but it won't receive updates.
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
Jul 12, 2016
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 Latest action July 12, 2016

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Securing American Food Equity Act of 2016 or the SAFE Act of 2016

This bill amends the Defense Production Act of 1950 to include the Secretary of Agriculture on the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS) and to require CFIUS to consider the national security-related effects on agricultural assets in reviewing transactions.

(CFIUS is an interagency committee authorized under current law to review transactions that could result in control of a U.S. business by a foreign person in order to determine the effects of the transactions on national security.)

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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 3161: SAFE Act of 2016. 114th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/114-S-3161/
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"S. 3161: SAFE Act of 2016." 114th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/114-S-3161/.
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S. 3161, 114th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/114-S-3161/.
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[S. 3161: SAFE Act of 2016](https://openamerica.io/bill/114-S-3161/)
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