119-hr458

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 458 Introduced in House

    (IH) ]

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119th CONGRESS
 1st Session
 H. R. 458

 To prohibit the purchase of public or private real estate located in 
 the United States by foreign adversaries and state sponsors of 
 terrorism.

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 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

 January 15, 2025

 Mr. Steube introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
 Committee on Foreign Affairs

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 A BILL

 To prohibit the purchase of public or private real estate located in 
 the United States by foreign adversaries and state sponsors of 
 terrorism.

 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 ``Protecting our Land Act''.

SEC. 2. PROHIBITION ON PURCHASE OF PUBLIC OR PRIVATE REAL ESTATE 
 LOCATED IN THE UNITED STATES BY FOREIGN ADVERSARIES AND 
 STATE SPONSORS OF TERRORISM.

    (a) In General.--Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the 
President shall direct the heads of the Federal departments and 
agencies to promulgate rules and regulations to prohibit the purchase 
of public or private real estate located in the United States by a 
foreign adversary, a state sponsor of terrorism, any agent or 
instrumentality of a foreign adversary or a state sponsor of terrorism, 
or any person owned or controlled by, or affiliated with, a foreign 
adversary or a state sponsor of terrorism.

    (b) 

=== Definitions. ===
-In this section--

    (1) the term ``foreign adversary'' means any foreign 
 government or foreign nongovernment person engaged in a long-
 term pattern or serious instances of conduct significantly 
 adverse to the national security of the United States or 
 security and safety of United States persons;

    (2) the term ``state sponsor of terrorism'' means a country 
 the government of which the Secretary of State determines has 
 repeatedly provided support for international terrorism 
 pursuant to--
        (A) section 1754
            (c) (1)
        (A) of the Export Control 
 Reform Act of 2018 (50 U.S.C. 4318
            (c) (1)
        (A) );
        (B) section 620A of the Foreign Assistance Act of 
 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2371);
            (C) section 40 of the Arms Export Control Act (22 
 U.S.C. 2780); or
            (D) any other provision of law; and

    (3) 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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