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118TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 8003 

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. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

APRIL 15, 2024 

Mrs. HINSON (for herself, Ms. SLOTKIN, Mr. GALLAGHER, Mr. 

KRISHNAMOORTHI, Mr. ALFORD, Mr. CARSON, Mr. SCOTT FRANKLIN of 

Florida, Mr. DAVIS of North Carolina, Mrs. WAGNER, Ms. DAVIDS of 

Kansas, Mr. KUSTOFF, Mr. EDWARDS, Mr. KEAN of New Jersey, Mr. 

LAHOOD, Mr. FINSTAD, Mr. TONY GONZALES of Texas, Mrs. MILLERMEEKS, Mr. NEWHOUSE, Mr. NUNN of Iowa, Mr. VAN ORDEN, and Mrs. 

CHAVEZ-DEREMER) introduced the following bill; which was referred to 

the Committee on Agriculture 

A BILL 

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. 

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 ‘‘Securing American Ag5 riculture Act’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. CRITICAL AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS OR INPUTS 

2 STUDY. 

3 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Agriculture (in 

4 this section referred to as the ‘‘Secretary’’) shall, on an 

5 annual basis, submit to the Committee on Agriculture of 

6 the House of Representatives and the Committee on Agri7 culture, Nutrition, and Forestry of the Senate, an assess8 ment of the dependency of the United States on critical 

9 agricultural products or inputs that could be exploited in 

10 the event the People’s Republic of China weaponizes any 

11 such critical dependency. 

12 (b) CONTENTS.—The assessment under subsection 

13 (a) shall— 

14 (1) address, with respect to the critical inputs 

15 specified in subsection (c), the following: 

16 (A) the current domestic production capac17 ity of each such critical input; and 

18 (B) the current and potential bottlenecks 

19 in the supply chain for each such critical input 

20 that could be exploited by the People’s Republic 

21 of China; and 

22 (2) contain the Secretary’s recommendations to 

23 reduce the dependency of the United States on the 

24 People’s Republic of China to supply critical agricul25 tural products or inputs, including— 


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1 (A) recommendations to mitigate potential 

2 threats posed by the People’s Republic of China 

3 to the supply chains of each critical input speci4 fied in subsection (c); and 

5 (B) recommendations for legislative and 

6 regulatory actions to reduce barriers to onshore 

7 or nearshore the production of each such crit8 ical input. 

9 (c) CRITICAL INPUTS.—The critical inputs specified 

10 in this subsection shall include all farm management, ag11 ronomic, and field-applied production inputs, including 

12 each of the following: 

13 (1) Agricultural equipment, machinery, and 

14 technology. 

15 (2) Fuel. 

16 (3) Fertilizers. 

17 (4) Feed, including its components, such as vi18 tamins, amino acids, and minerals. 

19 (5) Veterinary drugs and vaccines. 

20 (6) Crop protection chemicals. 

21 (7) Seed. 

22 (8) Any other critical agricultural inputs, as de23 termined by the Secretary. 

24 (d) COLLECTION, DISTRIBUTION, AND PROTECTION

25 OF INFORMATION.— 


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1 (1) VOLUNTARY BASIS.—In conducting an as2 sessment under subsection (a), the Secretary may 

3 not require any private entity to provide information 

4 to the Secretary. 

5 (2) AGGREGATE DATA.—In the case of informa6 tion provided to the Secretary to conduct an assess7 ment under subsection (a), neither the Secretary, 

8 any other officer or employee of the Department of 

9 Agriculture or agency thereof, nor any other person 

10 may— 

11 (A) use such information for a purpose 

12 other than the development or reporting of ag13 gregate data in a manner such that the identity 

14 of the person who supplied such information is 

15 not discernible and is not material to the in16 tended uses of such information; or 

17 (B) disclose such information to the public, 

18 unless such information has been transformed 

19 into a statistical or aggregate form that does 

20 not allow the identification of the person who 

21 supplied particular information. 

22 (3) CONFIDENTIALITY.—The Secretary shall 

23 ensure that assessments submitted under subsection 

24 (a) do not include any information that is a trade 

25 secret or confidential information subject to section 


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1 552(b)(4) of title 5, United States Code, or section 

2 1905 of title 18, United States Code. 

3 (4) IMMUNITY FROM DISCLOSURE.—Any infor4 mation provided to the Secretary as part of an as5 sessment conducted under subsection (a) may not be 

6 used by the Secretary for any purpose other than to 

7 carry out such subsection. 

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