[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3697 Introduced in House (IH)]

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118th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3697

   To preempt State prohibitions on real estate purchases by foreign 
                   citizens, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 25, 2023

 Mr. Green of Texas (for himself, Ms. Chu, Mr. Bowman, Mr. Casar, Ms. 
  Jayapal, Ms. Lee of California, Mr. Lieu, Ms. Tokuda, Ms. Meng, Ms. 
Tlaib, Mrs. Fletcher, Mr. Kim of New Jersey, Ms. Castor of Florida, Mr. 
    Evans, and Mr. Takano) introduced the following bill; which was 
               referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
   To preempt State prohibitions on real estate purchases by foreign 
                   citizens, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Preemption of Real Property 
Discrimination Act''.

SEC. 2. PREEMPTION OF STATE PROHIBITIONS ON REAL ESTATE PURCHASES BY 
              FOREIGN CITIZENS.

    (a) In General.--Any law of a State, the District of Columbia, or 
any territory of the United States that prohibits or otherwise 
restricts the purchase by an individual of real property within such 
State, District, or territory based on the citizenship of the purchaser 
is hereby preempted.
    (b) Enforcement.--The Attorney General is authorized to enforce 
this section.
    (c) Private Right of Action.--
            (1) In general.--In the case of any State, District, or 
        territory that attempts to enforce a law preempted by 
        subsection (a), an individual harmed by such action may bring a 
        civil action against such State, District, or territory in any 
        Federal court of competent jurisdiction.
            (2) Injunctive relief.--In a civil action brought under 
        paragraph (1) in which a plaintiff prevails, the court may 
        award the plaintiff injunctive relief.
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