Agricultural Risk Review Act of 2025
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Overview
This bill amends the Defense Production Act to strengthen the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS) by expanding its focus on agricultural land transactions. Specifically, it requires CFIUS to consider transactions involving agricultural land, particularly those linked to foreign persons from China, North Korea, Russia, or Iran, and to determine if a national security review is necessary. The Secretary of Agriculture is added as a member of CFIUS to oversee these transactions.
Key provisions
- CFIUS will now consider agricultural land transactions when determining national security risks.
- The Secretary of Agriculture will be a member of CFIUS, focusing on transactions involving agricultural land, biotechnology, and the agriculture industry.
- USDA will notify CFIUS of ‘reportable agricultural land transactions’ – those deemed potentially concerning by the intelligence community.
- Reportable agricultural land transactions involve acquisitions of agricultural land by foreign persons from China, North Korea, Russia, or Iran.
- CFIUS must determine if a transaction is a ‘covered transaction’ and whether to initiate a review.
- The review process considers information from the intelligence community and USDA.
- The requirements for reviewing agricultural land transactions are subject to a sunset provision, tied to the removal of specified countries from a list of foreign adversaries.
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