{"format":1,"id":"118-hr-9456","congress":118,"number":"H.R. 9456","kind":"bill","group":"bills","title":"Protecting American Agriculture from Foreign Adversaries Act of 2024","title_source":"Short Title(s) as Passed House","official_title":"To amend the Defense Production Act of 1950 with respect to foreign investments in United States agriculture, and for other purposes.","titles":[{"type":"Official Title as Introduced","title":"To amend the Defense Production Act of 1950 with respect to foreign investments in United States agriculture, and for other purposes."},{"type":"Short Title(s) as Passed House","title":"Protecting American Agriculture from Foreign Adversaries Act of 2024"},{"type":"Display Title","title":"Protecting American Agriculture from Foreign Adversaries Act of 2024"},{"type":"Short Title(s) as Introduced","title":"Protecting American Agriculture from Foreign Adversaries Act of 2024"}],"outcome":"passed_house","law_number":null,"introduced":"2024-09-06","chambers":{"house":{"status":"roll_call","date":"2024-09-11","vote":{"id":"118-2024-h415","question":"On Passage","title":"Protecting American Agriculture from Foreign Adversaries Act","result":"Passed","yea":269,"nay":149,"present":0,"not_voting":12,"source":"https://clerk.house.gov/evs/2024/roll415.xml"}},"senate":{"status":"na","date":null,"vote":null}},"president":{"status":"na","date":null},"vice_president_tie_breaker":null,"latest_action":{"text":"Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.","date":"2024-09-12"},"nominees":null,"amendments":[],"other_votes":[{"chamber":"house","date":"2024-09-11","question":"On Motion to Recommit","title":"Protecting American Agriculture from Foreign Adversaries Act","result":"Failed","yea":203,"nay":213,"present":0,"not_voting":15,"kind":"procedural","source":"https://clerk.house.gov/evs/2024/roll414.xml"}],"crs_summary":{"date":"2024-09-06","stage":"Introduced in House","blocks":[{"k":"h","t":"Protecting American Agriculture from Foreign Adversaries Act of 2024"},{"k":"p","t":"This bill makes changes to the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS), including by requiring CFIUS to determine whether a national security review is necessary for reportable agricultural land transactions that are referred by the Department of Agriculture (USDA). (CFIUS oversees the national security risks of certain foreign investment in the United States. CFIUS has the authority to review covered transactions, which include mergers, acquisitions, and takeovers that could result in foreign control of a U.S. business; certain investments in businesses involved in critical technologies, critical infrastructure, or sensitive personal data; and certain real estate transactions.)"},{"k":"p","t":"Specifically, the bill directs CFIUS to, after receiving notification from USDA, determine (1) whether a reportable agricultural land transaction is a covered transaction, and (2) whether CFIUS should initiate a national security review or take another action with respect to the transaction."},{"k":"p","t":"Reportable agricultural land transaction means a transaction (1) that USDA has reason to believe is a covered transaction; (2) that involves the acquisition of an interest in agricultural land by a foreign person of China, North Korea, Russia, or Iran; and (3) with respect to which a foreign person is required to submit a report to USDA regarding their agricultural land transactions."},{"k":"p","t":"The bill also expands the membership of CFIUS to include the Secretary of Agriculture on covered transactions that involve agricultural land, agricultural biotechnology, or the agriculture industry (e.g., agricultural transportation, storage, and processing)."}],"words":245},"summary":{"main_subject":{"text":"Amends the Defense Production Act of 1950 to add the Secretary of Agriculture to the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States for certain covered transactions and to require the Committee to consider certain agricultural land transactions reported to it by the Secretary of Agriculture.","cites":[{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/9456/text/eh#H94DC65B7045748D49AF3BDBC6C70C0C0"}]},"core_areas":["Secretary of Agriculture's membership on the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States","Committee review of agricultural land transactions involving foreign persons of named countries"],"what_it_does":[{"text":"Makes the Secretary of Agriculture a member of the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States for a covered transaction that involves agricultural land, agriculture biotechnology, or the agriculture industry.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/9456/text/eh#H94DC65B7045748D49AF3BDBC6C70C0C0"}},{"text":"Requires the Committee, after receiving notification from the Secretary of Agriculture of a reportable agricultural land transaction, to determine whether the transaction is a covered transaction.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/9456/text/eh#H94DC65B7045748D49AF3BDBC6C70C0C0"}},{"text":"Requires the Committee, if it finds a reportable agricultural land transaction to be a covered transaction, to determine whether to initiate a review under subparagraph (D) or take another action authorized under the section.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/9456/text/eh#H94DC65B7045748D49AF3BDBC6C70C0C0"}},{"text":"Defines a reportable agricultural land transaction as one involving 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.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/9456/text/eh#H94DC65B7045748D49AF3BDBC6C70C0C0"}},{"text":"Ends the Committee's requirements for a foreign person of a given country on the date that country is removed from the list of foreign adversaries in section 791.4 of title 15, Code of Federal Regulations.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/9456/text/eh#H94DC65B7045748D49AF3BDBC6C70C0C0"}}],"unexpected":[],"version":{"type":"Engrossed in House","date":"2024-09-11","rule":"passed","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/9456/text/eh"},"current":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","approved":"2026-10-01","approved_by":"checks"},"sources":{"congress_gov":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/9456","text":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/9456/text"},"card":{"image":"card/item/118-hr-9456.png","v":"6ffbec7a8013","alt":"Votes on Record. H.R. 9456, 118th Congress: Protecting American Agriculture from Foreign Adversaries Act of 2024. House: 269 Yea, 149 Nay. Outcome: Passed House, 11 Sep 2024."}}