119-s715

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 715 Introduced in Senate

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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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