[Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 132 (Thursday, July 31, 2025)]
[Senate]
[Page S5061]
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SA 3235. Ms. LUMMIS (for herself, Mr. Barrasso, Mr. Crapo, and Mr.
Scott of Florida) submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by her
to the bill S. 2296, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2026
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 F of title X, add the following:
SEC. 1067. 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;
(iii) the Secretary of Agriculture, with respect to land
managed by the Forest Service; or
(iv) the Secretary of Energy; 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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