Bill · S. 179· Senate(119-S-179)
FARM Act
- Introduced
- 1/22/2025
- Last activity
- 1/22/2025 — Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
- Sponsored by
- Tommy Tuberville
- Cosponsors
- - 13 - 1
- Introduced
- In Committee
What this bill would do
The FARM Act aims to amend the Defense Production Act of 1950 to protect the United States agriculture industry from foreign influence and disruption. This bill expands the scope of the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States to include the Secretary of Agriculture. It also targets transactions that could lead to foreign control of businesses engaged in agriculture and the use of agricultural products. Additionally, it includes agricultural systems and supply chains under the definition of critical infrastructure and critical technologies. Finally, the bill requires reports on foreign influence and threats within the agricultural sector.
Yes· 3 of 7
Would farmers be better off under this?+5
The bill seeks to prevent foreign disruption and control of the domestic agricultural industry.
Would business owners be better off under this?+4
The bill provides protections against foreign control and espionage targeting agricultural businesses.
Does this make patent and copyright rules fairer?+4
The bill mandates reporting on espionage techniques used to target agricultural intellectual property and innovation.
The opposite
Does this make trade with other countries easier?-2
The bill increases oversight and potential restrictions on foreign investments in the agricultural sector.
Who it would affect, and how
Potential Positive Impacts for People
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Protection against foreign control of agriculture: By expanding the review of transactions, mergers, or acquisitions that could result in foreign control of businesses engaged in agriculture, the bill seeks to prevent harm to the industry (Section 2(b)).
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Strengthened infrastructure and technology security: The bill includes agricultural systems, supply chains, and products under the definitions of both critical infrastructure and critical technologies (Section 2(c) and Section 2(d)).
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Increased oversight and transparency: The bill mandates that the Secretary of Agriculture and the Comptroller General conduct an analysis and submit a report to Congress regarding foreign investments, threats to production, and espionage techniques (Section 3).
Potential Negative Impacts for People
- No specific negative impacts or burdens are explicitly stated in the provided text.
Groups and Interests Ranking
Every group the model scored this bill for, from -10 to +10. Hover a score for the reason it gave.
- Demographic And Interest Groups
- Good For Farmers+5Good For Business Owners+4
- Education And Technology
- Improves Intellectual Property Fairness+4
- Economy And Finance
- Improves Small Business Support+3
- Environment Energy And Infrastructure
- Improves Rural Development+3
- Governance And Ideology
- Improves Government Transparency+3
- National Security And Foreign Policy
- Improves Cybersecurity Defense+2Improves International Trade-2
- 7/20/2026
- 1 Cosponsor added.
- 1/23/2025
- 1 Cosponsor added.
- 1/22/2025
- Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
- 12 Cosponsors added.
- Introduced in Senate
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