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119THCONGRESS
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STSESSION H. R. 2754
To require the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States to
review any purchase or lease of real estate near a military installation
or military airspace in the United States by a foreign person connected
to or subsidized by the Russian Federation, the People’s Republic of
China, the Islamic Republic of Iran, or the Democratic People’s Republic
of Korea, and for other purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
APRIL9, 2025
Mr. A
RRINGTON(for himself and Mr. BURCHETT) introduced the following
bill; which was referred to the Committee on Financial Services, and in
addition to the Committees on Foreign Affairs, Energy and Commerce,
Armed Services, and Transportation and Infrastructure, for a period to
be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consider-
ation of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee
concerned
A BILL
To require the Committee on Foreign Investment in the
United States to review any purchase or lease of real
estate near a military installation or military airspace
in the United States by a foreign person connected to
or subsidized by the Russian Federation, the People’s
Republic of China, the Islamic Republic of Iran, or the
Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, and for other
purposes.
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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 ‘‘Protecting Military 4
Installations and Ranges Act of 2025’’. 5
SEC. 2. REVIEW BY COMMITTEE ON FOREIGN INVESTMENT 6
IN THE UNITED STATES OF REAL ESTATE 7
PURCHASES OR LEASES NEAR MILITARY IN-8
STALLATIONS OR MILITARY AIRSPACE. 9
(a) I
NCLUSION INDEFINITION OFCOVEREDTRANS-10
ACTION.—Section 721(a)(4) of the Defense Production 11
Act of 1950 (50 U.S.C. 4565(a)(4)) is amended— 12
(1) in subparagraph (A)— 13
(A) in clause (i), by striking ‘‘; and’’ and 14
inserting a semicolon; 15
(B) in clause (ii), by striking the period at 16
the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 17
(C) by adding at the end the following: 18
‘‘(iii) any transaction described in 19
subparagraph (B)(vi) that is proposed, 20
pending, or completed on or after the date 21
of the enactment of the Protecting Military 22
Installations and Ranges Act of 2025.’’; 23
and 24
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(2) in subparagraph (B), by adding at the end 1
the following: 2
‘‘(vi) Notwithstanding clause (ii) or 3
subparagraph (C), the purchase or lease 4
by, or a concession to, a foreign person of 5
private or public real estate— 6
‘‘(I) that is located in the United 7
States and within— 8
‘‘(aa) 100 miles of a military 9
installation (as defined in section 10
2801(c)(4) of title 10, United 11
States Code); or 12
‘‘(bb) 50 miles of— 13
‘‘(AA) a military train-14
ing route (as defined in sec-15
tion 183a(h) of title 10, 16
United States Code); 17
‘‘(BB) airspace des-18
ignated as special use air-19
space under part 73 of title 20
14, Code of Federal Regula-21
tions (or a successor regula-22
tion), and managed by the 23
Department of Defense; 24
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‘‘(CC) a controlled fir-1
ing area (as defined in sec-2
tion 1.1 of title 14, Code of 3
Federal Regulations (or a 4
successor regulation)) used 5
by the Department of De-6
fense; or 7
‘‘(DD) a military oper-8
ations area (as defined in 9
section 1.1 of title 14, Code 10
of Federal Regulations (or a 11
successor regulation)); and 12
‘‘(II) if the foreign person is 13
owned or controlled by, is acting for 14
or on behalf of, or receives subsidies 15
from— 16
‘‘(aa) the Government of the 17
Russian Federation; 18
‘‘(bb) the Government of the 19
People’s Republic of China; 20
‘‘(cc) the Government of the 21
Islamic Republic of Iran; or 22
‘‘(dd) the Government of the 23
Democratic People’s Republic of 24
Korea.’’. 25
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(b) MANDATORYUNILATERALINITIATION OFRE-1
VIEWS.—Section 721(b)(1)(D) of the Defense Production 2
Act of 1950 (50 U.S.C. 4565(b)(1)(D)) is amended— 3
(1) in clause (iii), by redesignating subclauses 4
(I), (II), and (III) as items (aa), (bb), and (cc), re-5
spectively, and by moving such items, as so redesig-6
nated, 2 ems to the right; 7
(2) by redesignating clauses (i), (ii), and (iii) as 8
subclauses (I), (II), and (III), respectively, and by 9
moving such subclauses, as so redesignated, 2 ems 10
to the right; 11
(3) by striking ‘‘Subject to’’ and inserting the 12
