[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 7246 Introduced in House (IH)]

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118th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 7246

 To prohibit certain persons from purchasing real estate in the United 
                                States.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            February 6, 2024

    Mr. Alford (for himself, Mr. Reschenthaler, Mr. DesJarlais, Mr. 
 Pfluger, Mr. Mooney, Mr. Duncan, Ms. Greene of Georgia, and Mr. Weber 
  of Texas) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                      Committee on Foreign Affairs

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                                 A BILL


 
 To prohibit certain persons from purchasing real estate in the United 
                                States.

    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 ``American Land and Property 
Protection Act''.

SEC. 2. PROHIBITION ON THE PURCHASE OF PUBLIC OR PRIVATE REAL ESTATE 
              LOCATED IN THE UNITED STATES BY NATIONALS OF THE PEOPLE'S 
              REPUBLIC OF CHINA, THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION, NORTH KOREA, 
              IRAN, AND OTHER FOREIGN ADVERSARIES.

    (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 nonresident aliens, foreign businesses, an agent, trustee, or 
fiduciary associated with the Government of the People's Republic of 
China, the Government of the Russian Federation, the Government of 
North Korea, the Government of Iran, and the governments of other 
foreign adversaries.
    (b) Definitions.--In this section--
            (1) the term ``foreign adversary'' includes--
                    (A) the People's Republic of China, including the 
                Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, and excluding 
                Taiwan;
                    (B) the Republic of Cuba;
                    (C) the Islamic Republic of Iran;
                    (D) the Democratic People's Republic of Korea;
                    (E) the Russian Federation;
                    (F) Venezuelan politician Nicolas Maduro; and
                    (G) any organization designated as a foreign 
                terrorist organization by the Secretary of State 
                pursuant to section 219 of the Immigration and 
                Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1189); and
            (2) 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.
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