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[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 3077 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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118th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 3077

To require the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States to 
 annually review and update the facilities and property of the United 
  States Government determined to be national security sensitive for 
purposes of review of real estate transactions under section 721 of the 
        Defense Production Act of 1950, and for other purposes.

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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                            October 18, 2023

 Mr. Scott of South Carolina (for himself, Mr. Rounds, Mrs. Britt, Mr. 
  Hagerty, Mr. Daines, and Mr. Crapo) introduced the following bill; 
which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, 
                           and Urban Affairs

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                                 A BILL

 
To require the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States to 
 annually review and update the facilities and property of the United 
  States Government determined to be national security sensitive for 
purposes of review of real estate transactions under section 721 of the 
        Defense Production Act of 1950, 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 ``Protect Our Bases Act of 2023''.

SEC. 2. REVIEW OF AND ADDITIONS TO NATIONAL SECURITY SENSITIVE SITES 
              FOR PURPOSES OF REVIEWS OF REAL ESTATE TRANSACTIONS BY 
              THE COMMITTEE ON FOREIGN INVESTMENT IN THE UNITED STATES.

    Section 721(a)(4)(C) of the Defense Production Act of 1950 (50 
U.S.C. 4565(a)(4)(C)) is amended by adding at the end the following:
                            ``(iii) Inclusion of intelligence community 
                        sites and national laboratories.--The Committee 
                        may prescribe regulations for treating 
                        facilities and property of the intelligence 
                        community and National Laboratories (as defined 
                        in section 2 of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 
                        (42 U.S.C. 15801)) as facilities and property 
                        of the United States Government that are 
                        sensitive for reasons relating to national 
                        security for purposes of subparagraph (B)(ii).
                            ``(iv) Annual report on activities.--Not 
                        later than one year after the date of the 
                        enactment of the Protect Our Bases Act of 2023, 
                        and annually thereafter, the chairperson shall 
                        submit to the Committee on Banking, Housing, 
                        and Urban Affairs of the Senate and the 
                        Committee on Financial Services of the House of 
                        Representatives a classified report on the 
                        activities of the Committee relating to 
                        facilities and property of the United States 
                        Government determined to be sensitive for 
                        reasons relating to national security for 
                        purposes of subparagraph (B)(ii).
                            ``(v) Annual review of list of facilities 
                        and property.--Not later than one year after 
                        the date of the enactment of the Protect Our 
                        Bases Act of 2023, and annually thereafter--
                                    ``(I) each member of the Committee 
                                shall--
                                            ``(aa) review the military 
                                        installations and other 
                                        facilities and property of the 
                                        United States Government that 
                                        are sensitive for reasons 
                                        relating to national security 
                                        on the list set forth in 
                                        Appendix A to part 802 of title 
                                        31, Code of Federal 
                                        Regulations; and
                                            ``(bb) submit to the 
                                        chairperson a report on that 
                                        review; and
                                    ``(II) after reviewing the reports 
                                submitted under subclause (I), the 
                                chairperson shall submit to the 
                                Committee on Banking, Housing, and 
                                Urban Affairs of the Senate and the 
                                Committee on Financial Services of the 
                                House of Representatives a 
                                certification with respect to whether 
                                or not the list described in subclause 
                                (I)(aa) is up to date and, if not, an 
                                explanation of why not.''.
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