[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 120 (Thursday, July 13, 2023)]
[Senate]
[Page S2848]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 713. Mr. MARSHALL 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 end of subtitle D of title XXVIII, add the 
     following:

     SEC. 2882. REPORT ON NATIONAL SECURITY THREATS OF FOREIGN-
                   OWNED AGRICULTURAL LAND NEAR INSTALLATIONS OF 
                   THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE.

       (a) Report Required.--Not later than one year after the 
     date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense, 
     in consultation with the Secretary of Agriculture, shall 
     submit to Congress a report on foreign-owned agricultural 
     land located within 50 miles of an installation of the 
     Department of Defense.
       (b) Elements.--The report required under subsection (a) 
     shall include--
       (1) a list of each foreign person that owns agricultural 
     land located within 50 miles of an installation of the 
     Department of Defense;
       (2) in the case of an individual described in paragraph 
     (1), the citizenship of such individual;
       (3) in the case of a foreign person described in paragraph 
     (1) that is not an individual or government--
       (A) the principal place of business of such person; and
       (B) the country in which each such person is created or 
     organized;
       (4) the nature of each legal entity holding interest in 
     such agricultural land and the type of interest;
       (5) the legal description and acreage of such agricultural 
     land; and
       (6) an assessment of any threat that foreign ownership of 
     such agricultural land may have on the readiness of the Armed 
     Forces, food supply in the United States, and the national 
     security of the United States.
       (c) Agricultural Land Defined.--In this section, the term 
     ``agricultural land'' includes--
       (1) crop land, pasture land, wetlands, and marshlands;
       (2) land enrolled in a Federal, State, or local 
     agricultural conservation program; and
       (3) land used for animal confinement, concentrated animal 
     feeding operations, livestock production, timber production, 
     or forestry.
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