A resolution designating the week of February 11 through February 18, 2023, as "National Entrepreneurship Week" to recognize the importance and contributions of entrepreneurs and startups to the economic prosperity of the United States and the well-being of every community across the United States.
- Last Action
- 2/15/2023
Actions
- 2023-01-25Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
- 2023-01-25Introduced in Senate
CRS Summary
As of 2023-01-25 (00)
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. It also requires the committee 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.
Cosponsors (11)
- Mike Braun (R-IN)
- Kevin Cramer (R-ND)
- Roger Marshall (R-KS)
- Cynthia Lummis (R-WY)
- Rick Scott (R-FL)
- John Hoeven (R-ND)
- Marsha Blackburn (R-TN)
- Katie Britt (R-AL)
- Deb Fischer (R-NE)
- Steve Daines (R-MT)
- Eric Schmitt (R-MO)
Subjects
- Congressional oversight
- Federal officials
- Government studies and investigations
- U.S. and foreign investments
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