119-s2574

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2574 Introduced in Senate

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119th CONGRESS
 1st Session
 S. 2574

 To prohibit certain persons from purchasing agricultural land in the 
 United States, and for other purposes.

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 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

 July 31, 2025

Mrs. Blackburn introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
 referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry

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 A BILL

 To prohibit certain persons from purchasing agricultural 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 ``Prohibition of Agricultural Land for 
Foreign Adversaries Act''.

SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.

 In this Act:

    (1) Agricultural land.--The term ``agricultural land'' has 
 the meaning given the term in 

section 9 of the Agricultural 
 Foreign Investment Disclosure Act of 1978 (7 U.S.C. 3508).

    (2) Covered person.--The term ``covered person'' means an 
 individual or entity associated with the government of--
        (A) the Democratic People's Republic of Korea;
        (B) the Islamic Republic of Iran;
            (C) the People's Republic of China; or
            (D) the Russian Federation.

    (3) United states.--The term ``United States'' includes any 
 State, territory, or possession of the United States.

SEC. 3. PROHIBITION ON PURCHASE OF AGRICULTURAL LAND IN THE UNITED 
 STATES BY PERSONS ASSOCIATED WITH CERTAIN FOREIGN 
 GOVERNMENTS.

    (a) In General.--Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the 
President shall take such actions as may be necessary to prohibit the 
purchase by covered persons of public or private agricultural land 
(including ranching land) located in the United States.

    (b) Implementation.--The President may exercise all authorities 
provided under sections 203 and 205 of the International Emergency 
Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1702 and 1704) to carry out subsection

    (a) .
            (c) Penalties.--A person that violates, attempts to violate, 
conspires to violate, or causes a violation of subsection

    (a) or any 
regulation, license, or order issued to carry out that subsection shall 
be subject to the penalties set forth in subsections

    (b) and
            (c) of 

section 206 of the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 
U.S.C. 1705) to the same extent as a person that commits an unlawful 
act described in subsection

    (a) of that section.

SEC. 4. PROHIBITION ON PARTICIPATION IN DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 
 PROGRAMS BY PERSONS ASSOCIATED WITH CERTAIN FOREIGN 
 GOVERNMENTS.

    (a) In General.--Except as provided in subsection

    (b) , 
notwithstanding any other provision of the law, the President shall 
take such actions as may be necessary to prohibit participation in 
Department of Agriculture programs by covered persons.

    (b) Exceptions.--Subsection

    (a) shall not apply to participation in 
any Department of Agriculture program relating to food inspection or 
any other food safety regulatory requirements.
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