,i  #aahth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #edji  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,september #ab1      
#bjbc,mr4 ,luetkemeyer introduced the   
following bill2 which was referred to   
the ,committee on ,financial ,services1 
and in addition to the ,committees on   
,foreign ,affairs1 and ,energy and      
,commerce1 for a period to be           
subsequently determined by the ,speaker1
 in each case for consideration of such 
provisions as fall within the           
jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
,a ,,bill  ,to amend the ,defense       
,production ,act of #aiej to require the
 ,committee on ,foreign ,investment in  
the ,united ,states to determine whether
 a national security review is needed   
for reportable agricultural land        
transactions referred by the ,secretary 
of ,agriculture1 and for other purposes4
  #a4 ,short title ,this ,act may be    
cited as the ,safeguarding ,american    
,farms from ,foreign ,influence ,act4   
#b4 ,consideration of certain           

agricultural land transactions ,section 
#gba7;b77#a7 of the ,defense ,production
 ,act of #aiej 7#ej ,u4,s4,c4           
#defe7;b77#a77 is amended by adding at  
the end the following3  7,i7            
,consideration of certain agricultural  
land transactions  7i7 ,in general ,not 
later than #cj days after receiving     
notification from the ,secretary of     
,agriculture of a reportable            
agricultural land transaction1 the      
,committee shall determine-- 7,i7       
whether the transaction is a covered    
transaction2 and  7,,ii7 if the         
,committee determines that the          
transaction is a covered transaction1   
whether the ,committee should initiate a
 review pursuant to subparagraph 7,d71  
or take another action authorized under 
this section1 with respect to the       
reportable agricultural land            
transaction4  7ii7 ,reportable          
agricultural land transaction ,in this  
subparagraph1 the term reportable       
agricultural land transaction means a   

transaction--  7,i7 that the ,secretary 
of ,agriculture has reason to believe is
 a covered transaction2  7,,ii7 that    
involves the acquisition of an interest 
in agricultural land by a foreign       
person1 other than by a foreign person  
of an excepted foreign state or an      
excepted real estate foreign state1 as  
such terms are defined in regulations   
prescribed by the ,committee2 and       
7,,iii7 with respect to which a person  
is required to submit a report to the   
,secretary of ,agriculture under section
 #b7;a7 of the ,agricultural ,foreign   
,investment ,disclosure ,act of #aigh4  
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