[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 120 (Thursday, July 13, 2023)]
[Senate]
[Page S2582]
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SA 408. Mr. LANKFORD submitted an amendment intended to be proposed
by him to the bill S. 2226, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year
2024 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military
construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy,
to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for
other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
At the appropriate place in title XII, insert the
following:
SEC. ___. SOIL ACT OF 2023.
(a) Short Title.--This section may be cited as the
``Security and Oversight for International Landholdings Act
of 2023'' or the ``SOIL Act of 2023''.
(b) Review by Committee on Foreign Investment in the United
States of Certain Agricultural Real Estate Transactions.--
Section 721(a)(4) of the Defense Production Act of 1950 (50
U.S.C. 4565(a)(4)) is amended--
(1) in subparagraph (A)--
(A) in clause (i), by striking ``; and'' and inserting a
semicolon;
(B) in clause (ii), by striking the period at the end and
inserting ``; and''; and
(C) by adding at the end the following:
``(iii) any transaction described in clause (vi) or (vii)
of subparagraph (B) proposed or pending on or after the date
of the enactment of this clause.''; and
(2) in subparagraph (B), by adding at the end the
following:
``(vi) Any acquisition or transfer of an interest, other
than a security, in agricultural land held by a person that
is a national of, or is organized under the laws or otherwise
subject to the jurisdiction of, a country--
``(I) designated as a nonmarket economy country pursuant to
section 771(18) of the Tariff Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C.
1677(18)); or
``(II) identified as a country that poses as risk to the
national security of the United States in the most recent
annual report on worldwide threats issued by the Director of
National Intelligence pursuant to section 108B of the
National Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3043b)(commonly
known as the `Annual Threat Assessment').''.
(c) Review by Committee on Foreign Investment in the United
States of Real Estate Transactions Near Military
Installations.--Section 721(a)(4)(B) of the Defense
Production Act of 1950 (50 U.S.C. 4565(a)(4)(B)), as amended
by subsection (b), is amended by adding at the end the
following:
``(vii) Any acquisition or transfer of an interest, other
than a security, in any form of real estate that is located
not more than 50 miles from a military installation (as that
term is defined in section 2801(c)(4) of title 10, United
States Code) other than residential property held by a person
that is a national of, or is organized under the laws or
otherwise subject to the jurisdiction of, a country--
``(I) designated as a nonmarket economy country pursuant to
section 771(18) of the Tariff Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C.
1677(18)); or
``(II) identified as a country that poses as risk to the
national security of the United States in the most recent
annual report on worldwide threats issued by the Director of
National Intelligence pursuant to section 108B of the
National Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3043b)(commonly
known as the `Annual Threat Assessment').''.
(d) Expansion of Membership in Committee on Foreign
Investment in the United States.--Section 721(k)(6) of the
Defense Production Act of 1950 (50 U.S.C. 4565(k)(6)) is
amended to read a follows:
``(6) Other members.--The chairperson shall include the
heads of relevant departments, agencies, and offices (or the
designee of any such head) in any review or investigation
under subsection (a), on the basis of the facts and
circumstances of the covered transaction under review or
investigation.''.
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