,i  #aaith ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #aiie  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,march #aj1          
#bjbe,mrs4 ,hinson 7for herself1 ,mr4   
,krishnamoorthi1 ,mr4 ,moolenaar1 ,ms4  
,tokuda1 ,mr4 ,scott ,franklin of       
,florida1 ,ms4 ,davids of ,kansas1 ,mr4 
,newhouse1 ,mr4 ,carson1 ,mr4 ,alford1  
,mr4 ,cline1 ,mr4 ,finstad1 ,mrs4       
,miller-,meeks1 and ,mr4 ,moore of      
,north ,carolina7 introduced the        
following bill2 which was referred to   
the ,committee on ,agriculture  ,a      
,,bill  ,to direct the ,secretary of    
,agriculture to publish1 on an annual   
basis1 an assessment on ,united ,states 
dependency on critical agricultural     
products or inputs from the ,people's   
,republic of ,china1 and for other      
purposes4  #a4 ,short title ,this ,act  
may be cited as the ,securing ,american 
,agriculture ,act4  #b4 ,critical       
agricultural products or inputs study   
7a7 ,in general ,the ,secretary of      
,agriculture 7in this section referred  

to as the ,secretary7 shall1 on an      
annual basis1 submit to the ,committee  
on ,agriculture of the ,house of        
,representatives and the ,committee on  
,agriculture1 ,nutrition1 and ,forestry 
of the ,senate1 an assessment of the    
dependency of the ,united ,states on    
critical agricultural products or inputs
 that could be exploited in the event   
the ,people's ,republic of ,china       
weaponizes any such critical dependency4
  7b7 ,contents ,the assessment under   
subsection 7a7 shall-- 7#a7 address1    
with respect to the critical inputs     
specified in subsection 7c71 the        
following3 7,a7 the current domestic    
production capacity of each such        
critical input2 and  7,b7 the current   
and potential bottlenecks in the supply 
chain for each such critical input that 
could be exploited by the ,people's     
,republic of ,china2 and  7#b7 contain  
the ,secretary's recommendations to     
reduce the dependency of the ,united    
,states on the ,people's ,republic of   

,china to supply critical agricultural  
products or inputs1 including-- 7,a7    
recommendations to mitigate potential   
threats posed by the ,people's ,republic
 of ,china to the supply chains of each 
critical input specified in subsection  
7c72 and  7,b7 recommendations for      
legislative and regulatory actions to   
reduce barriers to onshore or nearshore 
the production of each such critical    
input4  7c7 ,critical inputs ,the       
critical inputs specified in this       
subsection shall include all farm       
management1 agronomic1 and field-applied
 production inputs1 including each of   
the following3 7#a7 ,agricultural       
equipment1 machinery1 and technology4   
7#b7 ,fuel4  7#c7 ,fertilizers4  7#d7   
,feed1 including its components1 such as
 vitamins1 amino acids1 and minerals4   
7#e7 ,veterinary drugs and vaccines4    
7#f7 ,crop protection chemicals4  7#g7  
,seed4  7#h7 ,any other critical        
agricultural inputs1 as determined by   
the ,secretary4  7d7 ,collection1       

distribution1 and protection of         
information  7#a7 ,voluntary basis ,in  
conducting an assessment under          
subsection 7a71 the ,secretary may not  
require any private entity to provide   
information to the ,secretary4  7#b7    
,aggregate data ,in the case of         
information provided to the ,secretary  
to conduct an assessment under          
subsection 7a71 neither the ,secretary1 
any other officer or employee of the    
,department of ,agriculture or agency   
thereof1 nor any other person may-- 7,a7
 use such information for a purpose     
other than the development or reporting 
of aggregate data in a manner such that 
the identity of the person who supplied 
such information is not discernible and 
is not material to the intended uses of 
such information2 or  7,b7 disclose such
 information to the public1 unless such 
information has been transformed into a 
statistical or aggregate form that does 
not allow the identification of the     
person who supplied particular          

information4  7#c7 ,confidentiality ,the
 ,secretary shall ensure that           
assessments submitted under subsection  
7a7 do not include any information that 
is a trade secret or confidential       
information subject to section          
#eeb7;b77#d7 of title #e1 ,united       
,states ,code1 or section #aije of title
 #ah1 ,united ,states ,code4  7#d7      
,immunity from disclosure ,any          
information provided to the ,secretary  
as part of an assessment conducted under
 subsection 7a7 may not be used by the  
,secretary for any purpose other than to
 carry out such subsection4