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| 2 | 2 | | 118THCONGRESS |
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| 4 | 4 | | STSESSION H. R. 344 |
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| 5 | 5 | | To direct the President to take such actions as may be necessary to prohibit |
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| 6 | 6 | | the purchase of public or private real estate located in the United |
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| 7 | 7 | | States by members of the Chinese Communist Party and entities that |
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| 8 | 8 | | are under the ownership, control, or influence of the Chinese Communist |
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| 9 | 9 | | Party. |
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| 10 | 10 | | IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES |
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| 11 | 11 | | JANUARY12, 2023 |
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| 12 | 12 | | Mr. R |
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| 13 | 13 | | OY(for himself, Mr. DUNCAN, Mrs. MILLERof Illinois, Mrs. GREENE |
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| 14 | 14 | | of Georgia, Mr. W |
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| 15 | 15 | | EBSTERof Florida, Mr. FALLON, and Mr. HUNT) in- |
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| 16 | 16 | | troduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on For- |
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| 17 | 17 | | eign Affairs |
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| 18 | 18 | | A BILL |
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| 19 | 19 | | To direct the President to take such actions as may be |
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| 20 | 20 | | necessary to prohibit the purchase of public or private |
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| 21 | 21 | | real estate located in the United States by members |
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| 22 | 22 | | of the Chinese Communist Party and entities that are |
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| 23 | 23 | | under the ownership, control, or influence of the Chinese |
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| 24 | 24 | | Communist Party. |
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| 25 | 25 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1 |
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| 26 | 26 | | tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 |
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| 27 | 27 | | SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 |
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| 28 | 28 | | This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Securing America’s 4 |
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| 29 | 29 | | Land from Foreign Interference Act’’. 5 |
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| 32 | 32 | | •HR 344 IH |
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| 33 | 33 | | SEC. 2. PROHIBITION ON PURCHASE OF PUBLIC OR PRI-1 |
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| 34 | 34 | | VATE REAL ESTATE LOCATED IN THE UNITED 2 |
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| 35 | 35 | | STATES BY MEMBERS OF THE CHINESE COM-3 |
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| 36 | 36 | | MUNIST PARTY AND ENTITIES THAT ARE 4 |
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| 37 | 37 | | UNDER THE OWNERSHIP, CONTROL, OR IN-5 |
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| 38 | 38 | | FLUENCE OF THE CHINESE COMMUNIST 6 |
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| 39 | 39 | | PARTY. 7 |
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| 40 | 40 | | (a) I |
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| 41 | 41 | | NGENERAL.—Notwithstanding any other provi-8 |
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| 42 | 42 | | sion of law, the President shall take such actions as may 9 |
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| 43 | 43 | | be necessary to prohibit the purchase of public or private 10 |
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| 44 | 44 | | real estate located in the United States by members of 11 |
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| 45 | 45 | | the Chinese Communist Party and entities that are under 12 |
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| 46 | 46 | | the ownership, control, or influence of the Chinese Com-13 |
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| 47 | 47 | | munist Party. 14 |
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| 48 | 48 | | (b) U |
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| 49 | 49 | | NITEDSTATESDEFINED.—The term ‘‘United 15 |
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| 50 | 50 | | States’’ means the several States, the District of Colum-16 |
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| 51 | 51 | | bia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Common-17 |
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| 52 | 52 | | wealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, American 18 |
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| 53 | 53 | | Samoa, Guam, the United States Virgin Islands, and any 19 |
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| 54 | 54 | | other territory or possession of the United States. 20 |
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| 55 | 55 | | Æ |
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