February 28, 2025 — Backed the Protecting American Agriculture from Foreign Adversaries Act to stop foreign adversaries like the Chinese Communist Party from buying American farmland. March 5, 2026 — Secured provisions in the House Agriculture Committee’s Farm Bill to strengthen oversight and reporting of foreign purchases of U.S. farmland.
Will support legislation to stop foreign adversaries, including the Chinese Communist Party, from buying American farmland and strengthen oversight and reporting of foreign purchases of U.S. farmland.
Occurrences
Modernizing the Agricultural Foreign Investment Disclosure Act (H.R. 1920 — included in the bill, Secs. 12301–12304) Strengthens oversight of foreign purchases of American farmland and improves reporting requirements so policymakers know when foreign entities acquire U.S. agricultural land.
Evidence
Bill includes Riley’s provisions to block foreign purchases of US farmland. Modernizing the Agricultural Foreign Investment Disclosure Act strengthens oversight and reporting.
Riley voted yes on the Farm Bill; it provided “strengthened oversight and transparency on foreign purchases of U.S. farmland.”
Assessments
The promise was to support legislation on foreign purchases of U.S. farmland, not necessarily to enact a final law alone. In his first House term, Riley both secured Farm Bill provisions to modernize the Agricultural Foreign Investment Disclosure Act and strengthen oversight/reporting of foreign farmland purchases, and then voted for the Farm, Food, and National Security Act on the House floor. That matches the promised action within federal office context and occurred during the same term. The available evidence does not show he merely endorsed the idea; it shows concrete legislative support and material advancement.