[Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 112 (Saturday, June 28, 2025)]
[Senate]
[Page S4004]
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  SA 2534. Mr. WELCH submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
him to the bill H.R. 1, to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title 
II of H. Con. Res. 14; which was ordered to lie on the table; as 
follows:

       At the appropriate place, insert the following:

     SEC. ____. SURVEYS AND REPORTS ON FARMLAND OWNERSHIP, TENURE, 
                   AND TRANSITION.

       (a) In General.--Not later than 1 year after the date of 
     enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Agriculture shall 
     develop surveys, collect information, and, not less 
     frequently than once every 3 years, report regionally 
     segmented statistical and economic analyses of data and 
     trends in farmland ownership, tenure, and transition.
       (b) Survey Requirements.--Surveys designed to carry out 
     this section shall, at a minimum, include questions 
     concerning--
       (1) owners of farmland that--
       (A) are not operators on the farm; and
       (B) lease land on the farm to operators on the farm;
       (2) owners of farmland that--
       (A) are operators on the farm; and
       (B) lease land on the farm to other operators on the farm;
       (3) all farmland leased by--
       (A) owners described in paragraph (1); and
       (B) owners described in paragraph (2);
       (4) all farmland, including land owned by operators on 
     farms that do not lease land on the farm;
       (5) primary motivations among owners of farmland that are 
     not operators on the farm for purchasing the farmland; and
       (6) the extent to which there are farms and ranches on 
     farmland and ranchland, respectively, with undivided 
     interests and no identified administrative authority.
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