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118TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 1136 

To direct the President to take such actions as may be necessary to prohibit 

the purchase of public or private real estate located in the United 

States by citizens and entities of the People’s Republic of China, and 

for other purposes. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

MARCH 30, 2023 

Mr. COTTON (for himself and Mrs. BRITT) introduced the following bill; which 

was read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations 

A BILL 

To direct the President to take such actions as may be 

necessary to prohibit the purchase of public or private 

real estate located in the United States by citizens and 

entities of the People’s Republic of China, 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, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Not One More Inch 

5 or Acre Act’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. PROHIBITION ON PURCHASE OF PUBLIC OR PRI2 VATE REAL ESTATE LOCATED IN THE UNITED 

3 STATES BY CITIZENS AND ENTITIES OF THE 

4 PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF CHINA. 

5 (a) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any other provi6 sion of law, the President shall take such actions as may 

7 be necessary— 

8 (1) to prohibit the purchase, on or after the 

9 date of the enactment of this Act, of public or pri10 vate real estate located in the United States by— 

11 (A) any citizen of the People’s Republic of 

12 China; 

13 (B) any covered foreign entity; or 

14 (C) any foreign person acting for or on be15 half of the Chinese Communist Party, a covered 

16 foreign entity, or a citizen of the People’s Re17 public of China; and 

18 (2) if the President determines that the owner19 ship, as of such date of enactment, by a person de20 scribed in subparagraph (A), (B), or (C) of para21 graph (1) of real estate located in the United States 

22 poses a national security risk to the United States, 

23 to require the sale of such real estate by not later 

24 than the date that is one year after such date of en25 actment. 

26 (b) EXCEPTIONS.— 


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1 (1) EXCEPTION FOR REFUGEES.—Subsection 

2 (a) does not apply with respect to a citizen of the 

3 People’s Republic of China who— 

4 (A) entered the United States as a refugee 

5 (as defined in section 101(a)(42) of the Immi6 gration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 

7 1101(a)(42))); or 

8 (B) was granted asylum or withholding of 

9 removal under section 208 or 241(b)(3) that 

10 Act (8 U.S.C. 1158 and 1231(b)(3)). 

11 (2) EXCEPTION FOR PROPERTY OF UNITED

12 STATES NATIONALS.—Subsection (a)(2) does not 

13 apply with respect to the sale of real estate owned 

14 or otherwise held for personal use by a United 

15 States citizen or an alien lawfully admitted for per16 manent residence to the United States. 

17 (c) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

18 (1) COVERED FOREIGN ENTITY.—The term 

19 ‘‘covered foreign entity’’ means an entity— 

20 (A) acting on behalf of or otherwise di21 rected by the Government of the People’s Re22 public of China or the Chinese Communist 

23 Party; 

24 (B) that— 


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1 (i) is organized under the laws of the 

2 People’s Republic of China; 

3 (ii) has a principal place of business 

4 in the People’s Republic of China; or 

5 (iii) is owned or controlled by, or oth6 erwise subject to the jurisdiction of, the 

7 Government of the People’s Republic of 

8 China or the Chinese Communist Party; or 

9 (C) that is a subsidiary of an entity de10 scribed in subparagraph (B). 

11 (2) FOREIGN PERSON.—The term ‘‘foreign per12 son’’ means an individual or entity that is not a 

13 United States person. 

14 (3) UNITED STATES.—The term ‘‘United 

15 States’’ means the several States, the District of Co16 lumbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Com17 monwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, Amer18 ican Samoa, Guam, the United States Virgin Is19 lands, and any other territory or possession of the 

20 United States. 

21 (4) UNITED STATES PERSON.—The term 

22 ‘‘United States person’’ means— 

23 (A) a United States citizen or an alien law24 fully admitted for permanent residence to the 

25 United States; or 


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1 (B) an entity organized under the laws of 

2 the United States or any jurisdiction within the 

3 United States, including a foreign branch of 

4 such an entity. 

5 SEC. 3. PENALTY AMOUNT UNDER AGRICULTURAL FOR6 EIGN INVESTMENT DISCLOSURE ACT OF 1978. 

7 Section 3(b) of the Agricultural Foreign Investment 

8 Disclosure Act of 1978 (7 U.S.C. 3502(b)) is amended 

9 by striking ‘‘exceed 25 percent of’’ and inserting ‘‘be less 

10 than 10 percent, or exceed 25 percent, of’’. 

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