Agricultural Security Risk Review Act

H.R. 3378, the Agricultural Security Risk Review Act, would add the Secretary of Agriculture as a permanent member of the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS) for all reviews involving the American food and agriculture industry. CFIUS is the federal interagency body responsible for reviewing foreign investments and real estate purchases to determine if they pose a threat to national security.

For citizens, this change is intended to ensure that agricultural expertise is directly involved in the federal oversight of foreign acquisitions of U.S. farmland, biotechnology, and food supply chains. By making the Secretary of Agriculture a voting member on these specific cases, the bill aims to provide more rigorous scrutiny of foreign influence over the nation's domestic food production and rural land resources.