H.R. 620
119th Congress
FARM Act
29
Cosponsors
5
Actions
0
Amendments
0
Committees
—
Since introduced
Referred to the Subcommittee on Nutrition and Foreign Agriculture.
28 February 2025·1 year ago
Summary
Introduced in House · Updated 18 March 2025
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 annually analyze and report on foreign influence in the U.S. agricultural industry.
Timeline
5 actions
Referred to the Subcommittee on Nutrition and Foreign Agriculture.
28 February 2025 · Committee
Referred to the Committee on Financial Services, and in addition to the Committee on Agriculture, 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.
22 January 2025 · IntroReferral
Referred to the Committee on Financial Services, and in addition to the Committee on Agriculture, 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.
22 January 2025 · IntroReferral
Introduced in House
22 January 2025 · IntroReferral
Introduced in House
22 January 2025 · IntroReferral
Sponsorship
29 cosponsors
Sponsor
Republican:Rep. Jackson, Ronny [R-TX-13]TXCosponsors
- Democrat621%
- Republican2379%
- Democrat:Rep. Vindman, Eugene Simon [D-VA-7]VA
- Republican:Rep. Malliotakis, Nicole [R-NY-11]NY
- Republican:Rep. Pfluger, August [R-TX-11]TX
- Democrat:Rep. Goodlander, Maggie [D-NH-2]NH
- Republican:Rep. Taylor, David J. [R-OH-2]OH
- Republican:Rep. Stefanik, Elise M. [R-NY-21]NY
- Republican:Rep. LaMalfa, Doug [R-CA-1]CA
- Democrat:Rep. Davis, Donald G. [D-NC-1]NC
- Republican:Rep. Guest, Michael [R-MS-3]MS
- Republican:Rep. Self, Keith [R-TX-3]TX
- Republican:Rep. Maloy, Celeste [R-UT-2]UT
- Republican:Rep. Babin, Brian [R-TX-36]TX
- Republican:Rep. Finstad, Brad [R-MN-1]MN
- Democrat:Rep. Gonzalez, Vicente [D-TX-34]TX
- Republican:Rep. Messmer, Mark [R-IN-8]IN
- Republican:Rep. Rose, John W. [R-TN-6]TN
- Republican:Rep. Sessions, Pete [R-TX-17]TX
- Republican:Rep. Hinson, Ashley [R-IA-2]IA
- Republican:Rep. Johnson, Dusty [R-SD-At Large]SD
- Republican:Rep. Zinke, Ryan K. [R-MT-1]MT
- Republican:Rep. Crawford, Eric A. "Rick" [R-AR-1]AR
- Republican:Rep. Newhouse, Dan [R-WA-4]WA
- Democrat:Rep. Panetta, Jimmy [D-CA-19]CA
- Republican:Rep. Fallon, Pat [R-TX-4]TX
- Democrat:Rep. Costa, Jim [D-CA-21]CA
- Republican:Rep. Estes, Ron [R-KS-4]KS
- Republican:Rep. Weber, Randy K. Sr. [R-TX-14]TX
- Republican:Rep. Miller, Mary E. [R-IL-15]IL
- Republican:Del. Moylan, James C. [R-GU-At Large]GU
Classification
Policy area
Foreign Trade and International FinanceLegislative subjects
Cosponsor momentum
Cumulative over time
Cosponsors grew from 17 on 22 January 2025 to 29 on 6 October 2025.
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