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Bill · 119th Congress · S 179

FARM Act

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Introduced 2025-01-22Topic: economy jobs

Summary

Summary by the Congressional Research Service

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 analyze and report on foreign influence in the U.S. agricultural industry.

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Action history

DateChamberActionStatus effect
2025-01-22SenateRead twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.refer
2025-01-22Introduced in Senateintroduce
Source: GovInfo Bill Status (Library of Congress), fetched 2026-09-11. Provisions and opinion polling arrive in a later release.