2024: Fitzpatrick Voted To Include The Agriculture Secretary In The
Committee On Foreign Investment In The US And To Require Review Of
Agricultural Transactions Covered Under The Defense Production Act And
Include The Acquisition Of Land By A Person From North Korea, China,
Iran, Or Russia. In September 2024, Fitzpatrick voted for , according
to Congressional Quarterly, "the bill that would include the Agriculture
secretary as a member of the Committee on Foreign Investment in the
United States for transactions that include agricultural land,
agriculture biotechnology or the agriculture industry. It also would
require CFIUS, upon notification of a reportable agricultural land
transaction, to review whether the transaction is covered under the
Defense Production Act and, if the committee determines it is a covered
transaction, to decide whether the committee should perform a review or
take other action. It would define 'reportable agricultural land
transaction' as a transaction the Agriculture secretary has reason to
believe is a transaction covered by the Defense Production Act; that
involves the acquisition of agricultural land by a foreign individual of
North Korea, China, Russia, or Iran; and with respect to which a report
to the secretary is required under the Agricultural Foreign Investment
Disclosure Act of 1978. It would sunset the bill's requirements for a
country if it were removed from the list of foreign adversaries." The
vote was on passage. The House passed the bill by a vote of 269 to 149.
[House Vote 415,
9/11/24; Congressional
Quarterly, 9/11/24;
Congressional Actions, H.R.
9456]