Several U.S. lawmakers are taking action to prevent foreign entities, particularly China, from acquiring American farmland. Reps. Green, Feenstra, Stefanik, Bacon, and Edwards have introduced legislation or advocated for measures to safeguard U.S. land from foreign ownership. The bipartisan spending deal includes provisions such as @RepFrankLucas’ Agricultural Security Risk Review Act and @RepBlaine’s Safeguarding American Farms from Foreign Influence Act to address concerns over foreign purchases of U.S. farmland.
The bipartisan spending deal includes key provisions to ensure foreign purchases of U.S. farmland are appropriately scrutinized, including: ✅ @RepFrankLucas’ Agricultural Security Risk Review Act ✅ @RepBlaine’s Safeguarding American Farms from Foreign Influence Act
On my #36CountyTour, Iowans repeatedly tell me that they’re worried that China is buying our farmland. So am I. That’s why I introduced legislation — which passed the U.S. House of Representatives by a vote of 407 to 26 — to BAN China from buying American farmland. #IA04
Congressional Spending Bill Cracks Down On Foreign Buy-Up Of US Land After Chinese Deals Raise Alarm https://t.co/LjvjXkzLJO
Allowing natural asset companies on the New York Stock Exchange would open the door for foreign and radical ESG capital takeovers of American land. I’m co-sponsoring @RepMarkGreen's Protect America’s Lands Act to make sure that woke corporations and foreign companies that could… https://t.co/eNqL09oqoE
Congressional Spending Bill Cracks Down On Foreign Buy-Up Of US Land https://t.co/LjvjXkzLJO
New Cosponsor Alert: @RepRutherfordFL has joined Congressman Bacon in working to keep American farmland out of the hands of China. https://t.co/zGiZA7sl69
The U.S. is projected to register a $30-billion agricultural trade deficit this fiscal year. It's unacceptable. That’s why I led a letter urging the Biden administration to negotiate new trade agreements and open new export markets for #IA04 farmers. https://t.co/LZ8MCnvnWs
🚨 Following my advocacy, @USDA is recommending that the Secretary of Agriculture serve as a permanent member of the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS). It will help ensure USDA is fully involved in reviewing our foreign adversaries’ purchase of American…
Since public companies are open to foreign investments, anti-American interests can buy stock in an NAC, giving them ownership of our most valuable resource—land. That’s why I introduced the Protect America’s Lands Act.