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22 118THCONGRESS
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44 STSESSION H. R. 4577
55 To protect U.S. food security, give the Committee on Foreign Investment
66 in the United States greater jurisdiction over land purchases, to impose
77 special guards against foreign adversary purchases of land in the United
88 States near sensitive sites, to expand the definition of sensitive sites,
99 and for other purposes.
1010 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
1111 JULY12, 2023
1212 Mr. G
1313 ALLAGHER(for himself, Mr. THOMPSONof California, Mr. NEWHOUSE,
1414 Mr. G
1515 ARAMENDI, Mr. JOHNSONof South Dakota, Mr. CASE, Ms.
1616 S
1717 TEFANIK, Mr. COSTA, Mr. LUCAS, Mr. PANETTA, Mr. WITTMAN, Mr.
1818 C
1919 ROW, Mr. FEENSTRA, Mr. CARBAJAL, Mr. BANKS, Mrs. PELTOLA, and
2020 Mrs. H
2121 INSON) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
2222 Committee on Financial Services, and in addition to the Committees on
2323 Foreign Affairs, and Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subse-
2424 quently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such
2525 provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned
2626 A BILL
2727 To protect U.S. food security, give the Committee on Foreign
2828 Investment in the United States greater jurisdiction over
2929 land purchases, to impose special guards against foreign
3030 adversary purchases of land in the United States near
3131 sensitive sites, to expand the definition of sensitive sites,
3232 and for other purposes.
3333 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1
3434 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2
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3838 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 1
3939 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Protecting U.S. Farm-2
4040 land and Sensitive Sites From Foreign Adversaries Act’’. 3
4141 SEC. 2. ADDITIONAL DEFINITIONS. 4
4242 Section 721(a) of the Defense Production Act of 5
4343 1950 (50 U.S.C. 4565(a)) is amended by adding at the 6
4444 end the following: 7
4545 ‘‘(14) E
4646 LEVATED RISK REAL ESTATE TRANS -8
4747 ACTION.—The term ‘elevated risk real estate trans-9
4848 action’ means a real estate transaction described 10
4949 under paragraph (4)(B)(ii), in which— 11
5050 ‘‘(A) the transaction is a purchase or lease 12
5151 by, or a concession to, a foreign adversary enti-13
5252 ty; and 14
5353 ‘‘(B) the real estate— 15
5454 ‘‘(i) is located within, or function as a 16
5555 part of, an air or maritime port; 17
5656 ‘‘(ii) is in close proximity to a sen-18
5757 sitive site; 19
5858 ‘‘(iii) could reasonably provide the for-20
5959 eign adversary entity the ability to collect 21
6060 intelligence on activities being conducted at 22
6161 a sensitive site; or 23
6262 ‘‘(iv) could otherwise expose national 24
6363 security activities at a sensitive site. 25
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6767 ‘‘(15) FOREIGN ADVERSARY .—The term ‘for-1
6868 eign adversary’ means— 2
6969 ‘‘(A) the People’s Republic of China, in-3
7070 cluding all Special Administrative Regions; 4
7171 ‘‘(B) the Republic of Cuba; 5
7272 ‘‘(C) the Islamic Republic of Iran; 6
7373 ‘‘(D) the Democratic People’s Republic of 7
7474 Korea; 8
7575 ‘‘(E) the Russian Federation; and 9
7676 ‘‘(F) the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela 10
7777 during any period of time in which Nichola´s 11
7878 Maduro is President of the Republic. 12
7979 ‘‘(16) F
8080 OREIGN ADVERSARY ENTITY .—The 13
8181 term ‘foreign adversary entity’ means— 14
8282 ‘‘(A) a foreign adversary; 15
8383 ‘‘(B) a foreign person subject to the juris-16
8484 diction of, or organized under the laws of, a for-17
8585 eign adversary; and 18
8686 ‘‘(C) a foreign person owned, directed, or 19
8787 controlled by an entity described in subpara-20
8888 graph (A) or (B). 21
8989 ‘‘(17) S
9090 ENSITIVE SITE.—The term ‘sensitive 22
9191 site’ means— 23
9292 ‘‘(A) military installations; 24
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9696 ‘‘(B) a military training route, as defined 1
9797 in section 183a(h) of title 10, United States 2
9898 Code; 3
9999 ‘‘(C) airspace designated as special use air-4
100100 space under part 73 of title 14, Code of Federal 5
101101 Regulations (or a successor regulation) and 6
102102 managed by the Department of Defense; 7
103103 ‘‘(D) a controlled firing area, as defined in 8
104104 section 1.1 of title 14, Code of Federal Regula-9
