,,ii  #aaith ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #iab  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of ,,the
 ,,united ,,states  ,march #aj1         
#bjbe,mr4 ,ricketts 7for himself1 ,mr4  
,risch1 ,mrs4 ,capito1 ,mr4 ,schmitt1   
,mr4 ,crapo1 ,ms4 ,lummis1 ,mrs4        
,fischer1 ,mr4 ,barrasso1 ,mr4 ,scott of
 ,florida1 and ,ms4 ,slotkin7 introduced
 the following bill2 which was read     
twice and referred to the ,committee on 
,agriculture1 ,nutrition1 and ,forestry 
,a ,,bill  ,to direct the ,secretary of 
,agriculture to publish1 on an annual   
basis1 an assessment of ,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         
assessment  7a7 ,in general ,on an      
annual basis1 the ,secretary of         
,agriculture 7referred to in this       
section as the ,secretary7 shall submit 

to the ,committee on ,agriculture1      
,nutrition1 and ,forestry of the ,senate
 and the ,committee on ,agriculture of  
the ,house of ,representatives 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 
dependency4  7b7 ,contents ,each report 
under subsection 7a7 shall-- 7#a7       
address1 with respect to the critical   
inputs described in subsection 7c7--    
7,a7 the current domestic production    
capacity of each critical input2 and    
7,b7 the current and potential          
bottlenecks in the supply chain for each
 critical input that could be exploited 
by the ,people's ,republic of ,china2   
and  7#b7 contain recommendations of the
 ,secretary1 in consultation with the   
,united ,states ,trade ,representative1 
the ,secretary of ,commerce1 and the    
,commissioner of ,food and ,drugs1 to   
reduce the dependency of the ,united    

,states on the ,people's ,republic of   
,china to supply critical agricultural  
products or inputs1 including           
recommendations-- 7,a7 to mitigate      
potential threats posed by the ,people's
 ,republic of ,china to the supply      
chains of each critical input described 
in subsection 7c72 and  7,b7 for        
legislative and regulatory actions to   
reduce barriers to onshore or nearshore 
production of each such critical input4 
7c7 ,description of critical inputs ,the
 critical inputs referred to in         
subsection 7b7 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 shall 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 the ,secretary1 any     
other officer or employee of the        
,department of ,agriculture or agency   
thereof1 or any other person shall not--
 7,a7 use that information for a purpose
 other than the development or reporting
 of aggregate data in a manner such that
 the identity of the person that        
supplied the information is not-- 7i7   
discernible2 or  7ii7 material to the   
intended uses of the information2 or    
7,b7 disclose that information to the   
public1 unless the information has been 
transformed into a statistical or       
aggregate form that does not allow the  

identification of the person that       
supplied particular information4  7#c7  
,confidentiality ,the ,secretary shall  
ensure that the assessments under       
subsection 7a7 do not include any       
information that is a trade secret or   
confidential information subject to--   
7,a7 section #eeb7;b77#d7 of title #e1  
,united ,states ,code2 or  7,b7 section 
#aije of title #ah1 ,united ,states     
,code4  7#d7 ,immunity from disclosure  
,information provided to the ,secretary 
as part of an assessment conducted under
 subsection 7a7 shall not be used by the
 ,secretary for any purpose other than  
to carry out that subsection4