[Congressional Bills 118th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H.R. 1789 Introduced in House (IH)] <DOC> 118th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 1789 To amend the Agricultural Foreign Investment Disclosure Act of 1978 to increase the minimum amount of a civil penalty imposed for violating such Act, and for other purposes. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES March 24, 2023 Mrs. Miller of Illinois introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Agriculture _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To amend the Agricultural Foreign Investment Disclosure Act of 1978 to increase the minimum amount of a civil penalty imposed for violating such Act, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. INCREASE IN MINIMUM AMOUNT OF CIVIL PENALTY IMPOSED FOR VIOLATING AFIDA. Section 3(b) of the Agricultural Foreign Investment Disclosure Act of 1978 (7 U.S.C. 3502(b)) is amended by striking ``shall not exceed 25 percent'' and inserting ``shall be at least 50 percent''. <all>