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119THCONGRESS
1
STSESSION H. R. 1995
To direct the Secretary of Agriculture to publish, on an annual basis, an
assessment on United States dependency on critical agricultural products
or inputs from the People’s Republic of China, and for other purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
MARCH10, 2025
Mrs. H
INSON(for herself, Mr. KRISHNAMOORTHI, Mr. MOOLENAAR, Ms.
T
OKUDA, Mr. SCOTTFRANKLINof Florida, Ms. DAVIDSof Kansas, Mr.
N
EWHOUSE, Mr. CARSON, Mr. ALFORD, Mr. CLINE, Mr. FINSTAD, Mrs.
M
ILLER-MEEKS, and Mr. MOOREof North Carolina) introduced the fol-
lowing bill; which was referred to the Committee on Agriculture
A BILL
To direct the Secretary of Agriculture to publish, on an
annual basis, an assessment on United States depend-
ency on critical agricultural products or inputs from the
People’s Republic of China, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Securing American Ag-4
riculture Act’’. 5
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SEC. 2. CRITICAL AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS OR INPUTS 1
STUDY. 2
(a) I
NGENERAL.—The Secretary of Agriculture (in 3
this section referred to as the ‘‘Secretary’’) shall, on an 4
annual basis, submit to the Committee on Agriculture of 5
the House of Representatives and the Committee on Agri-6
culture, Nutrition, and Forestry of the Senate, an assess-7
ment of the dependency of the United States on critical 8
agricultural products or inputs that could be exploited in 9
the event the People’s Republic of China weaponizes any 10
such critical dependency. 11
(b) C
ONTENTS.—The assessment under subsection 12
(a) shall— 13
(1) address, with respect to the critical inputs 14
specified in subsection (c), the following: 15
(A) the current domestic production capac-16
ity of each such critical input; and 17
(B) the current and potential bottlenecks 18
in the supply chain for each such critical input 19
that could be exploited by the People’s Republic 20
of China; and 21
(2) contain the Secretary’s recommendations to 22
reduce the dependency of the United States on the 23
People’s Republic of China to supply critical agricul-24
tural products or inputs, including— 25
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(A) recommendations to mitigate potential 1
threats posed by the People’s Republic of China 2
to the supply chains of each critical input speci-3
fied in subsection (c); and 4
(B) recommendations for legislative and 5
regulatory actions to reduce barriers to onshore 6
or nearshore the production of each such crit-7
ical input. 8
(c) C
RITICALINPUTS.—The critical inputs specified 9
in this subsection shall include all farm management, ag-10
ronomic, and field-applied production inputs, including 11
each of the following: 12
(1) Agricultural equipment, machinery, and 13
technology. 14
(2) Fuel. 15
(3) Fertilizers. 16
(4) Feed, including its components, such as vi-17
tamins, amino acids, and minerals. 18
(5) Veterinary drugs and vaccines. 19
(6) Crop protection chemicals. 20
(7) Seed. 21
(8) Any other critical agricultural inputs, as de-22
termined by the Secretary. 23
(d) C
OLLECTION, DISTRIBUTION, ANDPROTECTION 24
OFINFORMATION.— 25
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(1) VOLUNTARY BASIS.—In conducting an as-1
sessment under subsection (a), the Secretary may 2
not require any private entity to provide information 3
to the Secretary. 4
(2) A
GGREGATE DATA.—In the case of informa-5
tion provided to the Secretary to conduct an assess-6
ment under subsection (a), neither the Secretary, 7
any other officer or employee of the Department of 8
Agriculture or agency thereof, nor any other person 9
may— 10
(A) use such information for a purpose 11
other than the development or reporting of ag-12
gregate data in a manner such that the identity 13
of the person who supplied such information is 14
not discernible and is not material to the in-15
tended uses of such information; or 16
(B) disclose such information to the public, 17
unless such information has been transformed 18
into a statistical or aggregate form that does 19
not allow the identification of the person who 20
supplied particular information. 21
(3) C
ONFIDENTIALITY.—The Secretary shall 22
ensure that assessments submitted under subsection 23
(a) do not include any information that is a trade 24
secret or confidential information subject to section 25
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552(b)(4) of title 5, United States Code, or section 1
1905 of title 18, United States Code. 2
(4) I
MMUNITY FROM DISCLOSURE .—Any infor-3
mation provided to the Secretary as part of an as-4
sessment conducted under subsection (a) may not be 5
used by the Secretary for any purpose other than to 6
carry out such subsection. 7
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