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4	4	STSESSION H. R. 2754
5	5	To require the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States to
6	6	review any purchase or lease of real estate near a military installation
7	7	or military airspace in the United States by a foreign person connected
8	8	to or subsidized by the Russian Federation, the People’s Republic of
9	9	China, the Islamic Republic of Iran, or the Democratic People’s Republic
10	10	of Korea, and for other purposes.
11	11	IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
12	12	APRIL9, 2025
13	13	Mr. A
14	14	RRINGTON(for himself and Mr. BURCHETT) introduced the following
15	15	bill; which was referred to the Committee on Financial Services, and in
16	16	addition to the Committees on Foreign Affairs, Energy and Commerce,
17	17	Armed Services, and Transportation and Infrastructure, for a period to
18	18	be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consider-
19	19	ation of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee
20	20	concerned
21	21	A BILL
22	22	To require the Committee on Foreign Investment in the
23	23	United States to review any purchase or lease of real
24	24	estate near a military installation or military airspace
25	25	in the United States by a foreign person connected to
26	26	or subsidized by the Russian Federation, the People’s
27	27	Republic of China, the Islamic Republic of Iran, or the
28	28	Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, and for other
29	29	purposes.
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33	33	Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1
34	34	tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2
35	35	SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3
36	36	This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Protecting Military 4
37	37	Installations and Ranges Act of 2025’’. 5
38	38	SEC. 2. REVIEW BY COMMITTEE ON FOREIGN INVESTMENT 6
39	39	IN THE UNITED STATES OF REAL ESTATE 7
40	40	PURCHASES OR LEASES NEAR MILITARY IN-8
41	41	STALLATIONS OR MILITARY AIRSPACE. 9
42	42	(a) I
43	43	NCLUSION INDEFINITION OFCOVEREDTRANS-10
44	44	ACTION.—Section 721(a)(4) of the Defense Production 11
45	45	Act of 1950 (50 U.S.C. 4565(a)(4)) is amended— 12
46	46	(1) in subparagraph (A)— 13
47	47	(A) in clause (i), by striking ‘‘; and’’ and 14
48	48	inserting a semicolon; 15
49	49	(B) in clause (ii), by striking the period at 16
50	50	the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 17
51	51	(C) by adding at the end the following: 18
52	52	‘‘(iii) any transaction described in 19
53	53	subparagraph (B)(vi) that is proposed, 20
54	54	pending, or completed on or after the date 21
55	55	of the enactment of the Protecting Military 22
56	56	Installations and Ranges Act of 2025.’’; 23
57	57	and 24
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61	61	(2) in subparagraph (B), by adding at the end 1
62	62	the following: 2
63	63	‘‘(vi) Notwithstanding clause (ii) or 3
64	64	subparagraph (C), the purchase or lease 4
65	65	by, or a concession to, a foreign person of 5
66	66	private or public real estate— 6
67	67	‘‘(I) that is located in the United 7
68	68	States and within— 8
69	69	‘‘(aa) 100 miles of a military 9
70	70	installation (as defined in section 10
71	71	2801(c)(4) of title 10, United 11
72	72	States Code); or 12
73	73	‘‘(bb) 50 miles of— 13
74	74	‘‘(AA) a military train-14
75	75	ing route (as defined in sec-15
76	76	tion 183a(h) of title 10, 16
77	77	United States Code); 17
78	78	‘‘(BB) airspace des-18
79	79	ignated as special use air-19
80	80	space under part 73 of title 20
81	81	14, Code of Federal Regula-21
82	82	tions (or a successor regula-22
83	83	tion), and managed by the 23
84	84	Department of Defense; 24
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88	88	‘‘(CC) a controlled fir-1
89	89	ing area (as defined in sec-2
90	90	tion 1.1 of title 14, Code of 3
91	91	Federal Regulations (or a 4
92	92	successor regulation)) used 5
93	93	by the Department of De-6
94	94	fense; or 7
95	95	‘‘(DD) a military oper-8
96	96	ations area (as defined in 9
97	97	section 1.1 of title 14, Code 10
98	98	of Federal Regulations (or a 11
99	99	successor regulation)); and 12
100	100	‘‘(II) if the foreign person is 13
101	101	owned or controlled by, is acting for 14
102	102	or on behalf of, or receives subsidies 15
103	103	from— 16
104	104	‘‘(aa) the Government of the 17
105	105	Russian Federation; 18
106	106	‘‘(bb) the Government of the 19
107	107	People’s Republic of China; 20
108	108	‘‘(cc) the Government of the 21
109	109	Islamic Republic of Iran; or 22
110	110	‘‘(dd) the Government of the 23
111	111	Democratic People’s Republic of 24
112	112	Korea.’’. 25
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116	116	(b) MANDATORYUNILATERALINITIATION OFRE-1
117	117	VIEWS.—Section 721(b)(1)(D) of the Defense Production 2
118	118	Act of 1950 (50 U.S.C. 4565(b)(1)(D)) is amended— 3
119	119	(1) in clause (iii), by redesignating subclauses 4
120	120	(I), (II), and (III) as items (aa), (bb), and (cc), re-5
121	121	spectively, and by moving such items, as so redesig-6
122	122	nated, 2 ems to the right; 7
123	123	(2) by redesignating clauses (i), (ii), and (iii) as 8
124	124	subclauses (I), (II), and (III), respectively, and by 9
125	125	moving such subclauses, as so redesignated, 2 ems 10
126	126	to the right; 11
127	127	(3) by striking ‘‘Subject to’’ and inserting the 12
