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118TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 9456 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

SEPTEMBER 12, 2024 

Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and 

Urban Affairs 

AN ACT 

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, 


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1 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

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

3 Agriculture from Foreign Adversaries Act of 2024’’. 

4 SEC. 2. INCLUSION OF SECRETARY OF AGRICULTURE ON 

5 COMMITTEE ON FOREIGN INVESTMENT IN 

6 UNITED STATES AND CONSIDERATION OF 

7 CERTAIN AGRICULTURAL LAND TRANS8 ACTIONS. 

9 (a) INCLUSION ON THE COMMITTEE.—Section 

10 721(k) of the Defense Production Act of 1950 (50 U.S.C. 

11 4565(k)) is amended by adding at the end the following: 

12 ‘‘(8) INCLUSION OF THE SECRETARY OF AGRI13 CULTURE.—The Secretary of Agriculture shall be a 

14 member of the Committee with respect to a covered 

15 transaction that involves— 

16 ‘‘(A) agricultural land; 

17 ‘‘(B) agriculture biotechnology; or 

18 ‘‘(C) the agriculture industry, including ag19 ricultural— 

20 ‘‘(i) transportation; 

21 ‘‘(ii) storage; and 

22 ‘‘(iii) processing.’’. 

23 (b) CONSIDERATION OF CERTAIN AGRICULTURAL

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

25 Production Act of 1950 (50 U.S.C. 4565(b)(1)) is amend26 ed by adding at the end the following: 


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1 ‘‘(I) CONSIDERATION OF CERTAIN AGRI2 CULTURAL LAND TRANSACTIONS.— 

3 ‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—After receiving no4 tification from the Secretary of Agriculture 

5 of a reportable agricultural land trans6 action, the Committee shall determine— 

7 ‘‘(I) whether the transaction is a 

8 covered transaction; and 

9 ‘‘(II) if the Committee deter10 mines that the transaction is a cov11 ered transaction, whether the Com12 mittee should initiate a review pursu13 ant to subparagraph (D), or take an14 other action authorized under this sec15 tion, with respect to the reportable ag16 ricultural land transaction. 

17 ‘‘(ii) REPORTABLE AGRICULTURAL

18 LAND TRANSACTION.—In this subpara19 graph, the term ‘reportable agricultural 

20 land transaction’ means a transaction— 

21 ‘‘(I) that the Secretary of Agri22 culture has reason to believe is a cov23 ered transaction; 

24 ‘‘(II) that involves the acquisition 

25 of an interest in agricultural land by 


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1 a foreign person of the People’s Re2 public of China, the Democratic Peo3 ple’s Republic of Korea, the Russian 

4 Federation, or the Islamic Republic of 

5 Iran; and 

6 ‘‘(III) with respect to which a 

7 person is required to submit a report 

8 to the Secretary of Agriculture under 

9 section 2(a) of the Agricultural For10 eign Investment Disclosure Act of 

11 1978. 

12 ‘‘(iii) SUNSET.—The requirements 

13 under this subparagraph shall terminate, 

14 with respect to a foreign person of the re15 spective foreign country, on the date that 

16 the People’s Republic of China, the Demo17 cratic People’s Republic of Korea, the Rus18 sian Federation, or the Islamic Republic of 

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

20 the list of foreign adversaries in section 


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1 791.4 of title 15, Code of Federal Regula2 tions.’’. 

Passed the House of Representatives September 11, 

2024. 

Attest: KEVIN F. MCCUMBER, 

Clerk. 


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