3.0.0 903 2026-02-19T20:32:08Z 2026-02-19T20:32:08Z Senate S S 2025-03-06 119 https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/senate-bill/903 ssbk00 Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee Senate Standing Referred To 2025-03-06T20:41:48Z 2025-03-06 ssbk00 Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. IntroReferral 2025-03-06 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress R000605 Sen. Rounds, Mike [R-SD] Mike Rounds R SD N C001113 Sen. Cortez Masto, Catherine [D-NV] Catherine Cortez Masto D NV 2025-03-06 True L000571 Sen. Lummis, Cynthia M. [R-WY] Cynthia Lummis R WY M. 2025-03-06 True T000250 Sen. Thune, John [R-SD] John Thune R SD 2025-03-06 True H001061 Sen. Hoeven, John [R-ND] John Hoeven R ND 2025-03-06 True C001096 Sen. Cramer, Kevin [R-ND] Kevin Cramer R ND 2025-03-14 False H001104 Sen. Husted, Jon [R-OH] Jon Husted R OH 2025-11-03 False Agriculture and Food Agriculture and Food 2025-05-14T12:49:38Z

00 2025-03-06 Introduced in Senate 2026-02-19T20:20:29Z <p><strong>Promoting Agriculture Safeguards and Security Act or the</strong> <strong>PASS Act</strong></p><p>This bill establishes requirements to address the national security risk to the U.S. agricultural sector.</p><p>Specifically, the bill prohibits foreign persons (i.e., individuals or entities)&nbsp;who are acting on behalf of China, Russia, Iran, or North Korea from engaging in certain transactions that would result in the person (1) purchasing or leasing&nbsp;U.S. agricultural land near a military installation or another facility or property that is sensitive for national security reasons, or (2) controlling a U.S. agricultural company.&nbsp;The prohibition does not apply if a party to the transaction voluntarily chooses to abandon the transaction. The President may waive this prohibition, on a case-by-case basis, if the waiver is in the national interest. </p><p>The bill also places the Secretary of Agriculture on the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS)&nbsp;with respect to transactions (1) related to the purchase of agricultural land or agricultural biotechnology, or (2) otherwise related to the U.S. agricultural industry. The bill also requires&nbsp;CFIUS to review certain transactions involving investments by foreign persons in U.S. agricultural land.</p><p>The&nbsp;President must direct the issuance of regulations to implement these changes. The regulations must take effect not later than one year after&nbsp;the bill's enactment.</p><p>Further,&nbsp;the prohibitions and requirements in&nbsp;this bill (1)&nbsp;take effect 30 days after the effective date of the regulations; and (2)&nbsp;apply to any covered transactions that are proposed, pending, or completed on or after the effective date.</p>

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