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The bill aims to strengthen agricultural supply-chain resilience and spur local investment, but those benefits may come at the cost of higher prices for some farmers, potential taxpayer subsidies, and limited impact if voluntary data collection leaves gaps.
Farmers and agricultural businesses will receive targeted federal recommendations to reduce reliance on foreign suppliers, strengthening supply-chain resilience and reducing vulnerability to foreign disruptions.
Rural communities could gain new local jobs and investment if the recommendations encourage onshore or nearshore production of agricultural inputs and related industries.
Small businesses and farms may be more willing to share sensitive supply-chain information because the law requires aggregation/de‑identification and excludes trade secrets, improving participation in data collection efforts.
Farmers who rely on lower-cost imported inputs could face higher input prices if resulting policy shifts toward protectionism (especially versus China) raise import costs.
Taxpayers could incur new costs if Congress implements recommendations that subsidize onshore production or change regulatory regimes to favor domestic suppliers.
Because information collection is voluntary, data gaps may persist, producing incomplete assessments and reducing the effectiveness of any recommended actions.
Based on analysis of 2 sections of legislative text.
Requires an annual USDA report to Congress assessing U.S. reliance on critical agricultural inputs vulnerable to weaponization by China and recommending mitigation and production‑shift actions.
Introduced March 10, 2025 by John Peter Ricketts · Last progress March 10, 2025
Requires the Secretary of Agriculture to produce an annual assessment for congressional agriculture committees identifying U.S. dependencies on critical agricultural products and inputs that could be exploited if the People’s Republic of China weaponizes those dependencies. The report must evaluate domestic production capacity and supply‑chain bottlenecks for listed inputs, recommend mitigation actions developed with trade, commerce, and public‑health agencies, and propose legislative or regulatory steps to reduce barriers to onshore or nearshore production. Information collection is voluntary, must protect identifying details and trade secrets, and may be used only for the assessment.