S. 2931 · 117th Congress · Senate

FARM Act

Active· Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
Introduced
Oct 5, 21
Passed Senate
Pending
Passed House
Pending
Sent to President
Pending
Signed into Law
Pending

Executive Summary

Foreign Adversary Risk Management Act or the FARM Act

This bill places the Secretary of Agriculture on the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States, and it requires the committee to review any investment that could result in foreign control of any U.S. agricultural business.

Further, it includes agricultural systems and supply chains in the definitions of critical infrastructure and critical technologies for the purposes of reviewing such investments.

The Department of Agriculture and the Government Accountability Office must each analyze and report on foreign influence in the U.S. agricultural industry.

Action Timeline

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  1. OCT 05, 2021IntroReferral

    Introduced in Senate

  2. OCT 05, 2021IntroReferral

    Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.

Committees

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Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee

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Referred: Oct 5, 2021

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