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FARM Act

179

119th Congress

Foreign Trade and International Finance

In Committee

FARM Act

Legislative Progress

✓

Introduced

Committee

Floor Vote

Other Chamber

Enacted

Introduced

January 22, 2025

Latest Action

January 22, 2025

Primary Sponsor

Tommy TubervilleRepublican(AL)

Momentum (last 30 days)

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0 actions · 0 new cosponsors · 0 votes

Speed vs cohort

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vs 5,674 other S bills in the 119th — cohort avg 32d

Summary

Foreign Adversary Risk Management Act or the FARM Act This bill places the Secretary of Agriculture on the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS). It also requires CFIUS to review any investment that could result in foreign control of any U.S. agricultural business. Further, the bill includes agricultural systems and supply chains in the definitions of critical infrastructure and critical technologies for the purposes of reviewing such investments. The Department of Agriculture and the Government Accountability Office must each analyze and report on foreign influence in the U.S. agricultural industry.

Lobbying filings that explicitly cite this bill (4)

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ALABAMA FARMERS FEDERATION (4)

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2025 · fourth_quarter · Agriculture

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Cited source text, amounts, lobbyists, and targets

Supported S. 2396, the Farm Board Act of 2025 Supported S. 2872, the Emergency Pine Beetle Response Act of 2025 Supported S. 179, the FARM Act Supported Section 12007 of the House Ag Committees 2024 farm bill Supported H.R. 4673, the Save Our Bacon Act Supported federal funding for the International Fertilizer Development Center Supported S. 1255, the Cormorant Relief Act of 2025 Supported S. 1028, the Honey Integrity Act Supported the expedited delivery of Supplemental Disaster Assistance Program by USDA Opposed Section 729 of the FY26 House Ag Approps Bill dealing with poultry contracts Supported S. 3099, Direct Interstate Retail Exemption for Certain Transactions (DIRECT) Act, legislation that would give livestock and poultry producers greater market access nationwide.

Subjects (5)

Congressional oversight

Federal officials

Government studies and investigations

Supply chain

U.S. and foreign investments

Actions (2)

January 22, 2025

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.

January 22, 2025

Introduced in Senate

Committees

Committee	Chamber	Activity	Date
Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee	Senate	Referred To	January 22, 2025
Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee	Senate	Referred To	January 22, 2025