Agricultural Risk Review Act of 2025
Summary
What This Bill Does
The bill requires CFIUS to review agricultural land purchases by foreign persons from China, North Korea, Russia, or Iran after notification from the Secretary of Agriculture based on intelligence information and adds the Secretary of Agriculture as a member of CFIUS (Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States) for transactions involving agricultural land, agriculture biotechnology, or the agriculture industry. It relies on compliance mandates, reporting requirements, and definition changes. The main policy areas are Agriculture, Foreign Policy, National Security, and Finance.
Who Benefits and How
U.S. Department of Agriculture could gain revenue opportunities, Legal and compliance firms specializing in CFIUS could gain revenue opportunities, and U.S. agricultural companies and landowners could face reduced risk.
Who Bears the Burden and How
Foreign investors from China, North Korea, Russia, and Iran purchasing U.S. agricultural land could face higher barriers, Foreign investors in U.S. agricultural assets would take on compliance duties, and CFIUS and USDA personnel would take on compliance duties.
Key Provisions
- Requires CFIUS to review agricultural land purchases by foreign persons from China, North Korea, Russia, or Iran after notification from the Secretary of Agriculture based on intelligence information.
- Adds the Secretary of Agriculture as a member of CFIUS (Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States) for transactions involving agricultural land, agriculture biotechnology, or the agriculture industry...
Evidence Chain:
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At a Glance
What This Bill Does
The bill requires CFIUS to review agricultural land purchases by foreign persons from China, North Korea, Russia, or Iran after notification from the Secretary of Agriculture based on intelligence information and adds the Secretary of Agriculture as a member of CFIUS (Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States) for transactions involving agricultural land, agriculture biotechnology, or the agriculture industry.
Key Policy Areas
Agriculture, Foreign Policy, National Security, Finance
Primary Purpose
The bill requires CFIUS to review agricultural land purchases by foreign persons from China, North Korea, Russia, or Iran after notification from the Secretary of Agriculture based on intelligence information and adds the Secretary of Agriculture as a member of CFIUS (Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States) for transactions involving agricultural land, agriculture biotechnology, or the agriculture industry.
Policy Domains
Section 2 - CFIUS Membership
Identified Gains
- U.S. Department of Agriculture
- Legal and compliance firms specializing in CFIUS
- U.S. agricultural companies and landowners
Identified Costs
- Foreign investors from China, North Korea, Russia, and Iran purchasing U.S. agricultural land
- Foreign investors in U.S. agricultural assets
- CFIUS and USDA personnel
- U.S. agricultural producers competing with foreign-owned operations
- U.S. agricultural land owners and sellers
Sponsors
Legislative Progress
In CommitteeMr. Cramer (for himself, Ms. Alsobrooks, Ms. Lummis, and Mr. …
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, …
Introduced in Senate
Stakeholder Effects
cui bono?How this legislation distributes effects. Mention counts reflect frequency, not effect magnitude.
CFIUS and USDA personnel, CFIUS member agencies, Intelligence community agencies
Positive-direction: U.S. Department of Agriculture
Negative-direction: CFIUS and USDA personnel
U.S. agricultural companies and landowners, U.S. agricultural land owners and sellers, U.S. agricultural producers competing with foreign-owned operations
Positive-direction: U.S. agricultural companies and landowners, U.S. agricultural producers competing with foreign-owned operations
Negative-direction: U.S. agricultural land owners and sellers
Foreign investors from China, North Korea, Russia, and Iran purchasing U.S. agricultural land, Foreign investors in U.S. agricultural assets
Legal and compliance firms specializing in CFIUS
Bill Structure & Actor Mappings
Who is "The Secretary" in each section?
- "the_committee"
- → Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS)
- "the_secretary"
- → Secretary of Agriculture
- "the_committee"
- → Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS)
- "the_secretary"
- → Secretary of Agriculture
Key Definitions
Terms defined in this bill
A transaction involving agricultural land, agriculture biotechnology, or the agriculture industry including agricultural transportation, storage, and processing
A transaction that (1) the Secretary of Agriculture believes is a covered transaction based on intelligence information, (2) involves acquisition of agricultural land by a foreign person from China, North Korea, Russia, or Iran, and (3) requires a report under the Agricultural Foreign Investment Disclosure Act of 1978
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