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US HB1438
Bill
Status
2/18/2025
Primary Sponsor
Dale Strong
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AI Summary
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Prohibits persons owned by, controlled by, or subject to the jurisdiction of Iran, North Korea, China, or Russia from purchasing or leasing public or private agricultural land in the United States, with enforcement through International Emergency Economic Powers Act authorities
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Bars covered foreign persons who own or lease U.S. agricultural land from participating in USDA programs, excluding food safety inspections and health/labor safety programs
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Amends the Agricultural Foreign Investment Disclosure Act of 1978 to include security interests and leases in reporting requirements, increase civil penalties to 15-30% of land value, and require liens on land for unpaid penalties
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Requires USDA to publish machine-readable public datasets of all foreign agricultural land holdings within 30 days of each disclosure report, including purchase prices and ownership details
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Mandates biennial reports from the Secretary of Agriculture and Director of National Intelligence on foreign agricultural land ownership risks, plus a GAO review of disclosure act enforcement effectiveness
Legislative Description
Protecting America’s Agricultural Land from Foreign Harm Act of 2025
Agriculture and food
Last Action
Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, and in addition to the Committees on Foreign Affairs, and Intelligence (Permanent Select), for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
2/18/2025