FARM Act
The summary
What this bill does
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 (CFIUS). It also requires CFIUS 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 annually analyze and report on foreign influence in the U.S. agricultural industry.
Legislative timeline
From introduction
Jan 22, 2025
Introduced & referred to committee
Congressional support
Sponsors & Cosponsors
U.S. Representative - TX District 13 · R-TX
29 cosponsors
U.S. Representative - TX District 17 · R-TX
U.S. Representative - CA District 19 · D-CA
Member of Congress · D-TX
U.S. Representative - GU · R-GU
U.S. Representative - MT District 1 · R-MT
U.S. Representative - KS District 4 · R-KS
Member of Congress · R-MN
U.S. Representative - IA District 2 · R-IA
U.S. Representative - IL District 15 · R-IL
U.S. Representative - California District 20 · D-CA
U.S. Representative - TX District 4 · R-TX
U.S. Representative - IN District 8 · R-IN
+ 17 more cosponsors
Roll-call vote
The vote, by member
The vote, by member
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Bill Metadata
| Congress | 119 |
| Bill Type | HR |
| Bill Number | 620 |
| Origin Chamber | House |
| Current Status | Referred to the Subcommittee on Nutrition and Foreign Agriculture. |
| Policy Area | Foreign Trade and International Finance |
| Primary Committee | Not assigned |
| Introduced | January 22, 2025 |
| Latest Action | February 28, 2025 |
| Cosponsors | 29 · House vote — · — views |