[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1789 Introduced in House (IH)]

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118th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1789

To amend the Agricultural Foreign Investment Disclosure Act of 1978 to 
 increase the minimum amount of a civil penalty imposed for violating 
                   such Act, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 24, 2023

   Mrs. Miller of Illinois introduced the following bill; which was 
                referred to the Committee on Agriculture

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend the Agricultural Foreign Investment Disclosure Act of 1978 to 
 increase the minimum amount of a civil penalty imposed for violating 
                   such Act, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. INCREASE IN MINIMUM AMOUNT OF CIVIL PENALTY IMPOSED FOR 
              VIOLATING AFIDA.

    Section 3(b) of the Agricultural Foreign Investment Disclosure Act 
of 1978 (7 U.S.C. 3502(b)) is amended by striking ``shall not exceed 25 
percent'' and inserting ``shall be at least 50 percent''.
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