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118TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 6580 
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 
DECEMBER 4, 2023 
Mr. ROSENDALE (for himself, Mr. LAMALFA, Mr. GOOD of Virginia, Mr. HIG-
GINS of Louisiana, and Mrs. LUNA) 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’’. 
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-
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ject to 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. 
(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 
determined by the Task Force, shall be treated 
as the home country of such purchaser. 
(2) NON-UNITED STATES CITIZENS.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—For purposes of apply-
ing subsection (a), in the case of a foreign pur-
chaser who is a not a United States citizen and 
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is a citizen of 1 country, the country in which 
such purchaser is a citizen 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 not a United 
States citizen and is a citizen of more than 1 
country, the country with the most restrictive 
laws with respect to the purchasing of agricul-
tural land, as determined by the Task Force, 
shall be treated as the home country of such 
purchaser. 
(3) COMPANIES.—For purposes of applying 
subsection (a), in the case of a foreign purchaser 
that is a company, the country with the most restric-
tive laws with respect to the purchasing of agricul-
tural land, as determined by the Task Force, and of 
which the citizens of such country hold at least 5 
percent of such company shall be treated as the 
home country of such purchaser. 
(4) FOREIGN GOVERNMENTS.—For purposes of 
applying subsection (a), in the case of a foreign pur-
chaser that is a foreign government, the country 
such government represents shall be treated as the 
home country of such purchaser. 
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(c) NOTIFICATION.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—In the case of a sale of agri-
cultural land to a foreign purchaser, the seller of 
such agricultural land shall report such sale to the 
Secretary of Agriculture. 
(2) CONGRESSIONAL NOTIFICATION.—With re-
spect to each notification of a sale of agricultural 
land to a foreign purchaser under paragraph (1), the 
Secretary of Agriculture shall notify— 
(A) the members of the Senate from the 
State in which the agricultural land is located; 
and 
(B) the member from the Congressional 
District in which such agricultural land is lo-
cated. 
(d) TASK FORCE.— 
(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. 
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(C) The National Security Division of the 
Department of Justice. 
(D) The Secretary of State. 
(3) REPORTS.—Not later than 1 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; 
(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 
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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 citizen who is a citizen of an-
other country. 
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