119th Congress · introduced in the House · Mar 6, 2025
FARMLAND Act of 2025
Official title from Congress.gov
Latest action (Mar 28, 2025): Referred to the Subcommittee on Nutrition and Foreign Agriculture.
View on Congress.govPolicy area: Agriculture and Food
Congressional Research Service summary, version: Introduced in House (Mar 6, 2025)
Foreign Agricultural Restrictions to Maintain Local Agriculture and National Defense Act of 2025 or the FARMLAND Act of 2025
This bill expands federal authority and oversight over foreign investments in the U.S. agricultural industry.
The bill expands the authority of the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS) to include the review of land transactions (involving foreign entities) that exceed $5 million or 320 acres of land over the preceding three years. This applies to land that is primarily used for agriculture, the extraction of energy sources, or the extraction of critical precursor materials for biological technology industries, information technology components, or national defense technologies. Further, the bill adds the Secretary of Agriculture and the Commissioner of Food and Drugs to CFIUS membership. As background, CFIUS is an interagency committee that oversees the national security risks of certain foreign direct investment in the U.S. economy, including by reviewing certain real estate transactions.
Further, the bill expands enforcement of the Agricultural Foreign Investment Disclosure Act (AFIDA). The Department of Agriculture (USDA) must appoint a Chief of Operations of Investigative Actions to (1) monitor AFIDA compliance, and (2) conduct investigations on efforts to steal agricultural knowledge and technology and to disrupt the U.S. agricultural base.
The bill prohibits foreign persons who own or operate land from participating in Farm Service Agency programs and establishes penalties for violators.
The bill also requires USDA and the Department of Homeland Security to jointly develop a database of agricultural land owned by foreign persons.
Includes amendment, cloture, and procedural votes. Each is labeled with its exact question; only a passage question is a vote to pass the bill.
No recorded roll calls on this bill in coverage.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Nutrition and Foreign Agriculture.
Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, and in addition to the Committees on Financial Services, Foreign Affairs, and Energy and Commerce, 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.
Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, and in addition to the Committees on Financial Services, Foreign Affairs, and Energy and Commerce, 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.
Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, and in addition to the Committees on Financial Services, Foreign Affairs, and Energy and Commerce, 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.
Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, and in addition to the Committees on Financial Services, Foreign Affairs, and Energy and Commerce, 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.
Introduced in House
Introduced in House
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AFIDA MODERNIZATION COMMITTEE (INFORMAL COALITION) · lobbying firm or registrant: KELLEY DRYE & WARREN LLP
2026 Q3 report (Jul 1, 2026 – Sep 30, 2026) · posted Oct 20, 2026 · issue area: Agriculture
$20,000
Paid to lobbying firm
S.886 / H.R.1920, FARMLAND Act, provisions relating to reporting requirements under the Agricultural Foreign Investment Disclosure Act of 1978 and electronic filing and public…
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number and the title cited with it match Congress.gov records, and the bill predates the report. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing
AFIDA MODERNIZATION COMMITTEE (INFORMAL COALITION) · lobbying firm or registrant: KELLEY DRYE & WARREN LLP
2026 Q2 report (Apr 1, 2026 – Jun 30, 2026) · posted Jul 20, 2026 · issue area: Agriculture
$20,000
Paid to lobbying firm
S.886 / H.R.1920, FARMLAND Act, provisions relating to reporting requirements under the Agricultural Foreign Investment Disclosure Act of 1978 and electronic filing and public…
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number and the title cited with it match Congress.gov records, and the bill predates the report. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing
PENNSYLVANIA FARM BUREAU · lobbying firm or registrant: PENNSYLVANIA FARM BUREAU
2026 Q1 report (Jan 1, 2026 – Mar 31, 2026) · amended · posted Apr 23, 2026 · issue area: Foreign Relations
$10,000
Spent on own lobbying
…cultural Risk Review Act, which would add the USDA Secretary as a permanent member on the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS). - S.886/H.R.1920, the FARMLAND Act, which would authorize the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS) to review all purchases or leases of American farmlan…
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number and the title cited with it match Congress.gov records, and the bill predates the report. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing
AFIDA MODERNIZATION COMMITTEE (INFORMAL COALITION) · lobbying firm or registrant: KELLEY DRYE & WARREN LLP
2026 Q1 report (Jan 1, 2026 – Mar 31, 2026) · posted Apr 20, 2026 · issue area: Agriculture
$20,000
Paid to lobbying firm
S.886 / H.R.1920, FARMLAND Act, provisions relating to reporting requirements under the Agricultural Foreign Investment Disclosure Act of 1978 and electronic filing and public…
