U.S. Sen. James Lankford (R-Okla.) reintroduced bipartisan legislation to increase oversight and transparency of agricultural land purchases in the United States that threaten national security.
The bill, dubbed the Security and Oversight of International Landholdings (SOIL) Act, introduced on Wednesday, would close a “gap in federal law” on foreign entities’ ability to purchase agricultural land, Lankford told his colleagues in the Senate. (pdf)
