On June 25, 2026, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) published a proposed rule that would significantly expand the scope and enforcement of the Agricultural Foreign Investment Disclosure Act (AFIDA), the federal law requiring foreign persons who acquire, transfer, or hold interests in U.S. agricultural land to report those transactions to USDA. If the rules go into effect as proposed, solar and wind generation will be, for the first time, explicitly addressed in AFIDA regulations, strict penalties will apply, exceptions will be more limited, and enforcement will be more likely. Comments on the proposed rule are due by August 10, 2026.