No American Land for Communist China Act

[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 8693 Introduced in House (IH)]

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118th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 8693

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

                             June 11, 2024

Mr. Newhouse (for himself, Mr. Armstrong, Mr. Ellzey, Mr. Bergman, Mrs. 
   Miller of West Virginia, Mr. Tiffany, Mr. Carl, Ms. Hageman, Mr. 
Lamborn, Mr. Valadao, Mr. Flood, Mr. Smith of Nebraska, Ms. Maloy, Mr. 
     Kelly of Pennsylvania, Mr. Mills, Mr. Zinke, Mr. LaHood, Mr. 
   Fleischmann, Mr. Baird, Mr. Arrington, Mr. Moolenaar, Mrs. Chavez-
   DeRemer, Ms. Tenney, Mr. Balderson, Mr. Biggs, Mr. Burchett, Mr. 
Higgins of Louisiana, Mr. Duarte, Mr. Weber of Texas, Mr. Smith of New 
Jersey, Mr. Fallon, Ms. Malliotakis, Mr. Grothman, Mr. Collins, and Mr. 
    Allen) 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; and
                            (iii) the Secretary of Agriculture, with 
                        respect to land managed by the Forest Service; 
                        or
                    (B) land that is Indian country under section 1151 
                of title 18, United States Code.
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