Sec. 432. Study on threat posed by foreign investment in United States agricultural land
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In this section: The term appropriate committees of Congress means— the Select Committee on Intelligence, the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, the Committee on Foreign Relations, and the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs of the Senate; and the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, the Committee on Agriculture, the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and the Committee on Financial Services of the House of Representatives. The term Director means the Director of National Intelligence.
The term nonmarket economy country has the meaning given that term in section 771(18) of the Tariff Act of 1930 ( 19 U.S.C. 1677(18) ). Not later than 1 year after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Director, in coordination with the elements of the intelligence community the Director considers appropriate and with the Secretary of State, the Secretary of Agriculture, and the Secretary of the Treasury, shall— complete a study on the threat posed to the United States by foreign investment in agricultural land in the United States; and provide to the appropriate committees of Congress a briefing on the results of the study.
In conducting the study required by paragraph (1), the Director shall process and analyze relevant data collected by the Secretary of State, the Secretary of Agriculture, and the Secretary of the Treasury, including the information submitted to the Secretary of Agriculture under section 2 of the Agricultural Foreign Investment Disclosure Act of 1978 ( 7 U.S.C. 3501 ). The study required by paragraph
(1)shall include the following: Data and an analysis of agricultural land holdings, including current and previous uses of the land disaggregated by sector and industry, in each county in the United States held by a foreign person from— a country identified as a country that poses a risk to the national security of the United States in the most recent annual report on worldwide threats issued by the Director pursuant to section 108B of the National Security Act of 1947 ( 50 U.S.C. 3043b ) (commonly known as the Annual Threat Assessment ); a nonmarket economy country; or any other country that the Director determines to be appropriate. An analysis of the proximity of the agricultural land holdings to critical infrastructure and military installations. An assessment of the threats posed to the national security of the United States by malign actors that use foreign investment in agricultural land in the United States. An assessment of warning indicators and methods by which to detect potential threats from the use by foreign adversaries of agricultural products for nefarious ends. An assessment of additional resources or authorities necessary to counter threats identified during the study.
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