PLOT Act of 2026

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [S. 4192 Introduced in Senate (IS)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 2d Session S. 4192 To amend the Agricultural Foreign Investment Disclosure Act of 1978 to require reports to contain geospatial data, and for other purposes. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES March 25, 2026 Mr. Ricketts introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To amend the Agricultural Foreign Investment Disclosure Act of 1978 to require reports to contain geospatial data, 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. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Property Location Oversight and Transparency Act of 2026'' or the ``PLOT Act of 2026''. SEC. 2. GEOSPATIAL DATA REQUIREMENTS. Section 2 of the Agricultural Foreign Investment Disclosure Act of 1978 (7 U.S.C. 3501) is amended by adding at the end the following: ``(g) Geospatial Data Collection.-- ``(1) In general.--Any person that submits a report under this section shall include in the report geospatial data delineating the property boundaries of the applicable agricultural land. ``(2) Format.--The geospatial data required under paragraph (1) shall be submitted in an open-source format compatible with widely available geographic information system software, such as a quantum geographic information system or equivalent format, approved by the Secretary. ``(3) Accessibility.-- ``(A) In general.--The Secretary may make geospatial data submitted in reports under this section available to Federal, State, and local agencies and the public for purposes of oversight, transparency, and national security. ``(B) National security applications.--The Secreta