[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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