I 
119TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1576 
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 
FEBRUARY 25, 2025 
Mr. NEWHOUSE (for himself, Mr. MEUSER, Mr. GUEST, Mr. LATTA, Ms. 
TENNEY, Mr. MOOLENAAR, Mr. HAMADEH of Arizona, Mr. SCOTT 
FRANKLIN of Florida, Mr. WEBSTER of Florida, Mr. GUTHRIE, Ms. 
HAGEMAN, Mr. WEBER of Texas, Mr. FLEISCHMANN, Mr. BEAN of Flor-
ida, Mr. ELLZEY, Mr. LANGWORTHY, Mrs. HINSON, Mr. ONDER, Mr. 
GOODEN, Mr. BACON, Mr. BOST, Mr. EVANS of Colorado, Mr. MESSMER, 
Mr. MCDOWELL, Mr. VASQUEZ, Mr. FLOOD, Mr. VAN ORDEN, Mr. 
JOHNSON of South Dakota, Mrs. MILLER-MEEKS, Mr. VALADAO, Mr. 
ROSE, Mr. MOORE of West Virginia, Mr. HURD of Colorado, Mr. JOYCE 
of Pennsylvania, Mr. PFLUGER, Mrs. MILLER of Illinois, Mr. ALFORD, 
Mr. RILEY of New York, Ms. BOEBERT, and Mr. NUNN of Iowa) intro-
duced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Finan-
cial 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. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Protecting American 
Agriculture from Foreign Adversaries Act of 2025’’. 
SEC. 2. INCLUSION OF SECRETARY OF AGRICULTURE ON 
COMMITTEE ON FOREIGN INVESTMENT IN 
UNITED STATES AND CONSIDERATION OF 
CERTAIN 
AGRICULTURAL 
LAND 
TRANS-
ACTIONS. 
(a) INCLUSION
ON
THE
COMMITTEE.—Section 
721(k) of the Defense Production Act of 1950 (50 U.S.C. 
4565(k)) is amended by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(8) INCLUSION OF THE SECRETARY OF AGRI-
CULTURE.—The Secretary of Agriculture shall be a 
member of the Committee with respect to a covered 
transaction that involves— 
‘‘(A) agricultural land; 
‘‘(B) agriculture biotechnology; or 
‘‘(C) the agriculture industry, including ag-
ricultural— 
‘‘(i) transportation; 
‘‘(ii) storage; and 
‘‘(iii) processing.’’. 
(b) CONSIDERATION
OF CERTAIN AGRICULTURAL 
LAND TRANSACTIONS.—Section 721(b)(1) of the Defense 
Production Act of 1950 (50 U.S.C. 4565(b)(1)) is amend-
ed by adding at the end the following: 
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‘‘(I) CONSIDERATION
OF
CERTAIN
AGRI-
CULTURAL LAND TRANSACTIONS.— 
‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—After receiving no-
tification from the Secretary of Agriculture 
of a reportable agricultural land trans-
action, the Committee shall determine— 
‘‘(I) whether the transaction is a 
covered transaction; and 
‘‘(II) if the Committee deter-
mines that the transaction is a cov-
ered transaction, whether the Com-
mittee should initiate a review pursu-
ant to subparagraph (D), or take an-
other action authorized under this sec-
tion, with respect to the reportable ag-
ricultural land transaction. 
‘‘(ii) 
REPORTABLE
AGRICULTURAL 
LAND
TRANSACTION.—In this subpara-
graph, the term ‘reportable agricultural 
land transaction’ means a transaction— 
‘‘(I) that the Secretary of Agri-
culture has reason to believe is a cov-
ered transaction; 
‘‘(II) that involves the acquisition 
of an interest in agricultural land by 
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a foreign person of the People’s Re-
public of China, the Democratic Peo-
ple’s Republic of Korea, the Russian 
Federation, or the Islamic Republic of 
Iran; and 
‘‘(III) with respect to which a 
person is required to submit a report 
to the Secretary of Agriculture under 
section 2(a) of the Agricultural For-
eign Investment Disclosure Act of 
1978. 
‘‘(iii) 
SUNSET.—The 
requirements 
under this subparagraph shall terminate, 
with respect to a foreign person of the re-
spective foreign country, on the date that 
the People’s Republic of China, the Demo-
cratic People’s Republic of Korea, the Rus-
sian Federation, or the Islamic Republic of 
Iran, as the case may be, is removed from 
the list of foreign adversaries in section 
791.4 of title 15, Code of Federal Regula-
tions.’’. 
Æ 
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