105105 tions (or a successor regulation) under the ju-10
106106 risdiction of the Secretary of Defense; 11
107107 ‘‘(E) a military operations area, as defined 12
108108 in section 1.1 of title 14, Code of Federal Regu-13
109109 lations (or a successor regulation); 14
110110 ‘‘(F) facilities openly owned or operated by 15
111111 the U.S. intelligence community; 16
112112 ‘‘(G) federally-funded research develop-17
113113 ment centers; 18
114114 ‘‘(H) university-affiliated research centers 19
115115 of the Department of Defense; 20
116116 ‘‘(I) science and technology reinvention 21
117117 laboratories, as designated by the Secretary of 22
118118 Defense under section 4121 of title 10, United 23
119119 States Code; 24
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123123 ‘‘(J) airports, as listed on the website of 1
124124 the Federal Aviation Administration; 2
125125 ‘‘(K) maritime ports, as determined by the 3
126126 Secretary of Transportation; 4
127127 ‘‘(L) any electronic or telecommunications 5
128128 facility used to process, store, or transmit infor-6
129129 mation (including fiber optic nodes, data cen-7
130130 ters, cloud computing facilities, satellite ground 8
131131 stations, and wireless transmission equipment) 9
132132 if— 10
133133 ‘‘(i) the facility is part of a backbone 11
134134 or core network that serves a significant 12
135135 portion of the United States telecommuni-13
136136 cations network; 14
137137 ‘‘(ii) the facility is located in close 15
138138 proximity to another sensitive site; 16
139139 ‘‘(iii) the facility is a submarine cable 17
140140 landing station (as defined in section 18
141141 60401(a) of the Infrastructure Investment 19
142142 and Jobs Act (47 U.S.C. 1741(a))); 20
143143 ‘‘(iv) the facility is used to process or 21
144144 store a large volume of sensitive informa-22
145145 tion (such as classified or encrypted com-23
146146 munications) or other data critical to na-24
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150150 tional security, public safety, or economic 1
151151 security; or 2
152152 ‘‘(v) the Chairman of the Federal 3
153153 Communications Commission determines 4
154154 the facility to be critical communications 5
155155 infrastructure; 6
156156 ‘‘(M) electric powerplants, as determined 7
157157 by the Secretary of Homeland Security; and 8
158158 ‘‘(N) any other site, as determined by the 9
159159 Secretary of Defense or the Secretary of Home-10
160160 land Security.’’. 11
161161 SEC. 3. PROTECTING U.S. FOOD SECURITY. 12
162162 (a) A
163163 UTHORIZING THECOMMITTEE ONFOREIGNIN-13
164164 VESTMENT IN THE UNITEDSTATESTOCONSIDERFOOD 14
165165 S
166166 ECURITY INREVIEWS OFCOVEREDTRANSACTIONS.— 15
167167 Section 721(f) of the Defense Production Act of 1950 (50 16
168168 U.S.C. 4565(f)) is amended— 17
169169 (1) in paragraph (10), by striking ‘‘and’’ at the 18
170170 end; 19
171171 (2) by redesignating paragraph (11) as para-20
172172 graph (12); and 21
173173 (3) by inserting after paragraph (10) the fol-22
174174 lowing: 23
175175 ‘‘(11) the current and long-term projection of 24
176176 the requirements for sources of food, water, and 25
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180180 other agricultural products in the United States in 1
181181 the aggregate, as well as locally and regionally, and 2
182182 the effects a covered transaction may have on 3
183183 United States food security, including through for-4
184184 eign adversary acquisition of biotechnology related to 5
185185 agriculture; and’’. 6
186186 (b) E
187187 XPANDING THE JURISDICTION OF THE COM-7
188188 MITTEE ON FOREIGNINVESTMENT IN THE UNITED 8
189189 S
190190 TATESOVERREALESTATETRANSACTIONS.—Section 9
191191 721(a)(4) of the Defense Production Act of 1950 (50 10
192192 U.S.C. 4565(a)(4)) is amended— 11
193193 (1) in subparagraph (B)(ii)— 12
194194 (A) in subclause (II)— 13
195195 (i) by striking ‘‘(II)(aa) is’’ and in-14
196196 serting the following: ‘‘(II) with respect to 15
197197 a purchase or lease by, or a concession to, 16
198198 a person who is not a foreign adversary en-17
199199 tity— 18
200200 ‘‘(aa) is’’; and 19
201201 (ii) by adjusting the margin of item 20
202202 (bb) accordingly; and 21
203203 (iii) in item (bb)(CC), by striking ‘‘; 22
204204 and’’ and inserting a period; and 23
205205 (B) by striking subclause (III); and 24
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209209 (2) in subparagraph (C), by adding at the end 1
210210 the following: 2
211211 ‘‘(iii) L
212212 IMITATION ON COMMITTEE AU -3
213213 THORITY.—The Committee may not, by 4
