Selected Recent Actions Involving Foreign Ownership and Investment in U.S. Food and Agriculture: In Brief
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- HR 6395116th Congress
William M. (Mac) Thornberry National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021
Jan 2, 2021 · Message on Senate action sent to the House.
- HR 2471117th Congress
Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2022
Mar 15, 2022 · Became Public Law No: 117-103.
- HR 2617117th Congress
Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2023
Dec 29, 2022 · Became Public Law No: 117-328.
- HR 1240118th Congress
Winnebago Land Transfer Act of 2023
Jul 12, 2024 · Became Public Law No: 118-68.
- HR 1448118th Congress
DARE Act of 2023
Mar 8, 2023 · Referred to the Committee on Financial Services, and in addition to the Committees on Foreign Affairs, and Energy and Commerce, 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.
- HR 1789118th Congress
To amend the Agricultural Foreign Investment Disclosure Act of 1978 to increase the minimum amount of a civil penalty imposed for violating such Act, and for other purposes.
Mar 24, 2023 · Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
- HR 1823118th Congress
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 207 East Fort Dade Avenue in Brooksville, Florida, as the "Specialist Justin Dean Coleman Memorial Post Office Building".
Jan 2, 2025 · Became Public Law No: 118-212.
- HR 212118th Congress
Protecting our Land Act
Jan 9, 2023 · Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
- HR 2670118th Congress
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2024
Dec 22, 2023 · Became Public Law No: 118-31.
- HR 3357118th Congress
Protecting America’s Agricultural Land from Foreign Harm Act of 2023
Jul 17, 2023 · Referred to the Subcommittee on the National Intelligence Enterprise.
- HR 3378118th Congress
Agricultural Security Risk Review Act
Dec 19, 2024 · Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 783.
- HR 344118th Congress
Securing America’s Land from Foreign Interference Act
Jan 12, 2023 · Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
- HR 3801118th Congress
Employer Reporting Improvement Act
Dec 23, 2024 · Became Public Law No: 118-168.
- HR 4368118th Congress
Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2024
Sep 28, 2023 · Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
- HR 4577118th Congress
Protecting U.S. Farmland and Sensitive Sites From Foreign Adversaries Act
Jul 14, 2023 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Innovation, Data, and Commerce.
- HR 5078118th Congress
FARMLAND Act of 2023
Jul 28, 2023 · Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, and in addition to the Committees on Financial Services, Foreign Affairs, and Energy and Commerce, 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.
- HR 513118th Congress
FARM Act
Jan 25, 2023 · 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.
- HR 558118th Congress
To amend the Defense Production Act of 1950 to prohibit certain foreign countries from purchasing or leasing property near sensitive sites, and for other purposes.
Feb 3, 2023 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Innovation, Data, and Commerce.
- HR 6324118th Congress
Fiscal Year 2024 Veterans Affairs Major Medical Facility Authorization Act
Nov 25, 2024 · Became Public Law No: 118-124.
- HR 6469118th Congress
Farmland Security Act of 2023
Nov 21, 2023 · Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
- HR 683118th Congress
PASS Act of 2023
Jan 31, 2023 · Referred to the Committee on Financial Services, and in addition to the Committees on Foreign Affairs, and Energy and Commerce, 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.
- HR 809118th Congress
Prohibition of Agricultural Land for the People’s Republic of China Act
Feb 2, 2023 · Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, and in addition to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, 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.
- HR 840118th Congress
Saving American Farms from Adversaries Act
Feb 6, 2023 · Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
- HR 917118th Congress
Protecting Military Installations from Foreign Espionage Act
Feb 17, 2023 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Innovation, Data, and Commerce.
- S 1066118th Congress
SOIL Act of 2023
Mar 29, 2023 · Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
- S 1136118th Congress
Not One More Inch or Acre Act
Jan 18, 2024 · Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. Hearings held.
- S 168118th Congress
PASS Act of 2023
Feb 28, 2023 · Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 118-359.
- S 1858118th Congress
Disaster Assistance Deadlines Alignment Act
Mar 18, 2024 · Became Public Law No: 118-44.
- S 2060118th Congress
FARMLAND Act of 2023
Jun 20, 2023 · Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
- S 2131118th Congress
Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2024
Jun 22, 2023 · Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 111.
- S 2226118th Congress
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2024
Jul 27, 2023 · Senate ordered measure printed as passed.
- S 2312118th Congress
Food Security is National Security Act of 2023
Jul 13, 2023 · Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
- S 2382118th Congress
Farmland Security Act of 2023
Jul 19, 2023 · Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
- S 3077118th Congress
Protect Our Bases Act of 2023
Oct 18, 2023 · Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
- S 369118th Congress
Protecting Military Installations and Ranges Act of 2023
Feb 9, 2023 · Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
- S 684118th Congress
This Land Is Our Land Act
Mar 7, 2023 · Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
- S 68118th Congress
FARM Act
Jan 25, 2023 · Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
- S 926118th Congress
Protecting America’s Agricultural Land from Foreign Harm Act of 2023
Mar 22, 2023 · Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.