Congress tightens foreign control of U.S. farmland and food infrastructure
S. 732 — Protecting American Agriculture from Foreign Adversaries Act of 2025 · Filed by Roger Marshall (R-KS) · 4 cosponsors · Introduced Feb 25, 2025 · Referred to committee
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What it does
This bill adds the Secretary of Agriculture to the Committee on Foreign Investment in the U.S. (CFIUS) when reviewing foreign acquisitions of American agricultural land, agricultural biotechnology, and related infrastructure (transportation, storage, processing) by entities from China, North Korea, Russia, or Iran. It requires the Secretary to notify CFIUS of reportable agricultural land transactions and gives the committee authority to review or block such deals, with the requirement ending if a country is removed from the foreign adversaries list.
Why we flagged it
The bill's core function is to expand CFIUS authority to include agricultural assets and add the Secretary of Agriculture as a reviewing member for transactions involving foreign adversaries. This is a straightforward national-security-focused regulatory expansion, not a subsidy, tax provision, or commemorative measure.
What the text implies
- May slow or block legitimate foreign investment in U.S. agricultural technology and infrastructure, potentially reducing capital availability for agricultural modernization.
- Expands executive-branch discretion over agricultural transactions without explicit statutory standards for what constitutes a national security threat, creating potential for inconsistent or politically motivated enforcement.
- Could incentivize retaliatory restrictions on U.S. agricultural exports or foreign investment by targeted countries, affecting farm income and rural economies.
- Relies on existing AFIDA reporting framework, which may have gaps in coverage for certain transaction types or shell-company structures, limiting effectiveness.
Who it affects
Ordinary citizens benefit from stronger oversight of foreign acquisition of critical agricultural assets and food-system infrastructure, reducing potential national security vulnerabilities and foreign control of domestic food supply. The mechanism is transparent and targets a legitimate public concern without imposing costs on domestic citizens or farmers.
Named in the bill
Committee on Foreign Investment in the U.S. (CFIUS), Secretary of Agriculture, Defense Production Act of 1950, Agricultural Foreign Investment Disclosure Act of 1978, People's Republic of China, Russian Federation, Democratic People's Republic of Korea, Islamic Republic of Iran
Where it stands
4 cosponsors: 3 Republicans, 1 Democrats.
- Feb 25, 2025 — Introduced · Congress.gov: “Introduced in Senate”
- Feb 25, 2025 — Referred to Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs · Congress.gov: “Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs”
Dates and quoted wording are Congress.gov's action record; the timeline shows status changes, not every procedural step.
Money around this bill
1 lobbying clients named this bill on 1 disclosure filings across 1 quarter, Jun 2026 to Jun 2026. Those filings disclosed $75,000 in lobbying spend. A filing names 57 bills on average, so that figure is what each filing reported, not a share belonging to this bill.
More lobbying clients named this bill than 0% of bills with at least one filing.
Roger Marshall, the sponsor, reported $1,777,391 in PAC receipts in the 2026 cycle.
- National Women's Law Center Action Fund — $75,000 on 1 filing
Lobbying Disclosure Act filings through Jul 20, 2026. A filing shows who paid to lobby on a bill it names, not what changed.
How this was measured
Analysis — Quorum's AI read the full bill text on Jun 8, 2026; transparency and hidden-provision scores are compared against the median of 16,222 analysed bills.
Status and sponsors — Congress.gov's bill record — actions, committee referrals and cosponsors — loaded nightly. The timeline shows status changes, not every procedural action.
Money — Senate Lobbying Disclosure Act filings whose specific-issue field names this bill for quarters ending Jun 2026 to Jun 2026. A filing's amount is reported whole beside the median number of bills a filing names; it is never divided across them. PAC receipts are FEC-reported contributions to the sponsor's candidate committee in the 2026 cycle.
As of — lobbying records through Jul 20, 2026 · page rendered 2026-10-20.
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