[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 7, Volume 7]
[Revised as of January 1, 2002]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 7CFR781.1]

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                          TITLE 7--AGRICULTURE
 
                            CHAPTER VII--FARM
                SERVICE AGENCY, DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
 
PART 781--DISCLOSURE OF FOREIGN INVESTMENT IN AGRICULTURAL LAND--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 781.1  General.

    The purpose of these regulations is to set forth the requirements 
designed to implement the Agricultural Foreign Investment Disclosure Act 
of 1978. The regulations require that a foreign person who acquires, 
disposes of, or holds an interest in United States agricultural land 
shall disclose such transactions and holdings to the Secretary of 
Agriculture. In particular, the regulations establish a system for the 
collection of information by the Agricultural Stablization and 
Conservation Service (FSA) pertaining to foreign investment in United 
States agricultural land. The information collected will be utilized in 
the preparation of periodic reports to Congress and the President by the 
Economic Research Service (ERS) concerning the effect of such holdings 
upon family farms and rural communities.

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