128	128	following: 13
129	129	‘‘(i) I
130	130	N GENERAL.—Subject to’’; and 14
131	131	(4) by adding at the end the following: 15
132	132	‘‘(ii) M
133	133	ANDATORY UNILATERAL INITI -16
134	134	ATION OF CERTAIN TRANSACTIONS .—The 17
135	135	Committee shall initiate a review under 18
136	136	subparagraph (A) of a covered transaction 19
137	137	described in subsection (a)(4)(B)(vi).’’. 20
138	138	(c) C
139	139	ERTIFICATIONS TO CONGRESS.—Section 21
140	140	721(b)(3)(C)(iii) of the Defense Production Act of 1950 22
141	141	(50 U.S.C. 4565(b)(3)(C)(iii)) is amended— 23
142	142	(1) in subclause (IV), by striking ‘‘; and’’ and 24
143	143	inserting a semicolon; 25
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147	147	(2) in subclause (V), by striking the period at 1
148	148	the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 2
149	149	(3) by adding at the end the following: 3
150	150	‘‘(VI) with respect to covered 4
151	151	transactions described in subsection 5
152	152	(a)(4)(B)(vi), to the Members of the 6
153	153	Senate from the State in which the 7
154	154	military installation, military training 8
155	155	route, special use airspace, controlled 9
156	156	firing area, or military operations 10
157	157	area is located, and the Member of 11
158	158	the House of Representatives from the 12
159	159	Congressional District in which such 13
160	160	installation, route, airspace, or area is 14
161	161	located.’’. 15
162	162	SEC. 3. LIMITATION ON APPROVAL OF ENERGY PROJECTS 16
163	163	RELATED TO REVIEWS CONDUCTED BY COM-17
164	164	MITTEE ON FOREIGN INVESTMENT IN THE 18
165	165	UNITED STATES. 19
166	166	(a) R
167	167	EVIEW BYSECRETARY OFDEFENSE.—Section 20
168	168	183a of title 10, United States Code, is amended— 21
169	169	(1) by redesignating subsections (f), (g), and 22
170	170	(h) as subsections (g), (h), and (i), respectively; and 23
171	171	(2) by inserting after subsection (e) the fol-24
172	172	lowing new subsection (f): 25
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176	176	‘‘(f) SPECIALRULERELATING TOREVIEW BYCOM-1
177	177	MITTEE ON FOREIGNINVESTMENT OF THE UNITED 2
178	178	S
179	179	TATES.—(1) If, during the period during which the De-3
180	180	partment of Defense is reviewing an application for an en-4
181	181	ergy project filed with the Secretary of Transportation 5
182	182	under section 44718 of title 49, the purchase, lease, or 6
183	183	concession of real property on which the project is planned 7
184	184	to be located is under review or investigation by the Com-8
185	185	mittee on Foreign Investment in the United States under 9
186	186	section 721 of the Defense Production Act of 1950 (50 10
187	187	U.S.C. 4565), the Secretary of Defense— 11
188	188	‘‘(A) may not complete review of the project 12
189	189	until the Committee concludes action under such 13
190	190	section 721 with respect to the purchase, lease, or 14
191	191	concession; and 15
192	192	‘‘(B) shall notify the Secretary of Transpor-16
193	193	tation of the delay. 17
194	194	‘‘(2) If the Committee on Foreign Investment in the 18
195	195	United States determines that the purchase, lease, or con-19
196	196	cession of real property on which an energy project de-20
197	197	scribed in paragraph (1) is planned to be located threatens 21
198	198	to impair the national security of the United States and 22
199	199	refers the purchase, lease, or concession to the President 23
200	200	for further action under section 721(d) of the Defense 24
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204	204	Production Act of 1950 (50 U.S.C. 4565(d)), the Sec-1
205	205	retary of Defense shall— 2
206	206	‘‘(A) find under subsection (e)(1) that the 3
207	207	project would result in an unacceptable risk to the 4
208	208	national security of the United States; and 5
209	209	‘‘(B) transmit that finding to the Secretary of 6
210	210	Transportation for inclusion in the report required 7
211	211	under section 44718(b)(2) of title 49.’’. 8
212	212	(b) R
213	213	EVIEW BYSECRETARY OFTRANSPORTATION.— 9
214	214	Section 44718 of title 49, United States Code, is amend-10
215	215	ed— 11
216	216	(1) by redesignating subsection (h) as sub-12
217	217	section (i); and 13
218	218	(2) by inserting after subsection (g) the fol-14
219	219	lowing new subsection: 15
220	220	‘‘(h) S
221	221	PECIALRULERELATING TOREVIEW BYCOM-16
222	222	MITTEE ON FOREIGNINVESTMENT OF THE UNITED 17
223	223	S
224	224	TATES.—The Secretary of Transportation may not issue 18
225	225	a determination pursuant to this section with respect to 19
226	226	a proposed structure to be located on real property the 20
227	227	purchase, lease, or concession of which is under review or 21
228	228	investigation by the Committee on Foreign Investment in 22
229	229	the United States under section 721 of the Defense Pro-23
230	230	duction Act of 1950 (50 U.S.C. 4565) until— 24
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234	234	‘‘(1) the Committee concludes action under 1
235	235	such section 721 with respect to the purchase, lease, 2
236	236	or concession; and 3
237	237	‘‘(2) the Secretary of Defense— 4
238	238	‘‘(A) issues a finding under section 183a(e) 5
239	239	of title 10; or 6
240	240	‘‘(B) advises the Secretary of Transpor-7
241	241	tation that no finding under section 183a(e) of 8
242	242	title 10 will be forthcoming.’’. 9
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