Investigative actions

Section 5 of the Agricultural Foreign Investment Disclosure Act of 1978 (as redesignated and amended by section 12201(b)) is amended— (1) by striking the section designation and heading and all that follows through compliance and inserting the following: 5. Investigative actions (a) In general The Secretary may take such actions as the Secretary considers necessary to promote and monitor compliance; and (2) by adding at the end the following: (b) Audit The Secretary shall conduct an annual compliance audit of not less than 10 percent of the reports submitted under section 3 for the year covered by the audit to ensure the completeness and accuracy of those reports. (c) Training The Secretary shall provide annual training to State- and county-level personnel relating to identifying agricultural land for which— (1) a report is required to be submitted under section 3; but (2) no report has been submitted by the applicable foreign person. (d) Outreach Using existing resources and efforts, to the maximum extent practicable, the Secretary shall carry out a nationwide outreach program for landlords, owners, operators, persons, producers, and tenants (as those terms are defined in section 718.2 of title 7, Code of Federal Regulations (as in effect on the date of enactment of the Agricultural Act of 2026)) of agricultural land, county property appraiser offices, land appraisal companies, and real estate auction companies to increase public awareness and provide education regarding the reporting requirements under this Act..