Agriculture Foreign Investment Transparency Act

2022-12-08

Introduced in House

Agriculture Foreign Investment Transparency Act

This bill revises reporting requirements related to acquisitions or transfers of certain agricultural land interests by foreign persons.

Specifically, the bill (1) requires the Department of Agriculture to make all reports required under the Agricultural Foreign Investment Disclosure Act of 1978 (AFIDA) publicly available on its website, and (2) expands the material required to be reported under the AFIDA to include security interests and land leases of any period.

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