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House Bill 1713
119th Congress(2025-2026)
Agricultural Risk Review Act of 2025
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Passed House on Jun 23, 2025
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H. R. 1713 (Referred-in-Senate)


119th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 1713


IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

June 24, 2025

Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs


AN ACT

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.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. Short title.

This Act may be cited as the “Agricultural Risk Review Act of 2025”.

SEC. 2. Inclusion of the Secretary of Agriculture on the Committee on Foreign Investment 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 AGRICULTURE.—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 agricultural transportation, storage, and processing.”.

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:

“(I) CONSIDERATION OF CERTAIN AGRICULTURAL LAND TRANSACTIONS.—

“(i) IN GENERAL.—After receiving notification from the Secretary of Agriculture of a reportable agricultural land transaction, the Committee shall determine—

“(I) whether the transaction is a covered transaction; and

“(II) if the Committee determines that the transaction is a covered transaction, whether the Committee should initiate a review pursuant to subparagraph (D), or take another action authorized under this section, with respect to the reportable agricultural land transaction.

“(ii) REPORTABLE AGRICULTURAL LAND TRANSACTION.—In this subparagraph, the term ‘reportable agricultural land transaction’ means a transaction—

“(I) that the Secretary of Agriculture has reason to believe is a covered transaction, based on information from or in cooperation with the intelligence community;

“(II) that involves the acquisition of an interest in agricultural land by a foreign person of the People’s Republic of China, the Democratic People’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 Foreign Investment Disclosure Act of 1978.

“(iii) SUNSET.—The requirements under this subparagraph shall terminate, with respect to a foreign person of the respective foreign country, on the date that the People’s Republic of China, the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, the Russian 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 Regulations.”.

Passed the House of Representatives June 23, 2025.

    Attest:kevin f. mccumber,   
    Clerk.