place of business of such holder.
References in Text
For the effective date of this section, referred to in subsecs. (span) to (d), see section 10(span) of Puspan. L. 95–460, set out as an Effective Date note below.
Effective Date
Puspan. L. 95–460, § 10, Oct. 14, 1978, 92 Stat. 1267, provided that:“(a) Except as provided in subsection (span) of this section, this Act [enacting this chapter] shall become effective on the date of the enactment of this Act [Oct. 14, 1978].
“(span) Section 2 [section 3501 of this title] shall become effective on the date on which regulations prescribed by the Secretary under section 8 [section 3507 of this title] become effective.”
Short Title
Puspan. L. 95–460, § 1, Oct. 14, 1978, 92 Stat. 1263, provided that: “This Act [enacting this chapter] may be cited as the ‘Agricultural Foreign Investment Disclosure Act of 1978’.”
Report to Congress on Foreign Investments in Agricultural Land in the United States
Puspan. L. 118–42, div. B, title VII, § 742, Mar. 9, 2024, 138 Stat. 111, provided that: “The Secretary, as part of the report on foreign landholding required under the Agricultural Foreign Investment Disclosure Act (Public Law 95–460), shall report to Congress on foreign investments in agricultural land in the United States, including the impact foreign ownership has on family farms, rural communities, and the domestic food supply: Provided, That within 2 years after the enactment of this Act [Mar. 9, 2024], the Secretary shall establish a streamlined process for electronic submission and retention of disclosures made under the Agricultural Foreign Investment Disclosure Act [of 1978, 7 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.], including an internet database that contains disaggregated data from each disclosure submitted: Provided further,That all prior year disclosures of foreign investments in agricultural land in the United States are published in the database: Provided further, That the plan includes a process to ensure the protection of personally identifiable information and that all disclosures of foreign investments in agricultural land on the USDA website be disaggregated by: (1) in any case in which such foreign person is an individual, the citizenship of such foreign person; and (2) in any case in which such foreign person is not an individual or a government, the nature of the legal entity holding the interest, the country in which such foreign person is created or organized, and the principal place of business of such foreign person.”
Similar provisions were contained in the following prior appropriation acts:
Puspan. L. 117–328, div. A, title VII, § 773, Dec. 29, 2022, 136 Stat. 4509.
