,,ii  #aaith ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #gcb  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of ,,the
 ,,united ,,states  ,february #be1      
#bjbe,mr4 ,marshall 7for himself1 ,ms4  
,baldwin1 ,mr4 ,barrasso1 and ,mr4      
,young7 introduced the following bill2  
which was read twice and referred to the
 ,committee on ,banking1 ,housing1 and  
,urban ,affairs  ,a ,,bill  ,to amend   
the ,defense ,production ,act of #aiej  
with respect to foreign investments in  
,united ,states agriculture1 and for    
other purposes4  #a4 ,short title ,this 
,act may be cited as the ,protecting    
,american ,agriculture from ,foreign    
,adversaries ,act of #bjbe4  #b4        
,inclusion of ,secretary of ,agriculture
 on ,committee on ,foreign ,investment  
in ,united ,states and consideration of 
certain agricultural land transactions  
7a7 ,inclusion on the committee ,section
 #gba7k7 of the ,defense ,production    
,act of #aiej 7#ej ,u4,s4,c4 #defe7k77  
is amended by adding at the end the     
following3  7#h7 ,inclusion of the      

,secretary of ,agriculture ,the         
,secretary of ,agriculture shall be a   
member of the ,committee with respect to
 a covered transaction that involves--  
7,a7 agricultural land2  7,b7           
agriculture biotechnology2 or  7,c7 the 
agriculture industry1 including         
agricultural-- 7i7 transportation2  7ii7
 storage2 and  7iii7 processing4  4  7b7
 ,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 ,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 ,sunset ,the         
requirements under this subparagraph    
shall terminate1 with respect to a      
foreign person of a covered country1 on 
the date on which that country is       
removed from the list of foreign        
adversaries set forth in section #gia4d 
of title #ae1 ,code of ,federal         
,regulations4  7iii7 ,definitions ,in   
this subparagraph3 7,i7 ,covered country
 ,the term covered country means the    
,people's ,republic of ,china1 the      
,democratic ,people's ,republic of      
,korea1 the ,russian ,federation1 or the
 ,islamic ,republic of ,iran4  7,,ii7   
,reportable agricultural land           
transaction ,the term reportable        
agricultural land transaction means a   
transaction-- 7aa7 that the ,secretary  
of ,agriculture has reason to believe is

 a covered transaction2  7bb7 that      
involves the acquisition of an interest 
in agricultural land by a foreign person
 of a covered country2 and  7cc7 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 #aigh 7#g ,u4,s4,c4 
#ceja7;a774  4