I 118THCONGRESS 1 STSESSION H. R. 344 To direct the President to take such actions as may be necessary to prohibit the purchase of public or private real estate located in the United States by members of the Chinese Communist Party and entities that are under the ownership, control, or influence of the Chinese Communist Party. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES JANUARY12, 2023 Mr. R OY(for himself, Mr. DUNCAN, Mrs. MILLERof Illinois, Mrs. GREENE of Georgia, Mr. W EBSTERof Florida, Mr. FALLON, and Mr. HUNT) in- troduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on For- eign Affairs A BILL To direct the President to take such actions as may be necessary to prohibit the purchase of public or private real estate located in the United States by members of the Chinese Communist Party and entities that are under the ownership, control, or influence of the Chinese Communist Party. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Securing America’s 4 Land from Foreign Interference Act’’. 5 VerDate Sep 11 2014 01:58 Jan 25, 2023 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H344.IH H344 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS 2 •HR 344 IH SEC. 2. PROHIBITION ON PURCHASE OF PUBLIC OR PRI-1 VATE REAL ESTATE LOCATED IN THE UNITED 2 STATES BY MEMBERS OF THE CHINESE COM-3 MUNIST PARTY AND ENTITIES THAT ARE 4 UNDER THE OWNERSHIP, CONTROL, OR IN-5 FLUENCE OF THE CHINESE COMMUNIST 6 PARTY. 7 (a) I NGENERAL.—Notwithstanding any other provi-8 sion of law, the President shall take such actions as may 9 be necessary to prohibit the purchase of public or private 10 real estate located in the United States by members of 11 the Chinese Communist Party and entities that are under 12 the ownership, control, or influence of the Chinese Com-13 munist Party. 14 (b) U NITEDSTATESDEFINED.—The term ‘‘United 15 States’’ means the several States, the District of Colum-16 bia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Common-17 wealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, American 18 Samoa, Guam, the United States Virgin Islands, and any 19 other territory or possession of the United States. 20 Æ VerDate Sep 11 2014 01:58 Jan 25, 2023 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6301 E:\BILLS\H344.IH H344 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS