[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4772 Introduced in House (IH)]

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118th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 4772

 To require that a State be ineligible to receive funds under certain 
Federal programs unless the State has in effect a State law restricting 
 the purchase of agricultural land by certain foreign persons, and for 
                            other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             July 20, 2023

Mrs. Bice (for herself, Mr. Edwards, Ms. Mace, Mrs. Chavez-DeRemer, Mr. 
Carter of Georgia, Mr. Donalds, Mr. Van Drew, Mr. Amodei, Mr. LaMalfa, 
Mr. Johnson of Ohio, Mr. Nehls, Mr. Flood, Mr. Moolenaar, Mr. Lamborn, 
 Mr. Bergman, Mr. Babin, Mr. C. Scott Franklin of Florida, Mr. Lawler, 
Mr. Kelly of Mississippi, Mr. Bilirakis, Mr. Ellzey, Mr. Tony Gonzales 
  of Texas, Mr. Williams of Texas, Ms. Van Duyne, Mr. McCormick, Mr. 
   Arrington, Mr. Guest, and Mr. Rogers of Kentucky) introduced the 
following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Agriculture, and 
    in addition to the Committees on Natural Resources, Energy and 
   Commerce, and Science, Space, and Technology, for a period to be 
subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration 
  of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee 
                               concerned

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                                 A BILL


 
 To require that a State be ineligible to receive funds under certain 
Federal programs unless the State has in effect a State law restricting 
 the purchase of agricultural land by certain foreign persons, 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 ``Stop China's Continuous Purchase of 
Land Act'' or the ``Stop CCP Land Act''.

SEC. 2. RESTRICTING THE PURCHASE OF AGRICULTURAL LAND BY FOREIGN 
              PERSONS.

    (a) Eligibility To Receive Covered Program Funds.--Beginning on the 
date that is 1 year after the date of the enactment of this Act, a 
State may not receive covered program funds unless that State has in 
effect a State law--
            (1) prohibiting each covered foreign country (or a person 
        acting on behalf of a covered foreign country) from purchasing 
        agricultural land in the State; and
            (2) requiring that persons from a covered foreign country 
        that hold agricultural land in the State prior to the date of 
        the enactment of the State law described in paragraph (1) 
        annually submit a report to the State department of agriculture 
        (or equivalent) with respect to such agricultural holdings.
    (b) Reports.--
            (1) Secretary of agriculture report.--Not later than 1 year 
        after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of 
        Agriculture shall submit to Congress a report on how the 
        Agricultural Foreign Investment Disclosure Act of 1978 (7 
        U.S.C. 3501 et seq.) should be updated to ensure accurate 
        documentation and monitoring of foreign investment in 
        agricultural land.
            (2) GAO report.--Not later than 90 days after the date of 
        the enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General of the 
        United States shall submit to Congress a report that includes--
                    (A) an assessment of the impact of this Act with 
                respect to national security; and
                    (B) any measures that can be taken to better secure 
                real estate in the United States from foreign 
                manipulation.
    (c) Definitions.--In this section:
            (1) AFIDA terms.--The terms ``agricultural land'' and 
        ``foreign person'' have the meanings given those terms in 
        section 9 of the Agricultural Foreign Investment Disclosure Act 
        of 1978 (7 U.S.C. 3508).
            (2) Covered foreign country.--The term ``covered foreign 
        country''--
                    (A) means a country listed on the State 
                Department's Defense Trade Control Country Policies 
                List (listed in table 1 to paragraph (d)(1) under 
                section 126.1 of title 22, Code of Federal 
                Regulations); and
                    (B) includes Russia.
            (3) Covered program funds.--The term ``covered program 
        funds'' means funds made available under Public Law 117-169 
        for--
                    (A) Environmental and Climate Data Improvement;
                    (B) Electric Loans for Renewable Energy;
                    (C) Assistance for Distressed Borrowers;
                    (D) the Equity Commission;
                    (E) Assistance and Support for Underserved Farmers, 
                Ranchers, and Foresters;
                    (F) the Forest Legacy Program;
                    (G) the Urban and Community Forestry Assistance 
                Program;
                    (H) Home Energy Performance-Based, Whole-House 
                Rebates;
                    (I) the High-Efficiency Electric Home Rebate 
                Program;
                    (J) State-Based Home Efficiency Contractor Training 
                Grants;
                    (K) Assistance for Latest and Zero Building Energy 
                Code Adoption;
                    (L) Investing in Coastal Communities and Climate 
                Resilience;
                    (M) Acquisition of Hurricane Forecasting Aircraft;
                    (N) the DHS Office of Chief Readiness Support 
                Officer;
                    (O) Conservation and Resilience;
                    (P) Conservation and Ecosystem Restoration;
                    (Q) Canal Improvement Projects; or
                    (R) Climate Change Technical Assistance for Insular 
                Areas.
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