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118TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 9456 

To amend the Defense Production Act of 1950 with respect to foreign 

investments in United States agriculture, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

SEPTEMBER 6, 2024 

Mr. NEWHOUSE (for himself, Mr. SCOTT FRANKLIN of Florida, Mrs. HINSON, 

Mr. DUNCAN, Ms. HAGEMAN, Mr. LANGWORTHY, Mr. ARRINGTON, Ms. 

MALLIOTAKIS, Mr. JOHNSON of South Dakota, Mr. WILLIAMS of New 

York, Mrs. BICE, Mr. VALADAO, and Mr. EDWARDS) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Financial Services, 

and in addition to the Committees on Foreign Affairs, and Energy and 

Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, 

in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 

A BILL 

To amend the Defense Production Act of 1950 with respect 

to foreign investments in United States agriculture, and 

for other purposes. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Protecting American 

5 Agriculture from Foreign Adversaries Act of 2024’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. INCLUSION OF SECRETARY OF AGRICULTURE ON 

2 COMMITTEE ON FOREIGN INVESTMENT IN 

3 UNITED STATES AND CONSIDERATION OF 

4 CERTAIN AGRICULTURAL LAND TRANS5 ACTIONS. 

6 (a) INCLUSION ON THE COMMITTEE.—Section 

7 721(k) of the Defense Production Act of 1950 (50 U.S.C. 

8 4565(k)) is amended by adding at the end the following: 

9 ‘‘(8) INCLUSION OF THE SECRETARY OF AGRI10 CULTURE.—The Secretary of Agriculture shall be a 

11 member of the Committee with respect to a covered 

12 transaction that involves— 

13 ‘‘(A) agricultural land; 

14 ‘‘(B) agriculture biotechnology; or 

15 ‘‘(C) the agriculture industry, including ag16 ricultural— 

17 ‘‘(i) transportation; 

18 ‘‘(ii) storage; and 

19 ‘‘(iii) processing.’’. 

20 (b) CONSIDERATION OF CERTAIN AGRICULTURAL

21 LAND TRANSACTIONS.—Section 721(b)(1) of the Defense 

22 Production Act of 1950 (50 U.S.C. 4565(b)(1)) is amend23 ed by adding at the end the following: 

24 ‘‘(I) CONSIDERATION OF CERTAIN AGRI25 CULTURAL LAND TRANSACTIONS.— 


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1 ‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—After receiving no2 tification from the Secretary of Agriculture 

3 of a reportable agricultural land trans4 action, the Committee shall determine— 

5 ‘‘(I) whether the transaction is a 

6 covered transaction; and 

7 ‘‘(II) if the Committee deter8 mines that the transaction is a cov9 ered transaction, whether the Com10 mittee should initiate a review pursu11 ant to subparagraph (D), or take an12 other action authorized under this sec13 tion, with respect to the reportable ag14 ricultural land transaction. 

15 ‘‘(ii) REPORTABLE AGRICULTURAL

16 LAND TRANSACTION.—In this subpara17 graph, the term ‘reportable agricultural 

18 land transaction’ means a transaction— 

19 ‘‘(I) that the Secretary of Agri20 culture has reason to believe is a cov21 ered transaction; 

22 ‘‘(II) that involves the acquisition 

23 of an interest in agricultural land by 

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1 ple’s Republic of Korea, the Russian 

2 Federation, or the Islamic Republic of 

3 Iran; and 

4 ‘‘(III) with respect to which a 

5 person is required to submit a report 

6 to the Secretary of Agriculture under 

7 section 2(a) of the Agricultural For8 eign Investment Disclosure Act of 

9 1978. 

10 ‘‘(iii) SUNSET.—The requirements 

11 under this subparagraph shall terminate, 

12 with respect to a foreign person of the re13 spective foreign country, on the date that 

14 the People’s Republic of China, the Demo15 cratic People’s Republic of Korea, the Rus16 sian Federation, or the Islamic Republic of 

17 Iran, as the case may be, is removed from 

18 the list of foreign adversaries in section 

19 791.4 of title 15, Code of Federal Regula20 tions.’’. 

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