Securing America’s Land from Foreign Interference Act

Securing America's Land from Foreign Interference Act

This bill requires the President to take actions as necessary to prohibit members of the Chinese Communist Party (and entities owned, controlled, or influenced by the party) from purchasing real estate located in the United States.

[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 344 Introduced in House (IH)]

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118th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 344

  To direct the President to take such actions as may be necessary to 
 prohibit the purchase of public or private real estate located in the 
 United States by members of the Chinese Communist Party and entities 
  that are under the ownership, control, or influence of the Chinese 
                            Communist Party.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 12, 2023

Mr. Roy (for himself, Mr. Duncan, Mrs. Miller of Illinois, Mrs. Greene 
     of Georgia, Mr. Webster of Florida, Mr. Fallon, and Mr. Hunt) 
 introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 
                            Foreign Affairs

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                                 A BILL


 
  To direct the President to take such actions as may be necessary to 
 prohibit the purchase of public or private real estate located in the 
 United States by members of the Chinese Communist Party and entities 
  that are under the ownership, control, or influence of the Chinese 
                            Communist Party.

    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 ``Securing America's Land from Foreign 
Interference Act''.

SEC. 2. PROHIBITION ON PURCHASE OF PUBLIC OR PRIVATE REAL ESTATE 
              LOCATED IN THE UNITED STATES BY MEMBERS OF THE CHINESE 
              COMMUNIST PARTY AND ENTITIES THAT ARE UNDER THE 
              OWNERSHIP, CONTROL, OR INFLUENCE OF THE CHINESE COMMUNIST 
              PARTY.

    (a) In General.--Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the 
President shall take such actions as may be necessary to prohibit the 
purchase of public or private real estate located in the United States 
by members of the Chinese Communist Party and entities that are under 
the ownership, control, or influence of the Chinese Communist Party.
    (b) United States Defined.--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.
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