Agricultural Risk Review Act of 2025
- Last Action
- 6/24/2025
Actions
- 2025-06-24Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
- 2025-06-23Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
- 2025-06-23On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H2865)
- 2025-06-23Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H2865)
- 2025-06-23DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 1713.
- 2025-06-23Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H2865-2866)
- 2025-06-23Mrs. Wagner moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
- 2025-06-03Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 99.
- 2025-06-03Committee on Foreign Affairs discharged.
- 2025-06-03Committee on Foreign Affairs discharged.
- 2025-06-03Committee on Energy and Commerce discharged.
- 2025-06-03Committee on Energy and Commerce discharged.
- 2025-06-03Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Financial Services. H. Rept. 119-129, Part I.
- 2025-06-03Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Financial Services. H. Rept. 119-129, Part I.
- 2025-03-05Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 48 - 0.
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CRS Summary
As of 2025-02-27 (00)
Agricultural Risk Review Act of 2025
This bill makes changes to the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS), including by requiring CFIUS to determine whether a national security review is necessary for reportable agricultural land transactions that are referred by the Department of Agriculture (USDA). (CFIUS oversees the national security risks of certain foreign investment in the United States. CFIUS has the authority to review covered transactions, which include mergers, acquisitions, and takeovers that could result in foreign control of a U.S. business; certain investments in businesses involved in critical technologies, critical infrastructure, or sensitive personal data; and certain real estate transactions.)
Specifically, the bill directs CFIUS to, after receiving notification from USDA, determine (1) whether a reportable agricultural land transaction is a covered transaction, and (2) whether CFIUS should initiate a national security review or take another action with respect to the transaction.
Reportable agricultural land transaction means a transaction (1) that USDA has reason to believe is a covered transaction, based on information from or in cooperation with the intelligence community; (2) that involves the acquisition of an interest in agricultural land by a foreign person of China, North Korea, Russia, or Iran; and (3) with respect to which a foreign person is required to submit a report to USDA regarding their agricultural land transactions.
The bill also expands CFIUS to include the Secretary of Agriculture for covered transactions that involve agricultural land, agricultural biotechnology, or the agriculture industry (e.g., agricultural transportation, storage, and processing).
Cosponsors (20)
- Jill Tokuda (D-HI)
- Andy Barr (R-KY)
- Zachary Nunn (R-IA)
- David Rouzer (R-NC)
- Monica De La Cruz (R-TX)
- John Rose (R-TN)
- Emanuel Cleaver (D-MO)
- Stephen Lynch (D-MA)
- Sharice Davids (D-KS)
- Brittany Pettersen (D-CO)
- David Scott (D-GA)
- Daniel Webster (R-FL)
- Tracey Mann (R-KS)
- Josh Riley (D-NY)
- Donald Davis (D-NC)
- Pete Sessions (R-TX)
- Kim Schrier (D-WA)
- Ron Estes (R-KS)
- Jimmy Panetta (D-CA)
- Derek Schmidt (R-KS)
Subjects
- Asia
- China
- Department of Agriculture
- Europe
- Federal officials
- Iran
- Land transfers
- Middle East
- North Korea
- Russia
- U.S. and foreign investments
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