H.R. 620 explained · 119th Congress · Pending in Congress
FARM Act
Cosponsors: 29 (6 D, 23 R) · per Congress.gov, 2026-10-12
Introduced: 2025-01-22
Latest action (2025-02-28): Referred to the Subcommittee on Nutrition and Foreign Agriculture.
What H.R. 620 does, in plain terms
Foreign Adversary Risk Management Act or the FARM Act This bill places the Secretary of Agriculture on the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS). It also requires CFIUS to review any investment that could result in foreign control of any U.S. agricultural business. Further, the bill includes agricultural systems and supply chains in the definitions of critical infrastructure and critical technologies for the purposes of reviewing such investments. The Department of Agriculture and the Government Accountability Office must each annually analyze and report on foreign influence in the U.S. agricultural industry.
Official summary by the Congressional Research Service, via Congress.gov.
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