House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
Protecting America’s Agricultural Land from Foreign Harm Act of 2025
Official title: To prohibit the purchase or lease of agricultural land in the United States by persons associated with certain foreign governments, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep. Dale Strong R-ALWhere it went
- IntroducedFeb 18, 2025
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Feb 18, 2025 — Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, and in addition to the Committees on Foreign Affairs, and Intelligence (Permanent Select), for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1438.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. STRONG, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 32, February 18, 2025, Page H724):Article 1, Section 8, Clause 3 of the United States ConstitutionSource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record February 18, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 64 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1438, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/1438
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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PORKER shows the statement exactly as printed, with the page markup removed. It is the sponsor’s claim; it is not a legal finding.
Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a CBO cost estimate or a committee report (as of December 5, 2025). Not every bill gets one.
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Vote results
No recorded roll-call votes on this bill in PORKER’s records (voice votes and unanimous consent are not roll calls; roll-call records start in 2011).
Cosponsors
17 cosponsors — 14 Republicans, 3 Democrats
3 of 17 cosponsors (18%) are from the other party.
Robert Aderholt (R-AL), Jodey Arrington (R-TX), Byron Donalds (R-FL), Scott Franklin (R-FL), Maggie Goodlander (D-NH), Diana Harshbarger (R-TN), Clay Higgins (R-LA), Thomas Kean (R-NJ), Michael Lawler (R-NY), Anna Paulina Luna (R-FL), John McGuire (R-VA), John Moolenaar (R-MI), Barry Moore (R-AL), Zachary Nunn (R-IA), Mike Rogers (R-AL), Mike Thompson (D-CA), Eugene Vindman (D-VA).
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Dale Strong.
- H.R. 8770 (119th) SAFEGUARDS Act of 2026
- H.R. 9394 (119th) Civil Preparedness for Agroterrorism Exercise Act of 2026
- H.R. 708 (119th) SHIELD Against CCP Act
- H.R. 901 (119th) Research Security and Accountability in DHS Act
- H.R. 706 (119th) DHS Biodetection Improvement Act
- H.R. 3312 (119th) SERVICE Act of 2025
Related bills
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Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 13, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.