U.S. House passes amendment banning adversaries from buying farmland

On 2026-05-05, the U.S. House of Representatives passed an amendment, offered by Rep. Greg Steube, that would ban entities linked to foreign adversaries and state sponsors of terrorism from buying American farmland. The amendment was approved by voice vote as part of the House-passed Farm Bill. The measure was framed as a national security restriction on foreign ownership of agricultural land.