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118TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 6580 

To require that a foreign purchaser of agricultural land be subject to the 

same restrictions as are applicable to United States citizens and nationals 

in the home country of such foreign purchaser. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

DECEMBER 4, 2023 

Mr. ROSENDALE (for himself, Mr. LAMALFA, Mr. GOOD of Virginia, Mr. HIGGINS of Louisiana, and Mrs. LUNA) introduced the following bill; which 

was referred to the Committee on Agriculture 

A BILL 

To require that a foreign purchaser of agricultural land 

be subject to the same restrictions as are applicable 

to United States citizens and nationals in the home 

country of such foreign purchaser. 

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

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Land And National 

5 Defense Act’’ or the ‘‘LAND Act’’. 

6 SEC. 2. RESTRICTIONS ON FOREIGN PURCHASERS. 

7 (a) IN GENERAL.—In the case of a sale of agricul8 tural land, a foreign purchaser of such land shall be subVerDate Sep 11 2014 00:12 Dec 10, 2023 Jkt 049200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H6580.IH H6580

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1 ject to the same restrictions and limitations as a United 

2 States citizen or national would be subject to with respect 

3 to the purchase of agricultural land in the home country 

4 of such purchaser. 

5 (b) DETERMINATION OF HOME COUNTRIES OF FOR6 EIGN PURCHASERS.— 

7 (1) UNITED STATES CITIZENS.— 

8 (A) DUAL CITIZEN.—For purposes of ap9 plying subsection (a), in the case of a foreign 

10 purchaser who is a citizen of the United States 

11 and 1 other country, the other country shall be 

12 treated as the home country of such purchaser. 

13 (B) MULTIPLE CITIZENSHIP.—For pur14 poses of applying subsection (a), in the case of 

15 a foreign purchaser who is a citizen of the 

16 United States and more than 1 other country, 

17 the other country (other than the United 

18 States) with the most restrictive laws with re19 spect to the purchasing of agricultural land, as 

20 determined by the Task Force, shall be treated 

21 as the home country of such purchaser. 

22 (2) NON-UNITED STATES CITIZENS.— 

23 (A) IN GENERAL.—For purposes of apply24 ing subsection (a), in the case of a foreign pur25 chaser who is a not a United States citizen and 


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1 is a citizen of 1 country, the country in which 

2 such purchaser is a citizen shall be treated as 

3 the home country of such purchaser. 

4 (B) MULTIPLE CITIZENSHIP.—For pur5 poses of applying subsection (a), in the case of 

6 a foreign purchaser who is a not a United 

7 States citizen and is a citizen of more than 1 

8 country, the country with the most restrictive 

9 laws with respect to the purchasing of agricul10 tural land, as determined by the Task Force, 

11 shall be treated as the home country of such 

12 purchaser. 

13 (3) COMPANIES.—For purposes of applying 

14 subsection (a), in the case of a foreign purchaser 

15 that is a company, the country with the most restric16 tive laws with respect to the purchasing of agricul17 tural land, as determined by the Task Force, and of 

18 which the citizens of such country hold at least 5 

19 percent of such company shall be treated as the 

20 home country of such purchaser. 

21 (4) FOREIGN GOVERNMENTS.—For purposes of 

22 applying subsection (a), in the case of a foreign pur23 chaser that is a foreign government, the country 

24 such government represents shall be treated as the 

25 home country of such purchaser. 


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1 (c) NOTIFICATION.— 

2 (1) IN GENERAL.—In the case of a sale of agri3 cultural land to a foreign purchaser, the seller of 

4 such agricultural land shall report such sale to the 

5 Secretary of Agriculture. 

6 (2) CONGRESSIONAL NOTIFICATION.—With re7 spect to each notification of a sale of agricultural 

8 land to a foreign purchaser under paragraph (1), the 

9 Secretary of Agriculture shall notify— 

10 (A) the members of the Senate from the 

11 State in which the agricultural land is located; 

12 and 

13 (B) the member from the Congressional 

14 District in which such agricultural land is lo15 cated. 

16 (d) TASK FORCE.— 

17 (1) IN GENERAL.—There is established a Task 

18 Force (to be known as ‘‘U.S. Land Protection Task 

19 Force’’) to identify violations of subsection (a). 

20 (2) MEMBERSHIP.—The Task Force shall be 

21 composed of the following: 

22 (A) The Secretary of Agriculture, who 

23 shall serve as Chair of the Task Force. 

24 (B) The Committee on Foreign Investment 

25 in the United States. 


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1 (C) The National Security Division of the 

2 Department of Justice. 

3 (D) The Secretary of State. 

4 (3) REPORTS.—Not later than 1 after the date 

5 of the enactment of this Act and every 6 months 

6 thereafter, the Task Force shall submit to Congress 

7 a report that includes with respect to the 6-month 

8 period preceding the report— 

9 (A) the percentage of agricultural land 

10 (disaggregated by land type) that was sold to 

11 foreign purchasers; 

12 (B) the States in which such land was 

13 sold; 

14 (C) the average purchase cost of such land; 

15 (D) with respect to each such purchase of 

16 agricultural land, the title history with respect 

17 to the agricultural land purchased; and 

18 (E) whether any of the purchased agricul19 tural land is located within 100 miles of a mili20 tary installation. 

21 (e) SEVERABILITY.—If any provision of this Act (or 

22 the application of that provision to particular persons or 

23 circumstances) is held invalid or found to be unconstitu24 tional, the remainder of this Act (or the application of that 


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1 provision to other persons or circumstances) shall not be 

2 affected. 

3 (f) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

4 (1) AGRICULTURAL LAND.—The term ‘‘agricul5 tural land’’ has the meaning given the term in sec6 tion 9 of the Agricultural Foreign Investment Dis7 closure Act of 1978 (7 U.S.C. 3508). 

8 (2) FOREIGN PURCHASER.—The term ‘‘foreign 

9 purchaser’’ means— 

10 (A) a foreign person (as defined in section 

11 9 of the Agricultural Foreign Investment Dis12 closure Act of 1978 (7 U.S.C. 3508)); and 

13 (B) a United citizen who is a citizen of an14 other country. 

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