CONGRESS FOR VOTERS

Dan Newhouse (R-WA)

Protecting American Agriculture from Foreign Adversaries Act of 2025

H.R. 1576 · House bill Foreign Trade and International Finance

A Republican bill with 7 Democratic cosponsors · See all 60 cosponsors

Last activity — Referred to the Committee on Financial Services, and in addition to the Committees on 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.

In committee

Introduced and handed to a committee in the chamber it started in.

The committee holds it, and most bills are never heard from again. A hearing or a committee vote would be news; silence is the usual outcome, and it kills the bill without anyone voting against it.

Its path through Congress

  1. Introduced
  2. In Committee

What this bill would do

This bill, titled the "Protecting American Agriculture from Foreign Adversaries Act of 2025," seeks to amend the Defense Production Act of 1950. It proposes to add the Secretary of Agriculture as a member of the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States for specific agricultural matters. The bill expands the scope of oversight to include agricultural land, biotechnology, and the broader agriculture industry, including transportation, storage, and processing. Additionally, it establishes a process for the Committee to consider certain reportable agricultural land transactions. This includes acquisitions by foreign persons from specific countries such as China, North Korea, Russia, and Iran.

Yes· 3 of 11

  • Scored +3

    Would farmers be better off under this?

    The bill seeks to protect agricultural land and the broader agriculture industry from specific foreign adversarial interests.

  • Scored +3

    Does this give the federal government more power?

    The bill expands the authority of the Secretary of Agriculture within the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States.

  • Scored +2

    Would business owners be better off under this?

    The bill provides domestic agricultural business owners with increased protections against foreign adversary competition.

The opposite

No question was scored the opposite.