H.R.8700

Protecting U.S. Farmland and Sensitive Sites From Foreign Adversaries Act

Introduced·5/7/26

Protecting U.S. Farmland and Sensitive Sites From Foreign Adversaries Act aims to safeguard U.S.

The Protecting U.S. Farmland and Sensitive Sites From Foreign Adversaries Act seeks to protect U.S. food security by expanding the jurisdiction of the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States over land purchases. It imposes special guards against foreign adversary purchases of land near sensitive sites and expands the definition of sensitive sites. The act also mandates that the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States issue rules within 120 days of enactment to implement these changes.

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Financial Services Committee
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Sponsors

Democratic CaucusRepublican Caucus

History

May 7

House

Introduced in House

May 7

House

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.