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119th Congress

H.R. 8700

Protecting U.S. Farmland and Sensitive Sites From Foreign Adversaries Act

  1. Introduced
  2. In committee
  3. Passed House
  4. Passed Senate
  5. To President
  6. Became law
Sponsor
John R. Moolenaar(R-MI)
Introduced
May 7, 2026
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 (19)

Original cosponsors (13)

Added later (6)

Summary

No Congressional Research Service summary yet. CRS usually publishes one a few weeks after a bill is introduced.

Official title: To protect U.S. food security, provide the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States greater jurisdiction over land purchases, impose special guards against foreign adversary purchases of land in the United States near sensitive sites, expand the definition of sensitive sites, and for other purposes.

Latest action(May 7, 2026): Referred to the Committee on Financial Services, and in addition to the Committees on Foreign Affairs, and Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

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Roll-call votes

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