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On the recordSeptember 27, 2023
Senator Tester and I introduced the Promoting Agriculture Safeguards and Security, or PASS Act, to ban China, Russia, North Korea, and Iran from purchasing American farmland or ag businesses.
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Mike Rounds
Republican · South Dakota
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Introducing legislation to restrict foreign purchases of U.S. farmland.

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