I 
119TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2124 
To require that a foreign purchaser of agricultural land be subject to the 
same restrictions as are applicable to United States citizens and nationals 
in the home country of such foreign purchaser. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 14, 2025 
Mr. GILL of Texas (for himself, Mr. BRECHEEN, Mr. HIGGINS of Louisiana, 
Ms. GREENE of Georgia, and Mr. STUTZMAN) introduced the following 
bill; which was referred to the Committee on Agriculture 
A BILL 
To require that a foreign purchaser of agricultural land 
be subject to the same restrictions as are applicable 
to United States citizens and nationals in the home 
country of such foreign purchaser. 
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 ‘‘Land And National 
Defense Act’’ or the ‘‘LAND Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. RESTRICTIONS ON FOREIGN PURCHASERS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—In the case of a sale of agricul-
tural land, a foreign purchaser of such land shall be sub-
ject to— 
(1) the same restrictions and limitations as a 
United States citizen or national would be subject to 
with respect to the purchase of agricultural land in 
the home country of such purchaser; and 
(2) any restrictions and limitations under State 
law that apply with respect to the purchase of agri-
cultural land in the State involved. 
(b) DETERMINATION OF HOME COUNTRIES OF FOR-
EIGN PURCHASERS.— 
(1) UNITED STATES CITIZENS.— 
(A) DUAL CITIZEN.—For purposes of ap-
plying subsection (a), in the case of a foreign 
purchaser who is a citizen of the United States 
and 1 other country, the other country shall be 
treated as the home country of such purchaser. 
(B) MULTIPLE
CITIZENSHIP.—For pur-
poses of applying subsection (a), in the case of 
a foreign purchaser who is a citizen of the 
United States and more than 1 other country, 
the other country (other than the United 
States) with the most restrictive laws with re-
spect to the purchasing of agricultural land, as 
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(1) IN GENERAL.—There is established a Task 
Force (to be known as ‘‘U.S. Land Protection Task 
Force’’) to identify violations of subsection (a). 
(2) MEMBERSHIP.—The Task Force shall be 
composed of the following: 
(A) The Secretary of Agriculture, who 
shall serve as Chair of the Task Force. 
(B) The Committee on Foreign Investment 
in the United States. 
(C) The National Security Division of the 
Department of Justice. 
(D) The Secretary of State. 
(3) REPORTS.—Not later than 1 year after the 
date of the enactment of this Act and every 6 
months thereafter, the Task Force shall submit to 
Congress a report that includes with respect to the 
6-month period preceding the report— 
(A) the percentage of agricultural land 
(disaggregated by land type) that was sold to 
foreign purchasers; 
(B) the States in which such land was 
sold; 
(C) the average purchase cost of such land; 
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(D) with respect to each such purchase of 
agricultural land, the title history with respect 
to the agricultural land purchased; and 
(E) whether any of the purchased agricul-
tural land is located within 100 miles of a mili-
tary installation. 
(e) SEVERABILITY.—If any provision of this Act (or 
the application of that provision to particular persons or 
circumstances) is held invalid or found to be unconstitu-
tional, the remainder of this Act (or the application of that 
provision to other persons or circumstances) shall not be 
affected. 
(f) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) AGRICULTURAL LAND.—The term ‘‘agricul-
tural land’’ has the meaning given the term in sec-
tion 9 of the Agricultural Foreign Investment Dis-
closure Act of 1978 (7 U.S.C. 3508). 
(2) FOREIGN PURCHASER.—The term ‘‘foreign 
purchaser’’ means— 
(A) a foreign person (as defined in section 
9 of the Agricultural Foreign Investment Dis-
closure Act of 1978 (7 U.S.C. 3508)); and 
(B) a United States citizen who is a citizen 
of another country. 
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