# 119-hr-1629: Farmland Security Act of 2025

119-hr-1629, Farmland Security Act of 2025, is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Perez, Marie Gluesenkamp [D-WA-3] (D-WA); status introduced; PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-04-21).

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## Facts
- Bill: 119-hr-1629
- Congress: 119
- Title: Farmland Security Act of 2025
- Status: introduced
- Introduced: 2025-02-26
- Sponsor: Rep. Perez, Marie Gluesenkamp [D-WA-3] (D-WA)
- Cosponsors: 2
- Policy area: Agriculture and Food
- Touches household money: yes
- Last recorded action: 2026-04-21

## Summary

**Strengthens enforcement against foreign ownership of U.S. farmland** by expanding penalties, audits, training, reporting, and research to make foreign land purchases more transparent and easier to police. - Families and rural communities: Requires research on how foreign leasing and ownership affect family farms, rural communities, and the domestic food supply, with annual reports to Congress starting 180 days after enactment. - Foreign owners and shell corporations: Creates a new penalty for foreign-owned shell corporations equal to 100 percent of the land's fair market value on the assessment date, but lets entities avoid that penalty by fixing filing defects within 60 days of notice. - Federal and state officials: Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to audit at least 10 percent of annual reports, provide yearly training to State and county staff to detect unreported foreign-held land, and report findings to States and Congress. *Authorizes $2.0 million per year for fiscal years 2025 through 2030 to fund the audits, training, reporting, and research called for in the bill.*

## Cosponsors (2)

- Rep. Moolenaar, John R. [R-MI-2] (R-MI), 2025-02-26T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Fitzpatrick, Brian K. [R-PA-1] (R-PA), 2025-03-04T00:00:00.000Z

## Provisions PRIA read

- More audits and training on foreign land: benefit, low. The Agriculture Department would audit at least 10% of foreign-ownership farmland reports each year to check accuracy and completeness. The Secretary could work with other federal agencies during these audits. The Department would train State and county staff each year to spot unreported foreign-he…
- USDA funding to enforce farmland rules: benefit, low. The bill would authorize $2 million per year for fiscal years 2025 through 2030 to run the foreign farmland reporting and enforcement work. This money could support enforcement, audits, training, and research at USDA.
- Tough penalties for foreign shell farmland owners: benefit, low. If enacted, foreign-owned shell corporations that hold U.S. farmland would face a civil penalty equal to 100% of the land interest’s fair market value, set on the assessment date. A shell company means an entity with no or nominal operations. The penalty would not apply if the company fixes a missi…

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- 119-hr-3151: SHIPS for America Act of 2025
- 119-hr-9237: Take Care of America’s Veterans Act
- 119-hr-3654: TERRA Act
- 119-hr-6766: Essential Caregivers Act of 2025
- 119-hr-2548: Sanctioning Russia Act of 2025
- 119-hr-1262: Mikaela Naylon Give Kids a Chance Act

## Sources
- [119-hr-1629 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/1629)

## Related
- [119-hr-3151: SHIPS for America Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-3151)
- [119-hr-9237: Take Care of America’s Veterans Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-9237)
- [119-hr-3654: TERRA Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-3654)
- [119-hr-6766: Essential Caregivers Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-6766)
- [119-hr-2548: Sanctioning Russia Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-2548)
- [119-hr-1262: Mikaela Naylon Give Kids a Chance Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-1262)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-1629 (as of 2026-04-21).