[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 4978 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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118th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 4978

To prohibit certain businesses and persons from purchasing real estate 
 adjacent to covered Federal land in the United States, and for other 
                               purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             August 1, 2024

   Ms. Lummis (for herself, Mr. Barrasso, Mr. Cotton, and Mr. Crapo) 
introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the 
                     Committee on Foreign Relations

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                                 A BILL


 
To prohibit certain businesses and persons from purchasing real estate 
 adjacent to covered Federal land in the United States, 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 ``No American Land for Communist China 
Act''.

SEC. 2. PROHIBITION OF THE PURCHASE OF REAL ESTATE LOCATED ADJACENT TO 
              COVERED FEDERAL LAND IN THE UNITED STATES BY NATIONALS OF 
              THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA.

    (a) Definitions.--In this section:
            (1) Covered federal land.--The term ``covered Federal 
        land'' means--
                    (A) land owned by the United States that is under 
                the jurisdiction of--
                            (i) the Secretary of the Interior;
                            (ii) the Secretary of Defense; or
                            (iii) the Secretary of Agriculture, with 
                        respect to land managed by the Forest Service; 
                        or
                    (B) land that is Indian country (as defined in 
                section 1151 of title 18, United States Code).
            (2) United states.--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.
    (b) Prohibition.--Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the 
President shall take such actions as may be necessary to prohibit the 
purchase of real estate located adjacent to covered Federal land in the 
United States by--
            (1) any agent of the Government of the People's Republic of 
        China; or
            (2) any business with respect to which the Government of 
        the People's Republic of China, directly or indirectly through 
        any contract, arrangement, understanding, relationship, or 
        otherwise, owns 25 percent or more of the equity interests of 
        the business.
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