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119TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1575 
To prohibit certain businesses and persons from purchasing real estate adja-
cent to covered Federal lands in the United States, and for other pur-
poses. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
FEBRUARY 25, 2025 
Mr. NEWHOUSE (for himself, Mr. MEUSER, Mr. GUEST, Mr. BENTZ, Mr. 
LATTA, Ms. TENNEY, Mr. MOOLENAAR, Mr. HAMADEH of Arizona, Mr. 
SCOTT FRANKLIN of Florida, Mr. WEBSTER of Florida, Ms. HAGEMAN, 
Mr. ZINKE, Mr. WEBER of Texas, Mr. FLEISCHMANN, Mr. BEAN of Flor-
ida, Mr. ELLZEY, Mrs. HINSON, Mr. ONDER, Mr. GOODEN, Mr. BACON, 
Mr. BOST, Mr. HARIDOPOLOS, Mr. EVANS of Colorado, Mrs. LUNA, Mr. 
FLOOD, Mr. COLLINS, Ms. DE LA CRUZ, Mr. SMITH of Nebraska, Mr. 
VAN ORDEN, Mr. VALADAO, Mrs. MILLER-MEEKS, Mr. ROSE, Mr. 
MOORE of West Virginia, Mr. HURD of Colorado, Mr. JOYCE of Pennsyl-
vania, Mr. PFLUGER, Mrs. MILLER of Illinois, Mr. ALFORD, Ms. 
BOEBERT, and Mr. NUNN of Iowa) introduced the following bill; which 
was referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs 
A BILL 
To prohibit certain businesses and persons from purchasing 
real estate adjacent to covered Federal lands in the 
United States, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘No American Land 
for Communist China Act’’. 
SEC. 2. PROHIBITION ON THE PURCHASE OF REAL ESTATE 
LOCATED ADJACENT TO COVERED FEDERAL 
LANDS IN THE UNITED STATES BY NATION-
ALS OF THE PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF CHINA. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any other provi-
sion of law, the President shall take such actions as may 
be necessary to prohibit the purchase of real estate located 
adjacent to covered Federal land in the United States 
by— 
(1) any agent of the Government of the Peo-
ple’s Republic of China; or 
(2) any business with respect to which the Gov-
ernment of the People’s Republic of China, directly 
or indirectly through any contract, arrangement, un-
derstanding, relationship, or otherwise, owns 25 per-
cent or more of the equity interests of the business. 
(b) DEFINITIONS.—In this section— 
(1) 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 terri-
tory or possession of the United States; and 
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(2) the term ‘‘covered Federal lands’’ means— 
(A) land owned by the United States and 
under the jurisdiction of— 
(i) the Secretary of the Interior; 
(ii) the Secretary of Defense; 
(iii) the Secretary of Agriculture, with 
respect to land managed by the Forest 
Service; and 
(iv) the Secretary of Energy; or 
(B) land that is Indian country under sec-
tion 1151 of title 18, United States Code. 
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