118 S3077 IS: Protect Our Bases Act of 2023 U.S. Senate 2023-10-18 text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.

II118th CONGRESS1st SessionS. 3077IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATESOctober 18, 2023Mr. Scott of South Carolina (for himself, Mr. Rounds, Mrs. Britt, Mr. Hagerty, Mr. Daines, and Mr. Crapo) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban AffairsA BILLTo require the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States to annually review and update the facilities and property of the United States Government determined to be national security sensitive for purposes of review of real estate transactions under section 721 of the Defense Production Act of 1950, and for other purposes.

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Short title

This Act may be cited as the Protect Our Bases Act of 2023.

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Review of and additions to national security sensitive sites for purposes of reviews of real estate transactions by the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States

Section 721(a)(4)(C) of the Defense Production Act of 1950 (50 U.S.C. 4565(a)(4)(C)) is amended by adding at the end the following:(iii)

Inclusion of intelligence community sites and National Laboratories

The Committee may prescribe regulations for treating facilities and property of the intelligence community and National Laboratories (as defined in section 2 of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (42 U.S.C. 15801)) as facilities and property of the United States Government that are sensitive for reasons relating to national security for purposes of subparagraph (B)(ii).(iv)

Annual report on activities

Not later than one year after the date of the enactment of the Protect Our Bases Act of 2023, and annually thereafter, the chairperson shall submit to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs of the Senate and the Committee on Financial Services of the House of Representatives a classified report on the activities of the Committee relating to facilities and property of the United States Government determined to be sensitive for reasons relating to national security for purposes of subparagraph (B)(ii).(v)

Annual review of list of facilities and property

Not later than one year after the date of the enactment of the Protect Our Bases Act of 2023, and annually thereafter—(I)each member of the Committee shall—(aa)review the military installations and other facilities and property of the United States Government that are sensitive for reasons relating to national security on the list set forth in Appendix A to part 802 of title 31, Code of Federal Regulations; and(bb)submit to the chairperson a report on that review; and(II)after reviewing the reports submitted under subclause (I), the chairperson shall submit to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs of the Senate and the Committee on Financial Services of the House of Representatives a certification with respect to whether or not the list described in subclause (I)(aa) is up to date and, if not, an explanation of why not..