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    <item congress="119" measure-type="hr" measure-number="1184" measure-id="id119hr1184" originChamber="HOUSE" orig-publish-date="2025-02-11" update-date="2025-03-28">
        <title>Stop CCP Land Act</title>
        <summary summary-id="id119hr1184v00" currentChamber="HOUSE" update-date="2025-03-28">
            <action-date>2025-02-11</action-date>
            <action-desc>Introduced in House</action-desc>
            <summary-text><![CDATA[<p><strong>Stop China’s Continuous Purchase of Land Act or the Stop CCP Land Act</strong></p><p>This bill requires states&nbsp;that receive certain federal program funds to restrict the purchase of&nbsp;agricultural&nbsp;land by a covered foreign country.&nbsp;<em>Covered foreign country</em> means a country included in Department of State&nbsp;regulations as subject to certain prohibitions (i.e.,&nbsp;Belarus, Burma, China, Cuba, Iran, North Korea, Syria, and Venezuela), as well as Russia.</p><p>Specifically, a state may not receive funds for certain programs funded by&nbsp;the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 (e.g., certain energy efficiency and conservation programs)&nbsp;unless that state has a law prohibiting a covered foreign country (or persons acting on behalf of the country) from purchasing agricultural land in the state. Further, a state must require that a person from a covered foreign country that holds agricultural land in the state prior to the state law's enactment&nbsp;submit an annual report to the state on the agricultural holdings.</p><p>The Department of Agriculture must submit a report to Congress on how the Agricultural Foreign Investment Disclosure Act of 1978 should be updated to ensure accurate documentation and monitoring of foreign investment in agricultural land.</p><p>The Government Accountability Office must submit a report to Congress that includes (1) an assessment of this bill's impact on national security, and (2) any measures that can be taken to better secure&nbsp;U.S. real estate from foreign manipulation.&nbsp;</p>]]></summary-text>
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