FARM Act
Latest action · Jan 25, 2023 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedJan 25, 2023
- Passed SenateNot reached
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
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. It also requires the committee 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.
Cosponsors 11
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jan 25, 2023 to Jan 31, 2024; 6 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-WY | Cynthia M. Lummis | Original | Jan 25, 2023 |
| R-ND | John Hoeven | Original | Jan 25, 2023 |
| R-ND | Kevin Cramer | Original | Jan 25, 2023 |
| R-IN | Mike Braun | Original | Jan 25, 2023 |
| R-FL | Rick Scott | Original | Jan 25, 2023 |
| R-KS | Roger Marshall | Original | Jan 25, 2023 |
| R-AL | Katie Boyd Britt | Feb 1, 2023 | |
| R-TN | Marsha Blackburn | Feb 1, 2023 | |
| R-NE | Deb Fischer | Feb 7, 2023 | |
| R-MT | Steve Daines | Feb 7, 2023 | |
| R-MO | Eric Schmitt | Jan 31, 2024 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| Senate | Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee | Referred Jan 25, 2023 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jan 25, 2023Introduced in Senate
- Jan 25, 2023Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
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.
CRS reports 2
Congressional Research Service work that CRS links to this bill or the law it became, newest first.
Cite it 2
Products on other subjects that cite it, usually among other measures.
| Product | Title | Kind | Published |
|---|---|---|---|
| R48094 | Foreign Ownership, Control, and Influence (FOCI) Risks in the Food and Agriculture Sector | Report | Jun 13, 2024 |
| R47893 | Selected Recent Actions Involving Foreign Ownership and Investment in U.S. Food and Agriculture: In Brief Archived | Report | Jan 5, 2024 |
Related bills 3
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HR 513 | FARM Act | Related bill | Jan 25, 2023 |
| S 2931 | FARM Act | Reintroduction of | Oct 5, 2021 |
| HR 3378 | Agricultural Security Risk Review Act | Related bill | Dec 19, 2024 |
Titles 3
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- A bill to amend the Defense Production Act of 1950 to prevent harm and disruption to the United States agriculture industry by protecting against foreign influence over agriculture production and supply chains, and for other purposes.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- FARM Act
- Foreign Adversary Risk Management Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Jan 25, 2023Introduced in Senate
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
