I 
118TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1448 
To amend the Defense Production Act of 1950 to prohibit investment by 
foreign adversaries in United States real estate suitable for renewable 
energy or renewable fuels production, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 8, 2023 
Mr. FEENSTRA (for himself, Mr. VAN ORDEN, Mr. LAWLER, Mr. GUEST, and 
Mr. HIGGINS of Louisiana) 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 
investment by foreign adversaries in United States real 
estate suitable for renewable energy or renewable fuels 
production, 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 ‘‘Defend America’s 
Rural Energy Act of 2023’’ or the ‘‘DARE Act of 2023’’. 
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SEC. 2. TRANSACTIONS RELATING TO UNITED STATES 
REAL ESTATE SUITABLE FOR RENEWABLE 
ENERGY OR RENEWABLE FUELS PRODUC-
TION. 
Section 721 of the Defense Production Act of 1950 
(50 U.S.C. 4565) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a)(4)— 
(A) in subparagraph (A)— 
(i) in clause (i), by striking ‘‘; and’’ 
and inserting a semicolon; 
(ii) in clause (ii), by striking the pe-
riod at the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(iii) by adding at the end the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(iii) any transaction described in 
subparagraph (B)(vi) that is proposed, 
pending, or completed on or after the date 
of the enactment of this clause.’’; and 
(B) in subparagraph (B), by adding at the 
end the following: 
‘‘(vi) Any acquisition of, or transfer of 
an interest to, a foreign government or an 
entity acting on behalf of a foreign govern-
ment with respect to— 
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‘‘(I) agricultural land used to 
grow corn and soybeans for the pur-
pose of renewable energy; or 
‘‘(II) land used for wind turbines 
or other wind energy production.’’; 
and 
(2) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(r) PROHIBITION WITH RESPECT
TO CERTAIN 
TRANSACTIONS RELATING TO REAL ESTATE SUITABLE 
FOR RENEWABLE ENERGY OR RENEWABLE FUELS PRO-
DUCTION.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any other 
provision of law, a covered country (or a person act-
ing on behalf of a covered country) may not acquire 
any interest with respect to land described in sub-
clause (I) or (II) of subsection (a)(4)(B)(vi). 
‘‘(2) COVERED COUNTRY.—In this subsection, 
the term ‘covered country’ means each of the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(A) China. 
‘‘(B) Iran. 
‘‘(C) North Korea. 
‘‘(D) Russia.’’. 
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