[Congressional Bills 117th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H.R. 8603 Introduced in House (IH)] <DOC> 117th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 8603 To direct the President to take such actions as may be necessary to prohibit the purchase of public or private real estate located in the United States by an foreign governments. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES July 29, 2022 Mr. Cawthorn introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To direct the President to take such actions as may be necessary to prohibit the purchase of public or private real estate located in the United States by an foreign governments. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. PROHIBITION ON PURCHASE OF PUBLIC OR PRIVATE REAL ESTATE IN THE UNITED STATES BY FOREIGN GOVERNMENTS. (a) In General.--Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the President shall take such actions as may be necessary to prohibit the purchase of public or private real estate located in the United States by a foreign government, including a foreign government using a shell corporation that is owned or controlled by such government. (b) United States Defined.--In this section, the term ``United States'' means the several States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, American Samoa, Guam, the United States Virgin Islands, and any other territory or possession of the United States. <all>