Search Results: keywords:"u.s. agricultural land"

  • S. 3666 — To amend the Agricultural Foreign Investment Disclosure Act of 1978 to establish an additional reporting requirement, and for other purposes.
    Status:Introduced in Senate
    Words:1,100

    S. 3666 aims to amend the Agricultural Foreign Investment Disclosure Act of 1978 by adding a new reporting requirement for foreign ownership of U.S. agricultural land, mandating that any foreign person with at least a 1% interest in such land must report it. The bill also...

    Simple Explanation

    S. 3666 is a plan to make sure anyone from another country who owns even a small piece of farmland in the U.S. has to tell the government about it, and it also plans to share this information with another group to help keep things safe.

  • H. R. 7131 — To amend the Agricultural Foreign Investment Disclosure Act of 1978 to establish an additional reporting requirement, and for other purposes.
    Status:Introduced in House
    Words:1,075

    H. R. 7131, titled the "AFIDA Improvements Act of 2024," aims to amend the Agricultural Foreign Investment Disclosure Act of 1978 by introducing an additional reporting requirement for foreign investors holding at least a 1% interest in U.S. agricultural land. The bill mandates collaboration...

    Simple Explanation

    The government wants to know more about when people from other countries own land in the U.S. for farming. A new rule says they need to tell the government if they own at least 1% of this land and work with other officials to make this information easy to share and update.