I 
117TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3936 
To amend title 10, United States Code, to direct the Secretary of Defense 
and the Secretaries of the military department to monitor real property 
ownership and occupancy in the vicinity of United States military instal-
lations inside and outside of the United States to identify instances 
of ownership or occupancy by a foreign adversary. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JUNE 16, 2021 
Mr. GREEN of Tennessee introduced the following bill; which was referred to 
the Committee on Armed Services 
A BILL 
To amend title 10, United States Code, to direct the Sec-
retary of Defense and the Secretaries of the military 
department to monitor real property ownership and occu-
pancy in the vicinity of United States military installa-
tions inside and outside of the United States to identify 
instances of ownership or occupancy by a foreign adver-
sary. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Military Perimeter 
Transparency Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE MONITORING OF REAL 
PROPERTY OWNERSHIP AND OCCUPANCY IN 
VICINITY OF MILITARY INSTALLATIONS TO 
IDENTIFY FOREIGN ADVERSARY OWNERSHIP 
OR OCCUPANCY. 
Section 2661 of title 10, United States Code, is 
amended— 
(1) by redesignating subsection (d) as sub-
section (e); and 
(2) by inserting after subsection (c) the fol-
lowing new subsection (d): 
‘‘(d) IDENTIFICATION
OF
FOREIGN
ADVERSARY 
OWNERSHIP OR OCCUPANCY OF REAL PROPERTY IN VI-
CINITY OF MILITARY INSTALLATIONS.—(1) The Secretary 
of Defense and each Secretary of a military department 
shall monitor real property ownership and occupancy in 
the vicinity of military installations under the jurisdiction 
of the Secretary concerned inside and outside of the 
United States to identify instances in which a foreign ad-
versary owns or occupies, or the Secretary concerned de-
termines a foreign adversary is seeking to own or occupy, 
real property in the vicinity of a military installation. 
‘‘(2) Not later than March 1 each year, the Secretary 
of Defense, in coordination with the Secretaries of the 
military departments, shall submit to the Committees on 
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Armed Services of the Senate and the House of Represent-
atives a report containing the following: 
‘‘(A) A description of all real property in the vi-
cinity of military installations that the Secretary 
concerned— 
‘‘(i) has identified under paragraph (1) as 
owned or occupied by a foreign adversary; or 
‘‘(ii) has determined under paragraph (1) 
that a foreign adversary is seeking to own or 
occupy. 
‘‘(B) Changes in foreign adversary ownership or 
occupancy of real property in the vicinity of military 
installations since the previous report. 
‘‘(C) Recommendations regarding the appro-
priate response to such foreign adversary ownership 
or occupancy of real property in the vicinity of mili-
tary installations. 
‘‘(3) A report under paragraph (2) shall be submitted 
in unclassified form, but may contain a classified annex 
as necessary. 
‘‘(4) In this section: 
‘‘(A) The term ‘foreign adversary’ has the 
meaning given that term in section 8(c)(2) of the 
Secure and Trusted Communications Networks Act 
of 2019 (47 U.S.C. 1607(c)(2)). The term includes 
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agents of, and partnerships and corporations includ-
ing, a foreign adversary. 
‘‘(B) The term ‘military installation’ does not 
include a contingency overseas military location de-
scribed in section 2687a(a)(3)(A)(iii) of this title. 
‘‘(C) The term ‘vicinity’, with respect to prox-
imity to a military installation, means— 
‘‘(i) real property adjacent to the boundary 
of a military installation; and 
‘‘(ii) real property any part of which is lo-
cated within 10 miles of the boundary of a mili-
tary installation.’’. 
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