Protecting our Land Act

Subjects: International Affairs, Administrative law and regulatory procedures, Terrorism, U.S. and foreign investments

Summary:  <p><strong>Protecting our Land Act</strong></p> <p>This bill requires the President to direct federal agencies to promulgate rules and regulations to prohibit foreign adversaries or state sponsors of terrorism from purchasing real estate located in the United States.</p>

<html><body><pre>[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 212 Introduced in House (IH)]

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118th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 212

 To prohibit the purchase of public or private real estate located in 
    the United States by foreign adversaries and state sponsors of 
                               terrorism.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 9, 2023

 Mr. Steube (for himself and Mr. Mills) introduced the following bill; 
         which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs

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                                 A BILL


 
 To prohibit the purchase of public or private real estate located in 
    the United States by foreign adversaries and state sponsors of 
                               terrorism.

    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 ``Protecting our Land Act''.

SEC. 2. PROHIBITION ON PURCHASE OF PUBLIC OR PRIVATE REAL ESTATE 
              LOCATED IN THE UNITED STATES BY FOREIGN ADVERSARIES AND 
              STATE SPONSORS OF TERRORISM.

    (a) In General.--Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the 
President shall direct the heads of the Federal departments and 
agencies to promulgate rules and regulations to prohibit the purchase 
of public or private real estate located in the United States by a 
foreign adversary, a state sponsor of terrorism, any agent or 
instrumentality of a foreign adversary or a state sponsor of terrorism, 
or any person owned or controlled by, or affiliated with, a foreign 
adversary or a state sponsor of terrorism.
    (b) Definitions.--In this section--
            (1) the term ``foreign adversary'' means any foreign 
        government or foreign nongovernment person engaged in a long-
        term pattern or serious instances of conduct significantly 
        adverse to the national security of the United States or 
        security and safety of United States persons;
            (2) the term ``state sponsor of terrorism'' means a country 
        the government of which the Secretary of State determines has 
        repeatedly provided support for international terrorism 
        pursuant to--
                    (A) section 1754(c)(1)(A) of the Export Control 
                Reform Act of 2018 (50 U.S.C. 4318(c)(1)(A));
                    (B) section 620A of the Foreign Assistance Act of 
                1961 (22 U.S.C. 2371);
                    (C) section 40 of the Arms Export Control Act (22 
                U.S.C. 2780); or
                    (D) any other provision of law; and
            (3) 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.
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