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119THCONGRESS
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STSESSION H. R. 1184
To require that a State be ineligible to receive funds under certain Federal
programs unless the State has in effect a State law restricting the
purchase of agricultural land by certain foreign persons, and for other
purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
FEBRUARY11, 2025
Mrs. B
ICE(for herself, Mr. SCOTTFRANKLINof Florida, Mr. ARRINGTON,
Mr. B
ERGMAN, Mr. MOOLENAAR, Mr. ELLZEY, Ms. VANDUYNE, Mr.
F
LOOD, Mrs. CAMMACK, and Mr. DONALDS) introduced the following bill;
which was referred to the Committee on Agriculture, and in addition to
the Committees on Natural Resources, Energy and Commerce, and
Science, Space, and Technology, for a period to be subsequently deter-
mined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions
as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned
A BILL
To require that a State be ineligible to receive funds under
certain Federal programs unless the State has in effect
a State law restricting the purchase of agricultural land
by certain foreign persons, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 1
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Stop China’s Contin-2
uous Purchase of Land Act’’ or the ‘‘Stop CCP Land 3
Act’’. 4
SEC. 2. RESTRICTING THE PURCHASE OF AGRICULTURAL 5
LAND BY FOREIGN PERSONS. 6
(a) E
LIGIBILITYTORECEIVECOVEREDPROGRAM 7
F
UNDS.—Beginning on the date that is 1 year after the 8
date of the enactment of this Act, a State may not receive 9
covered program funds unless that State has in effect a 10
State law— 11
(1) prohibiting each covered foreign country (or 12
a person acting on behalf of a covered foreign coun-13
try) from purchasing agricultural land in the State; 14
and 15
(2) requiring that persons from a covered for-16
eign country that hold agricultural land in the State 17
prior to the date of the enactment of the State law 18
described in paragraph (1) annually submit a report 19
to the State department of agriculture (or equiva-20
lent) with respect to such agricultural holdings. 21
(b) R
EPORTS.— 22
(1) S
ECRETARY OF AGRICULTURE REPORT .— 23
Not later than 1 year after the date of the enact-24
ment of this Act, the Secretary of Agriculture shall 25
submit to Congress a report on how the Agricultural 26
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Foreign Investment Disclosure Act of 1978 (7 1
U.S.C. 3501 et seq.) should be updated to ensure 2
accurate documentation and monitoring of foreign 3
investment in agricultural land. 4
(2) GAO
REPORT.—Not later than 90 days 5
after the date of the enactment of this Act, the 6
Comptroller General of the United States shall sub-7
mit to Congress a report that includes— 8
(A) an assessment of the impact of this 9
Act with respect to national security; and 10
(B) any measures that can be taken to bet-11
ter secure real estate in the United States from 12
foreign manipulation. 13
(c) D
EFINITIONS.—In this section: 14
(1) AFIDA
TERMS.—The terms ‘‘agricultural 15
land’’ and ‘‘foreign person’’ have the meanings given 16
those terms in section 9 of the Agricultural Foreign 17
Investment Disclosure Act of 1978 (7 U.S.C. 3508). 18
(2) C
OVERED FOREIGN COUNTRY .—The term 19
‘‘covered foreign country’’— 20
(A) means a country listed on the State 21
Department’s Defense Trade Control Country 22
Policies List (listed in table 1 to paragraph 23
(d)(1) under section 126.1 of title 22, Code of 24
Federal Regulations); and 25
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(B) includes Russia. 1
(3) C
OVERED PROGRAM FUNDS .—The term 2
‘‘covered program funds’’ means funds made avail-3
able under Public Law 117–169 for— 4
(A) Environmental and Climate Data Im-5
provement; 6
(B) Electric Loans for Renewable Energy; 7
(C) Assistance for Distressed Borrowers; 8
(D) the Equity Commission; 9
(E) Assistance and Support for Under-10
served Farmers, Ranchers, and Foresters; 11
(F) the Forest Legacy Program; 12
(G) the Urban and Community Forestry 13
Assistance Program; 14
(H) Home Energy Performance-Based, 15
Whole-House Rebates; 16
(I) the High-Efficiency Electric Home Re-17
bate Program; 18
(J) State-Based Home Efficiency Con-19
tractor Training Grants; 20
(K) Assistance for Latest and Zero Build-21
ing Energy Code Adoption; 22
(L) Investing in Coastal Communities and 23
Climate Resilience; 24
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(M) Acquisition of Hurricane Forecasting 1
Aircraft; 2
(N) the DHS Office of Chief Readiness 3
Support Officer; 4
(O) Conservation and Resilience; 5
(P) Conservation and Ecosystem Restora-6
tion; 7
(Q) Canal Improvement Projects; or 8
(R) Climate Change Technical Assistance 9
for Insular Areas. 10
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