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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. 

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 

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. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 


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1 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

2 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Protect Our Bases Act 

3 of 2023’’. 

4 SEC. 2. REVIEW OF AND ADDITIONS TO NATIONAL SECU5 RITY SENSITIVE SITES FOR PURPOSES OF RE6 VIEWS OF REAL ESTATE TRANSACTIONS BY 

7 THE COMMITTEE ON FOREIGN INVESTMENT 

8 IN THE UNITED STATES. 

9 Section 721(a)(4)(C) of the Defense Production Act 

10 of 1950 (50 U.S.C. 4565(a)(4)(C)) is amended by adding 

11 at the end the following: 

12 ‘‘(iii) INCLUSION OF INTELLIGENCE

13 COMMUNITY SITES AND NATIONAL LAB14 ORATORIES.—The Committee may pre15 scribe regulations for treating facilities and 

16 property of the intelligence community and 

17 National Laboratories (as defined in sec18 tion 2 of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 

19 (42 U.S.C. 15801)) as facilities and prop20 erty of the United States Government that 

21 are sensitive for reasons relating to na22 tional security for purposes of subpara23 graph (B)(ii). 

24 ‘‘(iv) ANNUAL REPORT ON ACTIVI25 TIES.—Not later than one year after the 

26 date of the enactment of the Protect Our 


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1 Bases Act of 2023, and annually there2 after, the chairperson shall submit to the 

3 Committee on Banking, Housing, and 

4 Urban Affairs of the Senate and the Com5 mittee on Financial Services of the House 

6 of Representatives a classified report on 

7 the activities of the Committee relating to 

8 facilities and property of the United States 

9 Government determined to be sensitive for 

10 reasons relating to national security for 

11 purposes of subparagraph (B)(ii). 

12 ‘‘(v) ANNUAL REVIEW OF LIST OF FA13 CILITIES AND PROPERTY.—Not later than 

14 one year after the date of the enactment of 

15 the Protect Our Bases Act of 2023, and 

16 annually thereafter— 

17 ‘‘(I) each member of the Com18 mittee shall— 

19 ‘‘(aa) review the military in20 stallations and other facilities 

21 and property of the United 

22 States Government that are sen23 sitive for reasons relating to na24 tional security on the list set 

25 forth in Appendix A to part 802 


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1 of title 31, Code of Federal Reg2 ulations; and 

3 ‘‘(bb) submit to the chair4 person a report on that review; 

5 and 

6 ‘‘(II) after reviewing the reports 

7 submitted under subclause (I), the 

8 chairperson shall submit to the Com9 mittee on Banking, Housing, and 

10 Urban Affairs of the Senate and the 

11 Committee on Financial Services of 

12 the House of Representatives a certifi13 cation with respect to whether or not 

14 the list described in subclause (I)(aa) 

15 is up to date and, if not, an expla16 nation of why not.’’. 

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