214214 regulation or otherwise, specify additional 5
215215 criteria that must be met for a transaction 6
216216 to be described under subparagraph 7
217217 (B)(ii).’’. 8
218218 (c) M
219219 ANDATORY DECLARATIONS.—Section 9
220220 721(b)(1)(C)(v)(IV) of the Defense Production Act of 10
221221 1950 (50 U.S.C. 4565(b)(1)(C)(v)(IV)) is amended by 11
222222 adding at the end the following: 12
223223 ‘‘(hh) R
224224 EQUIRED DECLARA -13
225225 TIONS FOR ELEVATED RISK REAL 14
226226 ESTATE TRANSACTION .—Not-15
227227 withstanding item (dd), the par-16
228228 ties to an elevated risk real estate 17
229229 transaction shall submit a dec-18
230230 laration described in subclause 19
231231 (I) with respect to the trans-20
232232 action.’’. 21
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236236 SEC. 4. PRESUMPTION OF UNRESOLVABILITY OF ELE-1
237237 VATED RISK REAL ESTATE TRANSACTIONS. 2
238238 (a) P
239239 RESUMPTION AT THE REVIEWSTAGE.—Section 3
240240 721(b)(2)(B) of the Defense Production Act of 1950 (50 4
241241 U.S.C. 4565(b)(2)(B)) is amended— 5
242242 (1) in clause (i), by striking ‘‘or’’ at the end; 6
243243 (2) in clause (ii), by striking the period at the 7
244244 end and inserting ‘‘; or’’; and 8
245245 (3) by adding at the end the following: 9
246246 ‘‘(iii) a covered transaction is an ele-10
247247 vated risk real estate transaction, unless 11
248248 the Committee— 12
249249 ‘‘(I) determines, by clear and 13
250250 convincing evidence, that the covered 14
251251 transaction is not a risk to national 15
252252 security; and 16
253253 ‘‘(II) submits a notification to 17
254254 the Committees on Agriculture and 18
255255 Financial Services of the House of 19
256256 Representatives, the Select Committee 20
257257 on the Strategic Competition Between 21
258258 the United States and the Chinese 22
259259 Communist Party of the House of 23
260260 Representatives, and the Committees 24
261261 on Agriculture and Banking, Housing, 25
262262 and Urban Affairs of the Senate con-26
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266266 taining such determination and the 1
267267 reasons therefore.’’. 2
268268 (b) P
269269 RESUMPTION AT THE INVESTIGATIONSTAGE.— 3
270270 Section 721(l)(3) of the Defense Production Act of 1950 4
271271 (50 U.S.C. 4565(l)(3)) is amended by adding at the end 5
272272 the following: 6
273273 ‘‘(E) A
274274 PPLICATION TO ELEVATED RISK 7
275275 REAL ESTATE TRANSACTION .—Notwithstanding 8
276276 subparagraph (A), an elevated risk real estate 9
277277 transaction shall be presumed to present a risk 10
278278 to national security that cannot be resolved 11
279279 through any agreement or condition, unless the 12
280280 Committee— 13
281281 ‘‘(i) determines, by clear and con-14
282282 vincing evidence, that the risk to national 15
283283 security of the transaction can be resolved 16
284284 in a manner other than by suspending or 17
285285 prohibiting the transaction; and 18
286286 ‘‘(ii) submits a notification to the 19
287287 Committees on Agriculture and Financial 20
288288 Services of the House of Representatives, 21
289289 the Select Committee on the Strategic 22
290290 Competition Between the United States 23
291291 and the Chinese Communist Party of the 24
292292 House of Representatives, and the Com-25
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296296 mittees on Agriculture and Banking, Hous-1
297297 ing, and Urban Affairs of the Senate con-2
298298 taining such determination and the reasons 3
299299 therefore.’’. 4
300300 SEC. 5. AGRICULTURE REPRESENTATIVE. 5
301301 Section 721(k)(2) of the Defense Production Act of 6
302302 1950 (50 U.S.C. 4565(k)(2)) is amended— 7
303303 (1) by redesignating subparagraphs (H), (I), 8
304304 and (J) as subparagraphs (I), (J), and (K), respec-9
305305 tively; and 10
306306 (2) by inserting after subparagraph (G) the fol-11
307307 lowing: 12
308308 ‘‘(H) The Secretary of Agriculture, on all 13
309309 transactions related to the purchase of agri-14
310310 culture land, agriculture biotechnology, and any 15
311311 other transaction related to the agriculture in-16
312312 dustry in the United States, as determined by 17
313313 the Secretary of Agriculture.’’. 18
314314 SEC. 6. RULEMAKING. 19
315315 Not later than the end of the 120-day period begin-20
316316 ning on the date of enactment of this Act, the Committee 21
317317 on Foreign Investment in the United States shall issue 22
318318 rules to carry out the amendments made by this Act. 23
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