An amendment to a national defense bill to help safeguard U.S. agriculture from foreign entities passed in the Senate.
The Promoting Agriculture Safeguards and Security (PASS) Act, which received bipartisan support, prohibits foreign stakeholders from China, Russia, Iran and North Korea from purchasing U.S. farmland and agricultural companies.
In addition, the bill adds the secretary of agriculture as a member of the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States and requires the president to provide a report any time a waiver is granted to a prohibited country.