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[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
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[H.R. 1575 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1575

To prohibit certain businesses and persons from purchasing real estate 
 adjacent to covered Federal lands in the United States, and for other 
                               purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           February 25, 2025

Mr. Newhouse (for himself, Mr. Meuser, Mr. Guest, Mr. Bentz, Mr. Latta, 
 Ms. Tenney, Mr. Moolenaar, Mr. Hamadeh of Arizona, Mr. Scott Franklin 
 of Florida, Mr. Webster of Florida, Ms. Hageman, Mr. Zinke, Mr. Weber 
   of Texas, Mr. Fleischmann, Mr. Bean of Florida, Mr. Ellzey, Mrs. 
 Hinson, Mr. Onder, Mr. Gooden, Mr. Bacon, Mr. Bost, Mr. Haridopolos, 
  Mr. Evans of Colorado, Mrs. Luna, Mr. Flood, Mr. Collins, Ms. De La 
 Cruz, Mr. Smith of Nebraska, Mr. Van Orden, Mr. Valadao, Mrs. Miller-
Meeks, Mr. Rose, Mr. Moore of West Virginia, Mr. Hurd of Colorado, Mr. 
   Joyce of Pennsylvania, Mr. Pfluger, Mrs. Miller of Illinois, Mr. 
  Alford, Ms. Boebert, and Mr. Nunn of Iowa) introduced the following 
      bill; which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs

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                                 A BILL


 
To prohibit certain businesses and persons from purchasing real estate 
 adjacent to covered Federal lands in the United States, 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 ``No American Land for Communist China 
Act''.

SEC. 2. PROHIBITION ON THE PURCHASE OF REAL ESTATE LOCATED ADJACENT TO 
              COVERED FEDERAL LANDS IN THE UNITED STATES BY NATIONALS 
              OF THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA.

    (a) In General.--Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the 
President shall take such actions as may be necessary to prohibit the 
purchase of real estate located adjacent to covered Federal land in the 
United States by--
            (1) any agent of the Government of the People's Republic of 
        China; or
            (2) any business with respect to which the Government of 
        the People's Republic of China, directly or indirectly through 
        any contract, arrangement, understanding, relationship, or 
        otherwise, owns 25 percent or more of the equity interests of 
        the business.
    (b) Definitions.--In this section--
            (1) the term ``United States'' means the several States, 
        the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the 
        Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, American Samoa, 
        Guam, the United States Virgin Islands, and any other territory 
        or possession of the United States; and
            (2) the term ``covered Federal lands'' means--
                    (A) land owned by the United States and under the 
                jurisdiction of--
                            (i) the Secretary of the Interior;
                            (ii) the Secretary of Defense;
                            (iii) the Secretary of Agriculture, with 
                        respect to land managed by the Forest Service; 
                        and
                            (iv) the Secretary of Energy; or
                    (B) land that is Indian country under section 1151 
                of title 18, United States Code.
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