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FARM Act

Introduced: October 6, 2025 Introduced by: Jackson, Ronny Republican · Texas See on congress.gov

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Feb 28, 2025

Referred to the Subcommittee on Nutrition and Foreign Agriculture.

Jan 22, 2025

Referred to the Committee on Financial Services, and in addition to the Committee on Agriculture, 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.

Jan 22, 2025

Introduced in House

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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.

What's happening now February 28, 2025

Referred to the Subcommittee on Nutrition and Foreign Agriculture.

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