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House Agriculture Committee Completes Markup of 2024 Farm Bill

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The U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Agriculture completed its markup of the Farm, Food and National Security Act of 2024 (Farm Bill) on May 24, 2024, and passed the proposed legislation 33-21, with four Democrats –...more

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Federal, State Governments Scrutinize Foreign Investment in U.S. Agricultural Land

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The U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) published a report on Jan. 18, 2024, evaluating foreign investment in U.S. agricultural land. The report found that foreign investment in U.S. agricultural land grew to over 40...more

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GAO Study Highlights Shortcomings in USDA Land Deal Information Sharing with CFIUS

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On January 18, 2024, the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) released a public report that found the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) does not share timely data on foreign investments in agricultural land with...more

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CFIUS, Congress and State Legislatures Respond to Foreign Investments in U.S. Real Estate

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Recent acquisitions of land by foreign buyers have sparked concern that the current jurisdiction of the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS) to review such transactions is not broad enough. CFIUS,...more

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Proposed Legislation Would Authorize CFIUS to Scrutinize Farmland Purchases by Foreign Buyers

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A bipartisan group of lawmakers in Congress is set to introduce a bill that if enacted would direct the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS) to consider the needs of the agriculture industry when...more

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AFIDA – The Basics of Disclosing Foreign Ownership of Agricultural Land

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The Agricultural Foreign Investment Disclosure Act of 1978 (AFIDA) requires that foreign investors who acquire, transfer, or hold an interest in U.S. agricultural land report such holdings and transactions to the Secretary of...more

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U.S. National Security Issues in Cross-Border Food, Beverage & Agribusiness Deals

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On October 28, 2021, a bipartisan group of U.S. Senators introduced the Food Security is National Security Act of 2021 (the “Act”). Among other things, the Act would require the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United...more

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The Next Big Things: Insights for 2020

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Autonomous cars, sports betting, and CBD products have burst onto the scene, setting the stage for major developments in how companies do business and how regulators monitor new innovations....more

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Acquisition and Dispositions of U.S. Agricultural Land by Foreign Investors: Federal and State Legislative Restrictions,...

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I. Introduction - Foreign integration into the United States agribusiness sector has been steadily increasing over the last few decades. Originally published in Drake Journal of Agricultural Law (23 Drake J. Agric. L. 5,...more

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A Sign of Things to Come? Trump’s Regulatory Freeze and Other Early Actions

Behind the pomp and circumstance of Friday’s inauguration, President Donald J. Trump and his administration set their sights on deploying a new guard of regulatory and economic policies focused on reducing burdensome...more

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Expect Focus – International, Summer 2015

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In This Issue: - TTIP’s Impact on U.S. and EU Trade Relations - Proposed Innovation Box Legislation - Justice Department Recovers Nearly $6 Billion From False Claims Act Cases in 2014 - Rules...more

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