following: 13
‘‘(i) I
N GENERAL.—Subject to’’; and 14
(4) by adding at the end the following: 15
‘‘(ii) M
ANDATORY UNILATERAL INITI -16
ATION OF CERTAIN TRANSACTIONS .—The 17
Committee shall initiate a review under 18
subparagraph (A) of a covered transaction 19
described in subsection (a)(4)(B)(vi).’’. 20
(c) C
ERTIFICATIONS TO CONGRESS.—Section 21
721(b)(3)(C)(iii) of the Defense Production Act of 1950 22
(50 U.S.C. 4565(b)(3)(C)(iii)) is amended— 23
(1) in subclause (IV), by striking ‘‘; and’’ and 24
inserting a semicolon; 25
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(2) in subclause (V), by striking the period at 1
the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 2
(3) by adding at the end the following: 3
‘‘(VI) with respect to covered 4
transactions described in subsection 5
(a)(4)(B)(vi), to the Members of the 6
Senate from the State in which the 7
military installation, military training 8
route, special use airspace, controlled 9
firing area, or military operations 10
area is located, and the Member of 11
the House of Representatives from the 12
Congressional District in which such 13
installation, route, airspace, or area is 14
located.’’. 15
SEC. 3. LIMITATION ON APPROVAL OF ENERGY PROJECTS 16
RELATED TO REVIEWS CONDUCTED BY COM-17
MITTEE ON FOREIGN INVESTMENT IN THE 18
UNITED STATES. 19
(a) R
EVIEW BYSECRETARY OFDEFENSE.—Section 20
183a of title 10, United States Code, is amended— 21
(1) by redesignating subsections (f), (g), and 22
(h) as subsections (g), (h), and (i), respectively; and 23
(2) by inserting after subsection (e) the fol-24
lowing new subsection (f): 25
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‘‘(f) SPECIALRULERELATING TOREVIEW BYCOM-1
MITTEE ON FOREIGNINVESTMENT OF THE UNITED 2
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TATES.—(1) If, during the period during which the De-3
partment of Defense is reviewing an application for an en-4
ergy project filed with the Secretary of Transportation 5
under section 44718 of title 49, the purchase, lease, or 6
concession of real property on which the project is planned 7
to be located is under review or investigation by the Com-8
mittee on Foreign Investment in the United States under 9
section 721 of the Defense Production Act of 1950 (50 10
U.S.C. 4565), the Secretary of Defense— 11
‘‘(A) may not complete review of the project 12
until the Committee concludes action under such 13
section 721 with respect to the purchase, lease, or 14
concession; and 15
‘‘(B) shall notify the Secretary of Transpor-16
tation of the delay. 17
‘‘(2) If the Committee on Foreign Investment in the 18
United States determines that the purchase, lease, or con-19
cession of real property on which an energy project de-20
scribed in paragraph (1) is planned to be located threatens 21
to impair the national security of the United States and 22
refers the purchase, lease, or concession to the President 23
for further action under section 721(d) of the Defense 24
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Production Act of 1950 (50 U.S.C. 4565(d)), the Sec-1
retary of Defense shall— 2
‘‘(A) find under subsection (e)(1) that the 3
project would result in an unacceptable risk to the 4
national security of the United States; and 5
‘‘(B) transmit that finding to the Secretary of 6
Transportation for inclusion in the report required 7
under section 44718(b)(2) of title 49.’’. 8
(b) R
EVIEW BYSECRETARY OFTRANSPORTATION.— 9
Section 44718 of title 49, United States Code, is amend-10
ed— 11
(1) by redesignating subsection (h) as sub-12
section (i); and 13
(2) by inserting after subsection (g) the fol-14
lowing new subsection: 15
‘‘(h) S
PECIALRULERELATING TOREVIEW BYCOM-16
MITTEE ON FOREIGNINVESTMENT OF THE UNITED 17
S
TATES.—The Secretary of Transportation may not issue 18
a determination pursuant to this section with respect to 19
a proposed structure to be located on real property the 20
purchase, lease, or concession of which is under review or 21
investigation by the Committee on Foreign Investment in 22
the United States under section 721 of the Defense Pro-23
duction Act of 1950 (50 U.S.C. 4565) until— 24
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‘‘(1) the Committee concludes action under 1
such section 721 with respect to the purchase, lease, 2
or concession; and 3
‘‘(2) the Secretary of Defense— 4
‘‘(A) issues a finding under section 183a(e) 5
of title 10; or 6
‘‘(B) advises the Secretary of Transpor-7
tation that no finding under section 183a(e) of 8
title 10 will be forthcoming.’’. 9
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