HR 8003 · 118th Congress 2023–2025, ended

Securing American Agriculture Act

Introduced Apr 15, 2024 Originated House Sponsor Ashley Hinson R-IA

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Latest action · Apr 15, 2024 Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.

Progress

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  1. IntroducedApr 15, 2024
  2. Passed HouseNot reached
  3. Passed SenateNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Summary

Securing American Agriculture Act

This bill directs the Department of Agriculture (USDA) to assess, on an annual basis, U.S. dependency on critical agricultural products or inputs that could be exploited in the event that China weaponizes such a dependency. USDA must submit a report to Congress on the assessment, which must include recommendations to reduce U.S. dependency on China to supply critical agricultural products or inputs. 

Under the bill, critical inputs include all farm management, agronomic, and field-applied production inputs (e.g., agricultural equipment, fertilizers, veterinary drugs, and seed).

The bill specifies that, in conducting the assessment, USDA may not require a private entity to provide information to USDA. Further, the bill requires USDA to comply with certain confidentiality requirements and restricts disclosures of the information.  

Cosponsors 25

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Apr 15, 2024 to Nov 13, 2024; 20 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
D-INAndré CarsonOriginalApr 15, 2024
R-MOAnn WagnerOriginalApr 15, 2024
R-MNBrad FinstadOriginalApr 15, 2024
R-NCChuck EdwardsOriginalApr 15, 2024
R-WADan NewhouseOriginalApr 15, 2024
R-ILDarin LaHoodOriginalApr 15, 2024
R-TNDavid KustoffOriginalApr 15, 2024
R-WIDerrick Van OrdenOriginalApr 15, 2024
D-NCDonald G. DavisOriginalApr 15, 2024
D-MIElissa SlotkinOriginalApr 15, 2024
R-ORLori Chavez-DeRemerOriginalApr 15, 2024
R-IAMariannette Miller-MeeksOriginalApr 15, 2024
R-MOMark AlfordOriginalApr 15, 2024
R-WIMike GallagherOriginalApr 15, 2024
D-ILRaja KrishnamoorthiOriginalApr 15, 2024
R-FLScott FranklinOriginalApr 15, 2024
D-KSSharice DavidsOriginalApr 15, 2024
R-NJThomas H. Kean, Jr.OriginalApr 15, 2024
R-TXTony GonzalesOriginalApr 15, 2024
R-IAZachary NunnOriginalApr 15, 2024
R-NYMichael LawlerApr 23, 2024
R-KYAndy BarrMay 14, 2024
R-SCRalph NormanMay 21, 2024
R-VABen ClineSep 18, 2024
R-MNMichelle FischbachNov 13, 2024

Committees 1

Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.

ChamberCommitteeWhat it did
HouseAgriculture Committee
Referred Apr 15, 2024

Actions 2

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Apr 15, 2024Introduced in House
  2. Apr 15, 2024Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.

Research

What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.

Constitutional authority

Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant to the following: Article I, Section 8, Clause 18 The single subject of this legislation is: To require the Secretary of Agriculture to conduct an annual assessment of dependencies on the People's Republic of China in the supply chains of critical agricultural inputs.

The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 170, no. 64, April 15, 2024, page H2398.

Printed hearings 1

Hearings whose printed record names this bill, newest first: hearings on it, and wider hearings where it came up.

NumberHearingCommitteeHeld
Serial No. 118-21THE DANGER CHINA POSES TO AMERICAN AGRICULTURE187 pagesAgriculture CommitteeMar 20, 2024

Related bills 1

Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.

BillTitleRelationshipLatest action
S 5277Securing American Agriculture ActRelated billSep 25, 2024

Titles 2

Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.

Official Title as Introduced
To direct the Secretary of Agriculture to publish, on an annual basis, an assessment on United States dependency on critical agricultural products or inputs from the People's Republic of China, and for other purposes.
Short Title(s) as Introduced
Securing American Agriculture Act

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Agriculture and Food.

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

  1. Apr 15, 2024Introduced in House

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