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119THCONGRESS
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STSESSION S. 912
To direct the Secretary of Agriculture to publish, on an annual basis, an
assessment of United States dependency on critical agricultural products
or inputs from the People’s Republic of China, and for other purposes.
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
MARCH10, 2025
Mr. R
ICKETTS(for himself, Mr. RISCH, Mrs. CAPITO, Mr. SCHMITT, Mr.
C
RAPO, Ms. LUMMIS, Mrs. FISCHER, Mr. BARRASSO, Mr. SCOTTof Flor-
ida, and Ms. S
LOTKIN) introduced the following bill; which was read twice
and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry
A BILL
To direct the Secretary of Agriculture to publish, on an
annual basis, an assessment of United States dependency
on critical agricultural products or inputs from the Peo-
ple’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
ASSESSMENT. 2
(a) I
NGENERAL.—On an annual basis, the Secretary 3
of Agriculture (referred to in this section as the ‘‘Sec-4
retary’’) shall submit to the Committee on Agriculture, 5
Nutrition, and Forestry of the Senate and the Committee 6
on Agriculture of the House of Representatives 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 dependency. 11
(b) C
ONTENTS.—Each report under subsection (a) 12
shall— 13
(1) address, with respect to the critical inputs 14
described in subsection (c)— 15
(A) the current domestic production capac-16
ity of each critical input; and 17
(B) the current and potential bottlenecks 18
in the supply chain for each critical input that 19
could be exploited by the People’s Republic of 20
China; and 21
(2) contain recommendations of the Secretary, 22
in consultation with the United States Trade Rep-23
resentative, the Secretary of Commerce, and the 24
Commissioner of Food and Drugs, to reduce the de-25
pendency of the United States on the People’s Re-26
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public of China to supply critical agricultural prod-1
ucts or inputs, including recommendations— 2
(A) to mitigate potential threats posed by 3
the People’s Republic of China to the supply 4
chains of each critical input described in sub-5
section (c); and 6
(B) for legislative and regulatory actions to 7
reduce barriers to onshore or nearshore produc-8
tion of each such critical input. 9
(c) D
ESCRIPTION OFCRITICALINPUTS.—The critical 10
inputs referred to in subsection (b) include all farm man-11
agement, agronomic, and field-applied production inputs, 12
including each of the following: 13
(1) Agricultural equipment, machinery, and 14
technology. 15
(2) Fuel. 16
(3) Fertilizers. 17
(4) Feed, including its components, such as vi-18
tamins, amino acids, and minerals. 19
(5) Veterinary drugs and vaccines. 20
(6) Crop protection chemicals. 21
(7) Seed. 22
(8) Any other critical agricultural inputs, as de-23
termined by the Secretary. 24
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(d) COLLECTION, DISTRIBUTION, ANDPROTECTION 1
OFINFORMATION.— 2
(1) V
OLUNTARY BASIS.—In conducting an as-3
sessment under subsection (a), the Secretary shall 4
not require any private entity to provide information 5
to the Secretary. 6
(2) A
GGREGATE DATA.—In the case of informa-7
tion provided to the Secretary to conduct an assess-8
ment under subsection (a), the Secretary, any other 9
officer or employee of the Department of Agriculture 10
or agency thereof, or any other person shall not— 11
(A) use that information for a purpose 12
other than the development or reporting of ag-13
gregate data in a manner such that the identity 14
of the person that supplied the information is 15
not— 16
(i) discernible; or 17
(ii) material to the intended uses of 18
the information; or 19
(B) disclose that information to the public, 20
unless the information has been transformed 21
into a statistical or aggregate form that does 22
not allow the identification of the person that 23
supplied particular information. 24
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(3) CONFIDENTIALITY.—The Secretary shall 1
ensure that the assessments under subsection (a) do 2
not include any information that is a trade secret or 3
confidential information subject to— 4
(A) section 552(b)(4) of title 5, United 5
States Code; or 6
(B) section 1905 of title 18, United States 7
Code. 8
(4) I
MMUNITY FROM DISCLOSURE .—Informa-9
tion provided to the Secretary as part of an assess-10
ment conducted under subsection (a) shall not be 11
used by the Secretary for any purpose other than to 12
carry out that subsection. 13
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