[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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