[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 153 (Thursday, September 21, 2023)]
[Senate]
[Pages S4662-S4663]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 1279. Mr. LANKFORD submitted an amendment intended to be proposed 
to amendment SA 1092 proposed by Mrs. Murray (for herself and Ms. 
Collins) to the bill H.R. 4366, making appropriations for military 
construction, the Department of Veterans Affairs, and related agencies 
for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2024, and for other purposes; 
which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

        At the appropriate place in division B, insert the 
     following:

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     SEC. __. REPORTS ON AGRICULTURAL FOREIGN INVESTMENT.

       Section 6 of the Agricultural Foreign Investment Disclosure 
     Act of 1978 ( 7 U.S.C. 3505) is amended--
       (1) by striking the section designation and heading and all 
     that follows through ``Not later than'' and inserting the 
     following:

     ``SEC. 6. REPORTS.

       ``(a) Transmission of Reports to States.--Not later than''; 
     and
       (2) by adding at the end the following:
       ``(b) Annual Report.--
       ``(1) In general.--The Secretary shall prepare and make 
     publicly available an annual report that describes holdings 
     of agricultural land by foreign persons, as determined by 
     reports submitted under section 2, including--
       ``(A) an analysis of the countries with the most extensive 
     agricultural land holdings on a State-by-State and county-by-
     county basis;
       ``(B) data and an analysis of agricultural land holdings in 
     each county in the United States by a foreign person from--
       ``(i) the People's Republic of China;
       ``(ii) the Russian Federation; or
       ``(iii) any other country that the Secretary determines to 
     be appropriate; and
       ``(C) an analysis of the sectors and industries for which 
     the agricultural land holdings are used.
       ``(2) Transmission to states.--The Secretary shall transmit 
     the report prepared under paragraph (1) to each State 
     department of agriculture or appropriate State agency 
     described in subsection (a) in conjunction with the 
     applicable reports transmitted under that subsection.''.
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