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New CR Would Reduce BIS Oversight, Senator Says
March 11, 2025 by Marc Selinger|Congress

A House Republican proposal to pass a temporary government spending measure, or continuing resolution (CR), for the rest of FY 2025 would prevent Congress from weighing in on export control policy, such as by opposing the easing of restrictions on Russia, according to a memo released March 8 by Senate Appropriations Committee ranking member Patty Murray, D-Wash.

Lawmakers Reintroduce Bill to Scrutinize Foreign Purchases of US Farmland
March 10, 2025 |Congress

Sen. Joni Ernst, R-Iowa, and Rep. Randy Feenstra, R-Iowa, reintroduced a bill March 6 to authorize the Committee on Foreign Investment in the U.S. to review foreign purchases or leases of American farmland that exceed $5 million or 320 acres. The Foreign Agricultural Restrictions to Maintain Local Agriculture and National Defense (FARMLAND) Act was referred to the Senate Agriculture Committee and the House Agriculture, Financial Services, Foreign Affairs, and Energy and Commerce committees.

Senators Reintroduce Bill to Restrict China’s Purchases of US Farmland
March 10, 2025 |Congress

Sens. Mike Rounds, R-S.D., and Catherine Cortez Masto, D-Nev., reintroduced a bill March 6 that would bar individuals and entities controlled by China, Russia, Iran and North Korea from buying agricultural land and businesses near U.S. military bases or other sensitive sites. The Promoting Agriculture Safeguards and Security (PASS) Act would also add USDA to the Committee on Foreign Investment in the U.S. for agricultural transactions. The bill, whose co-sponsors include Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., was referred to the Senate Banking Committee.

Houthi Sanctions Bill Reintroduced
March 10, 2025 |Congress

Rep. Darrell Issa, R-Calif., reintroduced a bill March 5 that would authorize sanctions on the Yemen-based Houthis for human rights abuses, including unlawful killing, torture, prolonged and arbitrary detention, enforced disappearance, hostage-taking of U.S. nationals abroad, use of child soldiers and gender-based discrimination.