# 119-hr-1920: FARMLAND Act of 2025

119-hr-1920, FARMLAND Act of 2025, is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Feenstra, Randy [R-IA-4] (R-IA); status in_committee; PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-08-01).

- Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-1920
- As of: 2026-08-01
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## Facts
- Bill: 119-hr-1920
- Congress: 119
- Title: FARMLAND Act of 2025
- Status: in_committee
- Introduced: 2025-03-06
- Sponsor: Rep. Feenstra, Randy [R-IA-4] (R-IA)
- Cosponsors: 19
- Policy area: Agriculture and Food
- Touches household money: yes
- Last recorded action: 2026-08-01

## Summary

**Tightens oversight of foreign ownership of U.S. farmland to protect national security and the food supply.** It expands reporting, creates a public land-ownership database, bars foreign persons from Farm Service Agency programs, and gives CFIUS new screening powers for large real-estate deals.

## Cosponsors (19)

- Rep. McDonald Rivet, Kristen [D-MI-8] (D-MI), 2025-03-06T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Taylor, David J. [R-OH-2] (R-OH), 2025-03-06T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Riley, Josh [D-NY-19] (D-NY), 2025-03-06T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Miller-Meeks, Mariannette [R-IA-1] (R-IA), 2025-03-06T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Sorensen, Eric [D-IL-17] (D-IL), 2025-03-06T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Vindman, Eugene Simon [D-VA-7] (D-VA), 2025-03-10T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Smith, Adrian [R-NE-3] (R-NE), 2025-03-11T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Bentz, Cliff [R-OR-2] (R-OR), 2025-04-07T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Bresnahan, Robert P. [R-PA-8] (R-PA), 2025-04-24T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Owens, Burgess [R-UT-4] (R-UT), 2025-07-10T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Lawler, Michael [R-NY-17] (R-NY), 2025-07-10T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Miller, Max L. [R-OH-7] (R-OH), 2025-07-14T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Harrigan, Pat [R-NC-10] (R-NC), 2025-07-14T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Onder, Robert F. [R-MO-3] (R-MO), 2025-07-21T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Schmidt, Derek [R-KS-2] (R-KS), 2025-07-29T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Baird, James R. [R-IN-4] (R-IN), 2025-08-08T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Goodlander, Maggie [D-NH-2] (D-NH), 2025-08-08T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Harris, Mark [R-NC-8] (R-NC), 2025-08-19T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Landsman, Greg [D-OH-1] (D-OH), 2025-12-17T00:00:00.000Z

## Provisions PRIA read

- Funding to build agriculture tracking systems: benefit, low. If enacted, the bill would provide $35,000,000 in 2026 to build secure workspaces and databases, available until spent. It would also provide $9,000,000 each year from 2026 through 2030 for other activities under the Act. The Department of Agriculture and its contractors would use the funds to impl…
- Foreign owners barred from farm programs: cost, high. If enacted, any farm owner or operator who is a "foreign person" would not be allowed to take part in Farm Service Agency programs. Applicants would have to certify that they are not foreign persons. A foreign person who gets benefits anyway, or lies, could owe a civil penalty up to 125% of the ben…
- Stronger penalties for foreign land disclosures: cost, medium. If enacted, people who must file foreign agricultural land reports would face civil penalties from 5% to 25% for not filing, or for false or misleading filings. USDA would publish the names of people who paid these penalties. Penalty money would fund enforcement. USDA would also run a nationwide ou…

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## Sources
- [119-hr-1920 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/1920)

## Related
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- [119-hr-1628: 761st Tank Battalion Congressional Gold Medal Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-1628)
- [119-hr-1262: Mikaela Naylon Give Kids a Chance Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-1262)
- [119-hr-909: Crime Victims Fund Stabilization Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-909)
- [119-hr-1502: North Platte Canteen Congressional Gold Medal Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-1502)
- [119-hr-1422: Enhanced Iran Sanctions Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-1422)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-1920 (as of 2026-08-01).