PASS Act of 2023

1/30/2024, 8:15 AM

Promoting Agriculture Safeguards and Security Act of 2023 or the PASS Act of 2023

This bill establishes requirements to address the national security risk to the agricultural sector of the United States.

Specifically, the bill prohibits persons who are acting on behalf of China, Russia, Iran, or North Korea from purchasing or investing in U.S. agricultural land and companies. The President may waive this prohibition, on a case-by-case basis, if the President determines that the waiver is vital to U.S. national security interests.

The bill also places the Secretary of Agriculture on the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS) and requires CFIUS to review certain transactions involving investments by foreign persons in the U.S. agricultural sector.

Additionally, the Department of Agriculture must report on the risks that foreign purchases of U.S. businesses engaged in agriculture pose to the agricultural sector of the United States.

Congress
118

Number
HR - 683

Introduced on
2023-01-31

# Amendments
0

Sponsors
+5

Cosponsors
+5

Variations and Revisions

1/31/2023

Status of Legislation

Bill Introduced
Introduced to House
House to Vote
Introduced to Senate
Senate to Vote

Purpose and Summary

Promoting Agriculture Safeguards and Security Act of 2023 or the PASS Act of 2023

This bill establishes requirements to address the national security risk to the agricultural sector of the United States.

Specifically, the bill prohibits persons who are acting on behalf of China, Russia, Iran, or North Korea from purchasing or investing in U.S. agricultural land and companies. The President may waive this prohibition, on a case-by-case basis, if the President determines that the waiver is vital to U.S. national security interests.

The bill also places the Secretary of Agriculture on the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS) and requires CFIUS to review certain transactions involving investments by foreign persons in the U.S. agricultural sector.

Additionally, the Department of Agriculture must report on the risks that foreign purchases of U.S. businesses engaged in agriculture pose to the agricultural sector of the United States.

Alternative Names
Official Title as IntroducedTo amend the Defense Production Act of 1950 to include the Secretary of Agriculture on the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States and require review of certain agricultural transactions, and for other purposes.

Policy Areas
Agriculture and Food

Potential Impact
Agricultural trade
Asia
China
Congressional oversight
Europe
Federal officials
Foreign and international corporations
Iran
Middle East
North Korea
Russia
U.S. and foreign investments

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Recent Activity

Latest Summary6/22/2023

Promoting Agriculture Safeguards and Security Act of 2023 or the PASS Act of 2023

This bill establishes requirements to address the national security risk to the agricultural sector of the United States.

Specifically, ...


Latest Action1/31/2023
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 withi...