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119TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 4454 
To amend the Defense Production Act of 1950 to prohibit certain foreign 
countries from purchasing or leasing property near sensitive sites, and 
for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 16, 2025 
Mr. ISSA (for himself, Mr. LAMALFA, Mr. CLINE, Mr. GROTHMAN, Mr. 
YAKYM, and Ms. HAGEMAN) introduced the following bill; which was re-
ferred to the Committee on Financial Services, and in addition to the 
Committees on Foreign Affairs, and Energy and Commerce, for a period 
to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consider-
ation of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee 
concerned 
A BILL 
To amend the Defense Production Act of 1950 to prohibit 
certain foreign countries from purchasing or leasing 
property near sensitive sites, and for other purposes. 
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 ‘‘Saving Our Invaluable 
Land Act of 2025’’ or the ‘‘SOIL Act of 2025’’. 
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SEC. 2. PROHIBITION ON CERTAIN FOREIGN COUNTRIES 
PURCHASING OR LEASING PROPERTY NEAR 
SENSITIVE SITES. 
Section 721 of the Defense Production Act of 1950 
(50 U.S.C. 4565) is amended by adding at the end the 
following: 
‘‘(r) PROHIBITION
ON CERTAIN FOREIGN COUN-
TRIES PURCHASING OR LEASING PROPERTY NEAR SEN-
SITIVE SITES.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—A covered foreign country 
may not purchase or lease, or be granted a conces-
sion with respect to, property within 10 miles of a 
sensitive site. 
‘‘(2) NOTICE TO CONGRESS OF VIOLATIONS.— 
The Committee shall promptly notify the Congress if 
the Committee identifies a violation or attempted 
violation of the requirements of this subsection. 
‘‘(3) RULE OF APPLICATION.—This subsection 
shall apply to purchases, leases, and concessions 
made on or after the date of enactment of this sub-
section. 
‘‘(4) DEFINITIONS.—In this subsection: 
‘‘(A) COVERED FOREIGN COUNTRY.—The 
term ‘covered foreign country’ means— 
‘‘(i) China, Iran, North Korea, and 
Russia; and 
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‘‘(ii) any entity controlled by or acting 
on behalf of a government described under 
clause (i). 
‘‘(B) SENSITIVE
SITE.—The term ‘sen-
sitive site’ means public or private real estate 
located in the United States that— 
‘‘(i) is, is located within, or functions 
as part of, an air or maritime port; 
‘‘(ii) is a United States military in-
stallation; 
‘‘(iii) is another facility or property of 
the United States Government that is sen-
sitive for reasons relating to national secu-
rity, as defined by the Committee; or 
‘‘(iv) 
the 
Committee 
determines 
could— 
‘‘(I) reasonably provide a covered 
foreign country the ability to collect 
intelligence on activities being con-
ducted at a location described under 
clause (ii) or (iii); or 
‘‘(II) otherwise expose national 
security activities at a location de-
scribed under clause (ii) or (iii) to the 
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risk of foreign surveillance by a cov-
ered foreign country.’’. 
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