[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 6580 Introduced in House (IH)]

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118th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 6580

To require that a foreign purchaser of agricultural land be subject to 
 the same restrictions as are applicable to United States citizens and 
        nationals in the home country of such foreign purchaser.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            December 4, 2023

  Mr. Rosendale (for himself, Mr. LaMalfa, Mr. Good of Virginia, Mr. 
  Higgins of Louisiana, and Mrs. Luna) introduced the following bill; 
           which was referred to the Committee on Agriculture

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                                 A BILL


 
To require that a foreign purchaser of agricultural land be subject to 
 the same restrictions as are applicable to United States citizens and 
        nationals in the home country of such foreign purchaser.

    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 ``Land And National Defense Act'' or 
the ``LAND Act''.

SEC. 2. RESTRICTIONS ON FOREIGN PURCHASERS.

    (a) In General.--In the case of a sale of agricultural land, a 
foreign purchaser of such land shall be subject to the same 
restrictions and limitations as a United States citizen or national 
would be subject to with respect to the purchase of agricultural land 
in the home country of such purchaser.
    (b) Determination of Home Countries of Foreign Purchasers.--
            (1) United states citizens.--
                    (A) Dual citizen.--For purposes of applying 
                subsection (a), in the case of a foreign purchaser who 
                is a citizen of the United States and 1 other country, 
                the other country shall be treated as the home country 
                of such purchaser.
                    (B) Multiple citizenship.--For purposes of applying 
                subsection (a), in the case of a foreign purchaser who 
                is a citizen of the United States and more than 1 other 
                country, the other country (other than the United 
                States) with the most restrictive laws with respect to 
                the purchasing of agricultural land, as determined by 
                the Task Force, shall be treated as the home country of 
                such purchaser.
            (2) Non-united states citizens.--
                    (A) In general.--For purposes of applying 
                subsection (a), in the case of a foreign purchaser who 
                is a not a United States citizen and is a citizen of 1 
                country, the country in which such purchaser is a 
                citizen shall be treated as the home country of such 
                purchaser.
                    (B) Multiple citizenship.--For purposes of applying 
                subsection (a), in the case of a foreign purchaser who 
                is a not a United States citizen and is a citizen of 
                more than 1 country, the country with the most 
                restrictive laws with respect to the purchasing of 
                agricultural land, as determined by the Task Force, 
                shall be treated as the home country of such purchaser.
            (3) Companies.--For purposes of applying subsection (a), in 
        the case of a foreign purchaser that is a company, the country 
        with the most restrictive laws with respect to the purchasing 
        of agricultural land, as determined by the Task Force, and of 
        which the citizens of such country hold at least 5 percent of 
        such company shall be treated as the home country of such 
        purchaser.
            (4) Foreign governments.--For purposes of applying 
        subsection (a), in the case of a foreign purchaser that is a 
        foreign government, the country such government represents 
        shall be treated as the home country of such purchaser.
    (c) Notification.--
            (1) In general.--In the case of a sale of agricultural land 
        to a foreign purchaser, the seller of such agricultural land 
        shall report such sale to the Secretary of Agriculture.
            (2) Congressional notification.--With respect to each 
        notification of a sale of agricultural land to a foreign 
        purchaser under paragraph (1), the Secretary of Agriculture 
        shall notify--
                    (A) the members of the Senate from the State in 
                which the agricultural land is located; and
                    (B) the member from the Congressional District in 
                which such agricultural land is located.
    (d) Task Force.--
            (1) In general.--There is established a Task Force (to be 
        known as ``U.S. Land Protection Task Force'') to identify 
        violations of subsection (a).
            (2) Membership.--The Task Force shall be composed of the 
        following:
                    (A) The Secretary of Agriculture, who shall serve 
                as Chair of the Task Force.
                    (B) The Committee on Foreign Investment in the 
                United States.
                    (C) The National Security Division of the 
                Department of Justice.
                    (D) The Secretary of State.
            (3) Reports.--Not later than 1 after the date of the 
        enactment of this Act and every 6 months thereafter, the Task 
        Force shall submit to Congress a report that includes with 
        respect to the 6-month period preceding the report--
                    (A) the percentage of agricultural land 
                (disaggregated by land type) that was sold to foreign 
                purchasers;
                    (B) the States in which such land was sold;
                    (C) the average purchase cost of such land;
                    (D) with respect to each such purchase of 
                agricultural land, the title history with respect to 
                the agricultural land purchased; and
                    (E) whether any of the purchased agricultural land 
                is located within 100 miles of a military installation.
    (e) Severability.--If any provision of this Act (or the application 
of that provision to particular persons or circumstances) is held 
invalid or found to be unconstitutional, the remainder of this Act (or 
the application of that provision to other persons or circumstances) 
shall not be affected.
    (f) Definitions.--In this section:
            (1) Agricultural land.--The term ``agricultural land'' has 
        the meaning given the term in section 9 of the Agricultural 
        Foreign Investment Disclosure Act of 1978 (7 U.S.C. 3508).
            (2) Foreign purchaser.--The term ``foreign purchaser'' 
        means--
                    (A) a foreign person (as defined in section 9 of 
                the Agricultural Foreign Investment Disclosure Act of 
                1978 (7 U.S.C. 3508)); and
                    (B) a United citizen who is a citizen of another 
                country.
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