# 114-hr-5346: Securing our Agriculture and Food Act

114-hr-5346, Securing our Agriculture and Food Act, is a 114th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Young, David [R-IA-3] (R-IA); status Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. (as of 2025-11-18).

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## Facts
- Bill: 114-hr-5346
- Congress: 114
- Title: Securing our Agriculture and Food Act
- Status: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
- Introduced: 2016-05-26
- Sponsor: Rep. Young, David [R-IA-3] (R-IA)
- Cosponsors: 1
- Policy area: Emergency Management
- Touches household money: no
- Last recorded action: 2025-11-18

## Summary

Securing our Agriculture and Food Act This bill amends the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to direct the Assistant Secretary for Health Affairs to carry out a program to coordinate Department of Homeland Security (DHS) efforts related to defending the food, agriculture, and veterinary systems against terrorism and other high-consequence events that pose a high risk to homeland security. Such program shall include: (1) providing oversight and integration of DHS activities related to veterinary public health, food defense, and agricultural security; and (2) leading DHS policy initiatives relating to food, animal, and agricultural incidents and to overall domestic preparedness for, and collective response to, agricultural terrorism.

## Cosponsors (1)

- Rep. Donovan, Daniel M., Jr. [R-NY-11] (R-NY), 2016-06-13T00:00:00.000Z

## Related bills

- 114-hr-6087: IDENT Fingerprint Digitization Completion Act of 2016
- 114-hr-5942: Dialysis PATIENTS Demonstration Act of 2016
- 114-hr-5931: Prohibiting Future Ransom Payments to Iran Act
- 114-hr-5292: Air Traffic Controller Hiring Improvement Act of 2016
- 114-hr-5166: WINGMAN Act
- 114-hr-4919: Kevin and Avonte's Law of 2016

## Sources
- [114-hr-5346 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/house-bill/5346)

## Related
- [114-hr-6087: IDENT Fingerprint Digitization Completion Act of 2016](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/114-hr-6087)
- [114-hr-5942: Dialysis PATIENTS Demonstration Act of 2016](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/114-hr-5942)
- [114-hr-5931: Prohibiting Future Ransom Payments to Iran Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/114-hr-5931)
- [114-hr-5292: Air Traffic Controller Hiring Improvement Act of 2016](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/114-hr-5292)
- [114-hr-5166: WINGMAN Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/114-hr-5166)
- [114-hr-4919: Kevin and Avonte's Law of 2016](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/114-hr-4919)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/114-hr-5346 (as of 2025-11-18).