S. 179 119th Congress Senate

FARM Act

Official title: A bill to amend the Defense Production Act of 1950 to prevent harm and disruption to the United States agriculture industry by protecting against foreign influ… Show full official titleShow less

Official title: A bill to amend the Defense Production Act of 1950 to prevent harm and disruption to the United States agriculture industry by protecting against foreign influence over agriculture production and supply chains, and for other purposes.

Introduced: January 22, 2025 Introduced by: Tommy Tuberville Republican · Alabama See on congress.gov

Foreign Trade and International Finance Congressional oversightFederal officialsGovernment studies and investigationsSupply chainU.S. and foreign investments

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Jan 22, 2025

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

Jan 22, 2025

Introduced in Senate

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What's happening now January 22, 2025

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

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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 analyze and report on foreign influence in the U.S. agricultural industry.

Related & companion bills 1

Bill text 1 version

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Committees of jurisdiction 1

Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee
Senate

Lobbying activity 4

Registered lobbyists who named this bill in their disclosure filings. Source: federal Lobbying Disclosure Act filings.

ALABAMA FARMERS FEDERATION
for ALABAMA FARMERS FEDERATION · Alabama · 4th Quarter 2025 (Oct 1 - Dec 31)
ALABAMA FARMERS FEDERATION
for ALABAMA FARMERS FEDERATION · Alabama · 3rd Quarter 2025 (July 1 - Sep 30)
ALABAMA FARMERS FEDERATION
for ALABAMA FARMERS FEDERATION · Alabama · 2nd Quarter 2025 (Apr 1 - June 30)
ALABAMA FARMERS FEDERATION
for ALABAMA FARMERS FEDERATION · Alabama · 1st Quarter 2025 (Jan 1 - Mar 31)

Bodies those filers lobbied

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
4 filings
SENATE
4 filings
Agriculture, Dept of (USDA)
3 filings
Labor, Dept of (DOL)
1 filing
U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS)
1 filing
White House Office
1 filing

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Cosponsors 14