To prohibit the purchase or lease of agricultural land in the United States by persons associated with certain foreign governments, and for other purposes.
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Summary
What This Bill Does
The bill prohibits persons associated with Iran, North Korea, China, and Russia from purchasing or leasing public or private agricultural land in the United States, with penalties under the International Emergency Economic, requires bars covered persons (entities connected to Iran, North Korea, China, Russia) from participating in USDA programs if they own or lease U.S. agricultural land, except for food safety and health/labor safety, and amends the Agricultural Foreign Investment Disclosure Act to expand the definition of interest to include security interests and all leases, increases penalty ranges for violations (15-30%), adds lien enforcement on. It relies on compliance mandates, reporting requirements, trade restrictions, and exemptions. The main policy areas are Finance, Agriculture, and Technology.
Who Benefits and How
General public and researchers would be affected, Congressional oversight committees would be affected, and Journalists and watchdog organizations would be affected.
Who Bears the Burden and How
Department of Agriculture would take on compliance duties, Foreign investors from Iran, North Korea, China, and Russia could face higher barriers, and Chinese agricultural companies could face higher barriers.
Key Provisions
- Prohibits persons associated with Iran, North Korea, China, and Russia from purchasing or leasing public or private agricultural land in the United States, with penalties under the International Emergency Economic...
- Requires bars covered persons (entities connected to Iran, North Korea, China, Russia) from participating in USDA programs if they own or lease U.S. agricultural land, except for food safety and health/labor safety...
- Amends the Agricultural Foreign Investment Disclosure Act to expand the definition of interest to include security interests and all leases, increases penalty ranges for violations (15-30%), adds lien enforcement on...
- Requires the Secretary of Agriculture to publish human-readable and machine-readable public data sets containing all foreign ownership reports, including purchase prices, estimated values, and details of foreign persons...
- Mandates biennial reports from the Secretary of Agriculture on risks and benefits of foreign agricultural land ownership, from the Director of National Intelligence on foreign malign influence in agriculture, and a...
Evidence Chain:
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At a Glance
What This Bill Does
The bill prohibits persons associated with Iran, North Korea, China, and Russia from purchasing or leasing public or private agricultural land in the United States, with penalties under the International Emergency Economic, requires bars covered persons (entities connected to Iran, North Korea, China, Russia) from participating in USDA programs if they own or lease U.S. agricultural land, except for food safety and health/labor safety, and amends the Agricultural Foreign Investment Disclosure Act to expand the definition of interest to include security interests and all leases, increases penalty ranges for violations (15-30%), adds lien enforcement on.
Key Policy Areas
Finance, Agriculture, Technology
Primary Purpose
The bill prohibits persons associated with Iran, North Korea, China, and Russia from purchasing or leasing public or private agricultural land in the United States, with penalties under the International Emergency Economic, requires bars covered persons (entities connected to Iran, North Korea, China, Russia) from participating in USDA programs if they own or lease U.S. agricultural land, except for food safety and health/labor safety, and amends the Agricultural Foreign Investment Disclosure Act to expand the definition of interest to include security interests and all leases, increases penalty ranges for violations (15-30%), adds lien enforcement on.
Policy Domains
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Identified Gains
- General public and researchers
- Congressional oversight committees
- Journalists and watchdog organizations
- National security agencies
Identified Costs
- Department of Agriculture
- Foreign investors from Iran, North Korea, China, and Russia
- Chinese agricultural companies
- Foreign-owned agricultural operations from adversarial nations
- Foreign lessees of U.S. agricultural land
Sponsors
Legislative Progress
IntroducedMr. Strong (for himself, Mr. Thompson of California, Mr. Nunn …
Stakeholder Effects
cui bono?How this legislation distributes effects. Mention counts reflect frequency, not effect magnitude.
Congressional oversight committees, Department of Agriculture, Federal land management agencies
Positive-direction: Congressional oversight committees, National security agencies
Negative-direction: Department of Agriculture, Federal land management agencies, Government Accountability Office, Office of the Director of National Intelligence
Chinese agricultural companies, Chinese-owned farms in the United States, Companies trading on foreign exchanges in adversarial nations
Bill Structure & Actor Mappings
Who is "The Secretary" in each section?
- "the_secretary"
- → Secretary of the Treasury
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