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117TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 5490 
To amend the Defense Production Act of 1950 to prevent harm and disrup-
tion to the United States agriculture industry by protecting against 
foreign influence over agriculture production and supply chains, and 
for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
OCTOBER 5, 2021 
Mr. JACKSON (for himself, Mr. VELA, Mr. BURGESS, Mr. BAIRD, Ms. SALA-
ZAR, Mrs. MILLER of Illinois, Mr. WOMACK, Mr. BUDD, Mr. GUEST, Mr. 
TONY GONZALES of Texas, and Mrs. CAMMACK) introduced the following 
bill; which was referred to the Committee on Financial Services, and in 
addition to the Committee on Agriculture, for a period to be subsequently 
determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provi-
sions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
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 ag-
riculture production and supply chains, and for other 
purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Foreign Adversary 
Risk Management Act’’ or the ‘‘FARM Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 
Congress finds the following: 
(1) United States agriculture and supply chains 
are critical to United States economic success and 
prosperity, and should each be classified as critical 
infrastructure and critical technologies. 
(2) Agriculture is the lifeblood that helps to 
feed United States families nationwide. As such, 
food security is a matter of national security and 
should be a top priority of the United States. 
(3) To prevent harm to the United States pub-
lic health sector and to prevent disruption to the 
United States economy and food supply chains, the 
increasing influence foreign countries may have on 
the United States agriculture industry and agri-
culture supply chains should be mitigated. 
SEC. 3. UNITED STATES AGRICULTURE INCLUDED IN COM-
MITTEE ON FOREIGN INVESTMENT IN THE 
UNITED STATES. 
(a) 
AGRICULTURE
REPRESENTATIVE.—Section 
721(k)(2) of the Defense Production Act of 1950 (50 
U.S.C. 4565(k)(2)) is amended— 
(1) by redesignating subparagraphs (H), (I), 
and (J) as subparagraphs (I), (J), and (K), respec-
tively; and 
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(2) by inserting after subparagraph (G) the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(H) The Secretary of Agriculture.’’. 
(b) REVIEW
OF AGRICULTURE INVESTMENTS
BY 
FOREIGN ENTITIES.—Section 721(a)(4) of the Defense 
Production Act of 1950 (50 U.S.C. 4565(a)(4)) is amend-
ed— 
(1) in subparagraph (A)— 
(A) in clause (i), by striking ‘‘; and’’ and 
inserting a semicolon; 
(B) in clause (ii), by striking the period at 
the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(C) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(iii) any transaction described in 
subparagraph (B)(vi) that is proposed, 
pending, or completed on or after the date 
of the enactment of the Foreign Adversary 
Risk Management Act.’’; and 
(2) in subparagraph (B), by adding at the end 
the following: 
‘‘(vi) Any transaction, merger, acqui-
sition, transfer, agreement, takeover, or 
other arrangement that could result in for-
eign control of any United States business 
that is engaged in agriculture and uses ag-
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ricultural products (as defined in the first 
section of the Act of July 2, 1926 (44 
Stat. 802, chapter 725; 7 U.S.C. 451)).’’. 
(c) AGRICULTURAL SUPPLY CHAINS INCLUDED IN 
CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE.—Section 721(a)(5) of the 
Defense Production Act of 1950 (50 U.S.C. 4565(a)(5)) 
is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘ ‘critical infrastructure’ means’’ 
and inserting the following: ‘‘ ‘critical infrastruc-
ture’— 
‘‘(i) means’’; 
(2) by striking the period at the end and insert-
ing ‘‘; and’’; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(ii) includes, subject to regulations 
prescribed by the Committee, agricultural 
systems and supply chains.’’. 
(d) AGRICULTURAL SUPPLY CHAINS INCLUDED AS 
CRITICAL TECHNOLOGIES.—Section 721(a)(6)(A) of the 
Defense 
Production 
Act 
of 
1950 
(50 
U.S.C. 
4565(a)(6)(A)) is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(vii) Agricultural supply chains used 
for agricultural products (as defined in the 
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first section of the Act of July 2, 1926 (44 
Stat. 802, chapter 725; 7 U.S.C. 451)).’’. 
SEC. 4. REPORTS ON INVESTMENTS BY FOREIGN COUN-
TRIES IN UNITED STATES AGRICULTURE IN-
DUSTRY. 
Not later than one year after the date of the enact-
ment of this Act, the Secretary of Agriculture and the 
Comptroller General of the United States shall each— 
(1) conduct an analysis of foreign influence in 
the United States agriculture industry; and 
(2) submit to Congress a report that includes a 
summary of— 
(A) foreign investments in the United 
States agriculture industry; 
(B) the potential for foreign investment to 
undermine United States agriculture production 
and agricultural supply chains; 
(C) the largest international threats for in-
creased foreign control of, and investment in, 
the United States agriculture sector; and 
(D) agriculture-related espionage and theft 
techniques used by foreign governments, includ-
ing any attempts to target United States agri-
cultural intellectual property, innovation, re-
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search and development, cost or pricing data, or 
internal strategy documents. 
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