October 19, 2025
By Staff Writer
Congresswoman Elise Stefanik, R-NY and Intelligence Committee Chairman Rick Crawford, R-AR reintroduced the Promoting Agriculture Safeguards and Security Act that they believe will protect our national security by prohibiting foreign adversaries from purchasing or controlling U.S. agricultural land and businesses.
Stefanik said foreign adversaries like Communist China are purchasing U.S. agricultural land to undermine our food security and gain access to our sensitive military installations.
“Food security is national security, and I am proud to reintroduce this legislation that will stand up against our foreign adversaries as they attempt to assert control over our agriculture industry,” she said in a news release.
Stefanik believes the PASS Act will ensure that the United States Department of Agriculture is involved in reviewing foreign acquisition of American agricultural land and businesses and blacklists our foreign adversaries from controlling U.S. agricultural land.
“The United States cannot allow malign ownership bids of American assets by Communist China, Russia, Iran, and North Korea to undermine the efforts of our farmers, whose hard work feeds and fuels our communities,” she said. “We cannot allow our adversaries to control land near our military installations and we cannot cede any ownership of our food supply to those who are actively working against our security interests.”
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