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Adds the Secretary of Agriculture to CFIUS reviews for agriculture-related transactions and requires CFIUS consideration of AFIDA-reportable land purchases by nationals of China, N. Korea, Russia, or Iran.
The bill strengthens national-security oversight of foreign investment in U.S. agriculture—protecting farmland and critical food-supply infrastructure through USDA-informed reviews—while imposing slower reviews, higher compliance costs, potential limits on research partnerships, and transparency and diplomatic trade-offs.
Farmers, rural communities, and domestic producers will have foreign purchases of agricultural land and related supply-chain assets subject to added national-security review, reducing the risk of hostile or unfriendly control of farmland and critical food-supply infrastructure.
USDA participation and closer coordination with the intelligence community and CFIUS brings agricultural expertise to security reviews, improving detection and assessment of risks to food security and agricultural biotechnology.
Increased scrutiny of transactions involving processing, storage, and transport assets helps protect critical agricultural infrastructure from risky foreign control.
Foreign investors, financial institutions, and some U.S. agribusinesses will face longer, more complex reviews and added compliance/legal costs for deals involving agricultural assets, which can deter investment and raise transaction costs.
Farmers, prospective buyers, and agribusinesses may experience slower mergers, acquisitions, and land transactions, delaying capital, technology transfers, or market access and potentially harming business operations.
Scientists, researchers, and industry partners could see reduced foreign research partnerships in agricultural biotechnology if commercial decisions are steered by security concerns introduced through the review process.
Based on analysis of 3 sections of legislative text.
Official title: Amend the Defense Production Act of 1950 to include the Secretary of Agriculture as a member of the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States, and for other purposes.
Introduced July 14, 2025 by Kevin Cramer · Last progress July 14, 2025
Adds the Secretary of Agriculture to CFIUS reviews for covered transactions involving agricultural land, agricultural biotechnology, or the agriculture industry, and requires CFIUS to consider certain foreign purchases of U.S. agricultural land when the Secretary of Agriculture notifies the Committee. It creates a defined category of “reportable agricultural land transactions” for purchases by persons from China, North Korea, Russia, or Iran that trigger AFIDA reporting, and makes those review requirements temporary tied to each country’s foreign-adversary designation.