Prevent China from buying Nebraska farmland.

Don Bacon · Nebraska · Republican

policy impact 3.00 specificity 4.00 extraction confidence 95%

Commitment kind: unknown. Promised action: not established. Promised outcome: not established. Deadline: unknown; not assumed expired.

Occurrences

prevent China from buying Nebraska farmland

Bacon says he is working to stop Chinese purchases of Nebraska farmland.

Bacon earns endorsement from Douglas County Republican Party – Don Bacon for Congress
campaign · press_release · model gpt-5.4-mini

strengthen oversight of foreign purchases of American farmland

Bacon said the farm bill includes his priority to increase oversight of foreign farmland purchases, including tracking foreign entities buying land in the U.S.

Bacon Secures Six Priorities Included in Farm Bill Advancing Out of Committee | U.S. Representative Don Bacon
primary · press_release · model gpt-5.4-mini

more effectively tracking foreign farmland purchases

He highlighted a farm bill provision to better track foreign farmland purchases as one of his priorities.

Bacon Secures Six Priorities Included in Farm Bill Advancing Out of Committee | U.S. Representative Don Bacon
primary · press_release · model gpt-5.4-mini

enhancing the security of our agricultural supply chains

Bacon described a priority in the bill aimed at strengthening agricultural security and supply-chain oversight.

Bacon Secures Six Priorities Included in Farm Bill Advancing Out of Committee | U.S. Representative Don Bacon
primary · press_release · model gpt-5.4-mini

Bacon and Colleagues Introduce Bipartisan Legislation to Protect U.S. Farmland from Foreign Ownership

Press release announcing bipartisan legislation aimed at restricting foreign ownership of U.S. farmland.

Agriculture | U.S. Representative Don Bacon
primary · other · model gpt-5.4-mini

Evidence

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GovInfo shows H.R. 7567 was reported in the House on April 21, 2026, not enacted. The reported bill includes the Agriculture Foreign Investment Disclosure Improvements provisions that would tighten AFIDA reporting, penalties, outreach, and data sharing on foreign agricultural land ownership.

Unverified model/legacy excerpt; not proof. AI summary (separate from source): This is concrete legislative progress toward restricting foreign, including Chinese-linked, farmland purchases, but it is still only a reported House bill and not a final law.

partial same_term A for effort

H.R. 7567 (RH) - Farm, Food, and National Security Act of 2026
secondary · model gpt-5.4-mini · confidence 86%

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The House Agriculture Committee announced on May 14, 2026 that the Farm, Food, and National Security Act of 2026 passed out of committee. The section-by-section summary says Section 12301 would improve AFIDA disclosures, require a USDA-CFIUS MOU, increase penalties for false filings, and expand outreach and compliance tools.

Unverified model/legacy excerpt; not proof. AI summary (separate from source): Within the lookback window, Bacon's farmland-security priority advanced, but only through committee markup and reporting. The record shows stronger oversight tools, not actual prevention of a Chinese purchase of Nebraska farmland.

partial same_term A for effort

House Committee on Agriculture
secondary · model gpt-5.4-mini · confidence 84%

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GovInfo lists H.R. 7567 as Engrossed in House with last action date April 30, 2026. The engrossed bill includes Sec. 12306, directing federal agencies to prohibit purchase of U.S. agricultural land by foreign adversaries, state sponsors of terrorism, and affiliated persons.

Unverified model/legacy excerpt; not proof. AI summary (separate from source): The House-passed text contains a direct foreign-adversary agricultural-land purchase prohibition, which would include China as a foreign adversary framework, but the record is only an engrossed House bill rather than enacted law.

partial same_term A for effort

H.R. 7567 (EH) - Farm, Food, and National Security Act of 2026
secondary · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 88%

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The Clerk records Roll Call 154 on H.R. 7567, Farm, Food, and National Security Act, as passed 224-200 on April 30, 2026. The member list records Bacon, Republican, Nebraska, voting Yea.

Unverified model/legacy excerpt; not proof. AI summary (separate from source): Bacon took concrete same-term action by voting for final House passage of the farm bill containing the foreign-adversary farmland restriction, but House passage alone does not prove the promised prevention was delivered nationwide or in Nebraska.

partial same_term A for effort

Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives
primary · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 90%

Assessments

Public state: unverified As of unknown · legacy_unverified · . Original AI recommendation (not independently established): never. unknown A for effort

Bacon took meaningful same-term legislative action by supporting House passage of H.R. 7567, which included provisions to restrict foreign-adversary purchases of U.S. agricultural land and strengthen foreign farmland disclosure enforcement. However, the evidence shows only House passage and committee/reporting progress, not enacted federal law or an implemented prohibition preventing China from buying Nebraska farmland. Under the standard, this is a serious failed legislative attempt rather than delivered policy.

provider codex_cli · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 90%

Public state: unverified As of unknown · legacy_unverified · . Original AI recommendation (not independently established): partial. same_term A for effort

Bacon's promise was to prevent China from buying Nebraska farmland, which would require an enacted restriction or enforceable policy outcome. The evidence shows meaningful same-term legislative progress through reported House legislation and Agriculture Committee action that would tighten AFIDA disclosures, penalties, USDA-CFIUS coordination, and compliance tools for foreign agricultural land ownership. But the cited measures had not become law and do not show an actual prohibition or prevention of Chinese purchases of Nebraska farmland. This supports partial credit for materially advancing the issue, not full delivery.

provider codex_cli · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 86%