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Union Calendar No. 99 
119TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1713 
[Report No. 119–129, Part I] 
To amend the Defense Production Act of 1950 to include the Secretary 
of Agriculture as a member of the Committee on Foreign Investment 
in the United States, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
FEBRUARY 27, 2025 
Mr. LUCAS introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee 
on Financial Services, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and 
Commerce, and Foreign Affairs, for a period to be subsequently deter-
mined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions 
as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
JUNE 3, 2025 
Additional sponsors: Ms. TOKUDA, Mr. BARR, Mr. NUNN of Iowa, Mr. 
ROUZER, Ms. DE LA CRUZ, Mr. ROSE, Mr. CLEAVER, Mr. LYNCH, Ms. 
DAVIDS of Kansas, Ms. PETTERSEN, Mr. DAVID SCOTT of Georgia, Mr. 
WEBSTER of Florida, Mr. MANN, Mr. RILEY of New York, Mr. DAVIS 
of North Carolina, Mr. SESSIONS, Ms. SCHRIER, Mr. ESTES, Mr. PA-
NETTA, and Mr. SCHMIDT 
JUNE 3, 2025 
Reported from the Committee on Financial Services with an amendment 
[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic] 
JUNE 3, 2025 
Committees on Energy and Commerce and Foreign Affairs discharged; com-
mitted to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union 
and ordered to be printed 
[For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on February 27, 2025] 
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A BILL 
To amend the Defense Production Act of 1950 to include 
the Secretary of Agriculture as a member of the Com-
mittee on Foreign Investment in the United States, and 
for other purposes. 
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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 ‘‘Agricultural Risk Re-
view Act of 2025’’. 
SEC. 2. INCLUSION OF THE SECRETARY OF AGRICULTURE 
ON THE COMMITTEE ON FOREIGN INVEST-
MENT IN THE UNITED STATES. 
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 transportation, storage, and proc-
essing.’’. 
SEC. 3. 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 amended by adding at the 
end the following: 
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‘‘(I) CONSIDERATION OF CERTAIN AGRICUL-
TURAL 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 determines 
that the transaction is a covered trans-
action, whether the Committee should 
initiate a review pursuant to subpara-
graph (D), or take another action au-
thorized under this section, with re-
spect to the reportable agricultural 
land transaction. 
‘‘(ii) 
REPORTABLE
AGRICULTURAL 
LAND TRANSACTION.—In this subparagraph, 
the term ‘reportable agricultural land trans-
action’ means a transaction— 
‘‘(I) that the Secretary of Agri-
culture has reason to believe is a cov-
ered transaction, based on information 
from or in cooperation with the intel-
ligence community; 
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