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number and the title cited with it match Congress.gov records, and the bill predates the report. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing
PENNSYLVANIA FARM BUREAU · lobbying firm or registrant: PENNSYLVANIA FARM BUREAU
2025 Q4 report (Oct 1, 2025 – Dec 31, 2025) · posted Jan 20, 2026 · issue area: Foreign Relations
$10,000
Spent on own lobbying
…cultural Risk Review Act, which would add the USDA Secretary as a permanent member on the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS). - S.886/H.R.1920, the FARMLAND Act, which would authorize the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS) to review all purchases or leases of American farmlan…
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number and the title cited with it match Congress.gov records, and the bill predates the report. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing
AFIDA MODERNIZATION COMMITTEE (INFORMAL COALITION) · lobbying firm or registrant: KELLEY DRYE & WARREN LLP
2025 Q4 report (Oct 1, 2025 – Dec 31, 2025) · posted Jan 20, 2026 · issue area: Agriculture
$20,000
Paid to lobbying firm
S.886 / H.R.1920, FARMLAND Act, provisions relating to reporting requirements under the Agricultural Foreign Investment Disclosure Act of 1978 and electronic filing and public…
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number and the title cited with it match Congress.gov records, and the bill predates the report. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing
AFIDA MODERNIZATION COMMITTEE (INFORMAL COALITION) · lobbying firm or registrant: KELLEY DRYE & WARREN LLP
2025 Q3 report (Jul 1, 2025 – Sep 30, 2025) · posted Oct 20, 2025 · issue area: Agriculture
$20,000
Paid to lobbying firm
S.886 / H.R.1920, FARMLAND Act, provisions relating to reporting requirements under the Agricultural Foreign Investment Disclosure Act of 1978 and electronic filing and public…
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number and the title cited with it match Congress.gov records, and the bill predates the report. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing
PENNSYLVANIA FARM BUREAU · lobbying firm or registrant: PENNSYLVANIA FARM BUREAU
2025 Q3 report (Jul 1, 2025 – Sep 30, 2025) · posted Oct 20, 2025 · issue area: Foreign Relations
$20,000
Spent on own lobbying
…cultural Risk Review Act, which would add the USDA Secretary as a permanent member on the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS). - S.886/H.R.1920, the FARMLAND Act, which would authorize the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS) to review all purchases or leases of American farmlan…
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number and the title cited with it match Congress.gov records, and the bill predates the report. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing
FDD ACTION · lobbying firm or registrant: FDD ACTION
2025 Q3 report (Jul 1, 2025 – Sep 30, 2025) · posted Oct 20, 2025 · issue area: Banking
$170,000
Spent on own lobbying
H.R. 1316, Maintaining American Superiority by Improving Export Control Transparency Act, all provisions. H.R. 1920, FARMLAND Act of 2025, all provisions. H.R. 2548, Sanctioning Russia Act of 2025, all provisions. H.R. 3190, BRAVE Burma Act, all provisions. H.R. 4346, Preven…
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number and the title cited with it match Congress.gov records, and the bill predates the report. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing
PENNSYLVANIA FARM BUREAU · lobbying firm or registrant: PENNSYLVANIA FARM BUREAU
2025 Q2 report (Apr 1, 2025 – Jun 30, 2025) · posted Jul 21, 2025 · issue area: Foreign Relations
$20,000
Spent on own lobbying
…cultural Risk Review Act, which would add the USDA Secretary as a permanent member on the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS). - S.886/H.R.1920, the FARMLAND Act, which would authorize the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS) to review all purchases or leases of American farmlan…
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number and the title cited with it match Congress.gov records, and the bill predates the report. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing
AFIDA MODERNIZATION COMMITTEE (INFORMAL COALITION) · lobbying firm or registrant: KELLEY DRYE & WARREN LLP
2025 Q2 report (Apr 1, 2025 – Jun 30, 2025) · posted Jul 21, 2025 · issue area: Agriculture
$20,000
Paid to lobbying firm
S.886 / H.R.1920, FARMLAND Act, provisions relating to reporting requirements under the Agricultural Foreign Investment Disclosure Act of 1978 and electronic filing and public…
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number and the title cited with it match Congress.gov records, and the bill predates the report. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing
AFIDA MODERNIZATION COMMITTEE (INFORMAL COALITION) · lobbying firm or registrant: KELLEY DRYE & WARREN LLP
2025 Q1 report (Jan 1, 2025 – Mar 31, 2025) · posted Apr 21, 2025 · issue area: Agriculture
$20,000
Paid to lobbying firm
S.886 / H.R.1920, FARMLAND Act, provisions relating to reporting requirements under the Agricultural Foreign Investment Disclosure Act of 1978 and electronic filing and public…
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number and the title cited with it match Congress.gov records, and the bill predates the report. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing