Bill Details
S.715 - 119th Congress
Status
Latest action
2025-02-25 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
Introduced Date
2025-02-25
Policy Area
Public Lands and Natural Resources
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This bill would stop certain people and businesses linked to the government of China from buying real estate next to important federal land in the United States. It gives the President authority to take the steps needed to block those purchases. The goal is to limit foreign ownership of land near military, public, and other sensitive federal sites, including Indian country, because of national security concerns.
- It applies to land next to “covered federal land,” which includes land managed by the Interior Department, Defense Department, Agriculture Department’s Forest Service, and Energy Department.
- It also applies to land next to Indian country, as that term is defined in federal law.
- The ban would cover agents of the government of the People’s Republic of China and businesses where that government owns 25% or more of the company, directly or indirectly.
- The bill says the President must take any necessary actions to make sure these purchases do not happen.
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[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 715 Introduced in Senate (IS)]
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119th CONGRESS
1st Session
S. 715
To prohibit certain businesses and persons from purchasing real estate
adjacent to covered Federal land in the United States, and for other
purposes.
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IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
February 25, 2025
Ms. Lummis (for herself, Mr. Barrasso, Mr. Crapo, Mrs. Blackburn, and
Mr. Sheehy) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and
referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations
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A BILL
To prohibit certain businesses and persons from purchasing real estate
adjacent to covered Federal land 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 OF THE PURCHASE OF REAL ESTATE LOCATED ADJACENT TO
COVERED FEDERAL LAND IN THE UNITED STATES BY NATIONALS OF
THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA.
(a) Definitions.--In this section:
(1) Covered federal land.--The term ``covered Federal
land'' means--
(A) land owned by the United States that is 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;
or
(iv) the Secretary of Energy; or
(B) land that is Indian country (as defined in
section 1151 of title 18, United States Code).
(2) United states.--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.
(b) Prohibition.--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.
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