National Conference of State Legislatures

State budgets are near-uniformly in the black following a 2020-22 Congressional spending spree that added trillions to the nation’s debt and fostered sharp discord between the House and Senate that, ironically, will likely delay adoption of the federal budget, raising the specter of a government shutdown.

There are no federal laws addressing corporations or individuals from other countries buying agricultural land in the United States. That could change soon with adoption of the federal PASS Act, included as an amendment in the defense budget.