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119th Congress

H.R. 5760

PASS Act of 2025

  1. Introduced
  2. In committee
  3. Passed House
  4. Passed Senate
  5. To President
  6. Became law
Sponsor
Elise M. Stefanik(R-NY)
Introduced
Oct 14, 2025
Policy area
Agriculture and Food
Committees
House Committee on Energy and Commerce; House Committee on Financial Services; House Committee on Foreign Affairs
Official text
Introduced in House · Congress.gov page

Cosponsors (1)

Original cosponsors (1)

Summary

Summary by the Congressional Research Service· describes the “Introduced in House” version

Promoting Agriculture Safeguards and Security Act of 2025 or the PASS Act of 2025 This bill establishes requirements to address the national security risk to the agricultural sector of the United States. Specifically, the bill prohibits a foreign person (i.e., an individual or entity) who is a citizen of or acting on behalf of China, Russia, Iran, or North Korea from purchasing or investing in U.S. agricultural land and companies. The prohibition also applies to an entity that is registered or organized in, or has a principal place of business in, any of these countries. The President may waive this prohibition, on a case-by-case basis, if the President determines that the waiver is vital to U.S. national security interests. The bill also places the Secretary of Agriculture on the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS) and requires CFIUS to review certain transactions involving investments by foreign persons in the U.S. agricultural sector. Additionally, the Department of Agriculture must report on the risks that foreign purchases of U.S. businesses engaged in agriculture pose to the U.S. agricultural sector.

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No recorded votes on this bill.

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