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Food Security is National Security Act of 2017
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Committee
Latest Action · March 14, 2017
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
Congress
115th (2017–2019)
Introduced
March 14, 2017
Cosponsors (3)
2D 1R
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Food Security is National Security Act of 2017 This bill amends the Defense Production Act of 1950 to: (1) require the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States to consider the potential effects of a proposed or pending transaction on the security of the U.S. food and agriculture systems, including any effects on the availability of, access to, or safety and quality of food; and (2) include the Secretary of Agriculture and the Secretary of Health and Human Services as members of the committee.

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